Information Technology and Communications research
IBM’s storage group’s strategy seeks to support customers in their use of multiple data centers, whether on premises or in public clouds – and whether using IBM products or others. It wants to make it easier and more efficient for them; but to do so it has mastered a number […] Read more »
A look at IBM's Power10 and Telum chip announcements Read more »
A look at the status of the cloud services market complete with market shares and forecasts Read more »
The printer market entered yet another phase of decline as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 customers spent $33 billion (down 10%) on 143 million printers (down 11%), while the total installed base dropped 4% to 577 million. Read more »
A look at the causes of the shortages of microprocessors Read more »
A look at the announcement of IBM LinuxONE III Express models announced this week Read more »
My analysis of IBM's Fusion HCI and other storage offerings announced today Read more »
My proposed universal server classification schema Read more »
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges Read more »
A look at IBM's introduction of the FS5015, FS5035 and FS5200 storage arrays Read more »
What can we learn from HP's disaggregation? Read more »
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
Some notes on the important role of PCs during the pandemic with market shares and forecasts Read more »
Service Provider and Enterprise Networks have been extremely important during the pandemic; nevertheless most Telcos and organizations have been relying on those already installed to keep people, governments and businesses connected. In total the market grew by 1% to $187 billion in the year to the end of March, but […] Read more »
A look at the gaming console hardware and software market in Q1 2020 Read more »
How will the mobile device market behave during and after the pandemic? I look at the trends and publish a new forecast Read more »
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts in Q1 2020 Read more »
A look at how IBM's mainframe storage and tape systems compliment its z15 server line Read more »
A first look at IBM's latest 2 z15 models - smaller, more modular designs Read more »
A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets in 2019 Read more »