Cloud computing grows up – $413 billion and counting…

Cloud computing has been one of the fastest growing and exciting IT markets over the past decade. Typically bought by enterprises wanting to avoid the complexity of setting up, deploying and managing applications them in their own data centers, cloud services come in three flavours – software, platform and infrastructure […] Read more »

Storage systems – sales steady, but uncoupled from raw storage growth

A look at the size, growth and major suppliers of storage systems in 2022. Read more »

My 360° insight into the $7.3 trillion post-pandemic ITC market

A multi-dimensional look at the worldwide IT and communications market Read more »

The PC market booms, despite supply chain and government challenges

a summary of the worldwide and regional PC market in 2021 Read more »

The $1.2 trillion Enterprise IT market 2021 – Amazon market leader of a varied and changing landscape

A look at the total market for enterprise IT encompassing hardware, infrastructure software, outsourcing, managed service and cloud computing with market trnds and shares Read more »

Storage systems 2021 – stable spending in a sea of change

The worldwide storage systems hardware market grew by just 2% in 2021 to reach $34.8 billion, which proved yet again that the success of these products has become increasingly unconnected with that of raw storage, which grew by 19% growth in the year. My Figure above shows total spending by […] Read more »

IBM LinuxONE – beats x86 servers for environmental sustainability

The way data centers are built, populated with equipment and run is key to the world’s attempts to combat climate change. The pandemic has made more of our financial, social and work interactions digital, which can be witnessed in worldwide spending trends (my Figure above gives the trends and my […] Read more »

IBM’s new FlashSystems – better speeds, feeds, integration and cyber protection

IBM today launches a number of market-leading hardware products based on its new, third generation, FlashCore Module. Not content just to keep technically ahead of its competitors, it continues to work hard to integrate these offerings into its wider approach to hybrid multi-cloud computing, its cyber resiliency services and new […] Read more »

Government counter-measures fight back against cyber crime

It’s been a long time since we were able to protect our computer environments just through purchasing and running ant-virus software. We now have safeguarding, monitoring and counter-measures to address the many threats – helping to create a preparedness to handle, isolate and recover from attacks. Cyber criminals have grown […] Read more »