Thoughts on the world's largest IT merger/acquisition Read more »
Red Bull Racing’s Malaysian win and its Milton Keynes IT
Formula 1 has much to show commercial IT how to run future systems. Read more »
IBM, Everledger and the market disruption of Blockchain
Exchanging assets for money can be a complicated – and sometimes expensive – process: for instance trading stock can happen in a millisecond, but settlement can take days to complete. Imagine a world in which such transactions can be handled in the digital realm in a system which creates an […] Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – Tom Rosamilia on the need for innovation
An overview of IBM's systems activities to support its customers' challenges Read more »
IBM Edge 2016 – balancing systems and cloud services
Some thoughts on balancing cloud v systems revenues at IBM Read more »
HPE non-core software and Micro Focus combine – the matrix reloaded
How the new deal fits in with emerging organisational change in the IT industry Read more »
IBM adds new all-flash hardware to its evolving software defined storage strategy
A look at IBM's storage strategy and August product announcements Read more »
Brexit – selling UK IT assets by the pound
Source: ITCandor from OANDA historical data Part of my methodology each quarter is to look at currency movements of international currency against the $US. My Figure shows the movement of the average value of each local currency in Q2 2016 compared with their rates in Q2 2015. Those on the […] Read more »
Cloud computing – whose resources and where?
Another attempt to define cloud computing and its adoption by medium and large organisations Read more »
Enterprise network sales slip 5.6% in Q1 2016
More market shares - this time on enterprise and service provider networks Read more »
The booming EU – and UK! – data center market
ITCandor launches it's new 'data center impressions' service for EU business planners Read more »
Could Brexit increase the taxation of the ITC industry’s £35b profits?
The IT and Communications industry is highly profitable for successful companies, with the smallest and largest enjoying the greatest profitability. In the UK we spent £146B on its products which created profits before tax of around £35B in 2015: an extra 10% of that collected by UK government could help out the […] Read more »
Brexit – bad for the UK’s ITC market, says ITCandor survey
The results of ITCandor's Brexit survey Read more »
Verizon and Yahoo – what if?
Some thoughts on the proposed acquisition of Yahoo! by Verizon Read more »
Brexit – good or bad? ITCandor research survey
Please complete my survey - it should help with looking at the effect of the UK leaving the EU Read more »
Brexit – the consequences for ITC markets
Some ideas on the UK leaving the EU 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 IT and Communications predictions – the weakness continues
It’s that time of the year again.. time to look at the new year and make a few predictions. My forecasts cover those areas and themes that look most likely to prosper. As in 2015 the dramatic changes in exchange rates will make the market difficult. Market growth will continue […] Read more »
2016 predictions 1 – The world ITC market declines by 1.2% to $5.8 trillion
In 2015 the market declined by 5.1%, so its unlikely to see a recovery in the year. My forecast is for a 1.2% decline, with the market reaching $5.8T. Performance by category will vary. In particular: Software will grow 4.2% to $916B: although it lags in revenues, it will continue […] Read more »