Cloud computing spending declined for the first time in 2023. It's time to look at its future Read more »
Cloud computing – omnes nimbi divisa sunt in partes tres
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 »
The software market booms in 2021 – $1.4b revenue, 11% growth, 24% profitability
A summary of the market trends and shares of the worldwide software market from 2013 to 2021 Read more »
Cloud spending growth flattens – SaaS will be (just!) 18%, IaaS 13% and PaaS 13%; in total these offerings account for $430b
I’m proud to have seen the potential of cloud computing way back in 2008. Spending growth has been continuously high in every year since then; it will reach a new high of $430 billion in 2022 Read more »
Cloud services grow 18% to reach $253 billion in 2019
A look at growth and market shares in the 2019 cloud service markets Read more »
8. SaaS and Infrastructure will lead the software market
The software market will grow by 3.0% in 2020 and we will spend more on almost every product type. I expect the strongest spending growth to be on the Software as a Service (SaaS) area, with an increase of 5.1% over the 2019 rate (nevertheless the increase in SaaS spending […] Read more »
Cloud services $246 billion and still growing at 25%
I look at the latest market developments for cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS) Read more »
DevOps – trends and choices
A look at DevOps challenges in 2019 Read more »
The rise, rise, rise of cloud computing
An update on the growth and market shares of cloud computing by type, region and in context with other areas of enterprise IT spending Read more »
Cloud computing services grow 19% in Q1 2018
An update on the success of cloud services in Q1 2018 Read more »
ITC 2026 – a software-defined, cloud delivered ITC world
The top line forecast for worldwide IT and communications markets. Read more »
5. Cloud – local and regional CSPs gain against global giants
My fifth 2018 prediction is about the global regional and local nature of successful cloud service providers. Read more »
ITC markets down 2% in Q2 2017 – growth worst in the UK (again), best in India
A précis of ITCandor's quarterly tracking of the ITC market in Q2 2017 and the year to the end of June. Read more »
Cloud 2016 – $133b and growing
ITCandor's latest sizing, market share and forecast for cloud computing by type and region Read more »
Cloud Computing in EMEA reaches €29.9B in 2015
Some stats on cloud computing in EMEA with market shares and forecasts to 2020 Read more »
Cloud services grow 20% in 2015 to reach $107B
A look at cloud services market shares and forecasts Read more »
2016 prediction 7 – Cloud Computing continues to surge – SaaS is the star
Cloud computing will grow by 13% to reach $354B. The strongest growth will be in SaaS (26.3%), which we count as part of the software market. IT services engage to build and manage private, public and hybrid clouds will grow by 16.3%, PaaS by 7.7% and IaaS by 8.1%. The […] Read more »
2016 prediction 8 – Applications dominate in the shift towards a ‘Software Defined’ future
Cloud computing will grow by 13% to reach $354B. The strongest growth will be in SaaS (26.3%), which we count as part of the software market. IT services engage to build and manage private, public and hybrid clouds will grow by 16.3%, PaaS by 7.7% and IaaS by 8.1%. The […] Read more »
Cloud services suffer massive regional currency discrepancies
Big differences between local and $US revenue growth in Asia Pacific and EMEA cloud services Read more »
Cloud services – SaaS, IaaS and PaaS forecast
Latest forecast and market share for IaaS/PaaS, SaaS and total cloud services Read more »