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 »

2016 prediction 9 – Small businesses spend more, consumers less in 2016

In 2016 I expect consumer spending to decline by 3.2% worldwide to reach $2.2T. Of the business sectors spending by small companies (those with 100 or fewer employees) will grow by 2.2%, while investment by medium businesses (those with between 100 and 1,000 employees) will decline by -0.2% and large […] Read more »

2016 prediction 10 – Manufacturing and ‘Other’ lead among vertical markets

Total spending by businesses in 2016 will be $3.7B. I expect most of the traditional sectors to spend less than they did in 2015. Manufacturing and finance industries will spend 1.0% less, while government investments will drop by 0.6%. I expect retail spending to be the same ($0.7T) as 2015. […] Read more »

The OpenPower Foundation – great fleas, little fleas and industry standard servers

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em... so OpenPower will challenge the Wintel definition of industry standard servers Read more »