A first look at IBM's latest 2 z15 models - smaller, more modular designs Read more »
IBM introduces air-cooled z15 T02 and LinuxONE III LT2 – more security, more cloud
Supercomputers hunt for answers to COVID-19
A look at how superrcomputers are beingused to combat COVID-19 Read more »
How the top ITC suppliers are helping during the pandemic
A review of the things the top ITC suppliers are doing to help during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »
Networks – $185b, 2.1b ports shipped in 2019
A look at network equipment sales and market shares in 2019 Read more »
Storage systems – 1.8ZB shipped, $33.4b spent in 2019
A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets in 2019 Read more »
Servers – $75.6 spent on 21.3 systems in 2019
A look at the server market in 2019 including shares for suppliers, operating systems and virtualization status. Read more »
Peripherals – a $245b market with a Japanese flavour
A look at the market for peripherals (including printers) in 2019 Read more »
The PC market in 2019 – 244m shipments, $169b spending, 881 installed base
A look at the PC market in 2019 and some thoughts of their importance at a time of crisis. Read more »
Gaming console market 2019 – how about a virtual 2020 Olympics?
My sizing of the gaming console and software markets in 2019 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 »
SAP certifies IBM Power9 for its HANA Enterprise Cloud
SAP's certification of IBM Power9 servers for its HANA Enterprise Cloud data center Read more »
IBM radically simplifies its storage offerings in Q1 2020
ITCandor's assessment of IBM storage announcement on Feb 12th 2020 Read more »
The ITC market’s top suppliers – a 10-year perspective
Having made my predictions for the year, I wanted to follow up with the long-term vendor share developments in the ITC industry. In the Figure above I show market shares for the top 12 suppliers in the years to then of September in 2009 and 2019. There have been a […] Read more »
ITCandor publishes its predictions for the ITC industry in 2022
PRESS RELEASE – Didcot, December 31st, 2021 ITC 2022 – predictions for a better year ITCandor has published its 12th set of annual predictions. These are the 10 ideas for the ITC industry in 2022: Read more »
ITC 2020 20:20 – predictions for the New Year
Encouraged by the accuracy of my last year’s predictions, I’m keen to share with you my vision for the ITC industry in 2020. This is a summary of my predictions: 1. The overall ITC market will grow by 0.8% to $6.849 trillion 2. The Americas will lead regional ITC spending […] Read more »
1. The overall ITC market will grow by 0.8% to $6.849 trillion
Overall I expect world spending on all offerings to grow by just 0.8% to $6.849 billion; for the vendors net profits will increase by 0.1% to $730 billion, while their combined headcount will grow by 1.1% to 20.9 million. Navigate our predictions – intro 1 2 3 4 5 6 […] Read more »
2. The Americas will lead regional ITC spending growth
On a regional level (see my Figure) I expect the Americas to do best with a 1.6% growth to $2.659 trillion, followed by Asia Pacific (+0.8% to $2.187 trillion); I expect business in EMEA to decline slightly by 0.1% to $2.006 trillion. Americas’ rise in the chart is due in […] Read more »
3. Spending on software will grow most, while hardware spending will decline
If we look at the long-term development of the ITC market by broad categories of offerings (see my Figure) we see that both IT Service and Software have been growing faster than Telecom Service and Hardware. In 2020 I expect this trend to continue; the strongest growth will be in […] Read more »
4. The business market grows; the consumer market continues to fall
2015 was the last time consumers beat business in terms of spending growth on ITC offerings. I expect this to continue throughout my forecast to 2026. In 2020 businesses will spend 1.9% more, while consumers spend 0.8% less than in 2019. One reason for this is the increasing centralization of […] Read more »
5. IT Services spending grows most on IaaS and PaaS cloud services, while other offerings ‘flat line’
There will continue to be major differences in spending growth on IT Services, which I predict will grow 1.8% overall. Leading the charge will be IaaS and PaaS cloud services, which I predict will grow by 23.9% and 16.6% respectively in 2020. Of the other offerings implementation will remain the […] Read more »