Storage systems markets continue to wane Read more »
Storage systems down 2.5% in Q1 2016 – long term decline causes widespread consolidation
Storage systems down 5% in 2015
Some market stats on the storage systems and component markets Read more »
Dell set to buy EMC – Wow!
Dell buys EMC 'what ifs' Read more »
VCE announces VxRack – extends itself from block to rack
VCE is expanding its range by adding rack-mounted, more modular systems Read more »
Extreme Networks Positions Open Fabric For Converged Infrastructure Growth
Extreme is making changes to address the data centre CI and IS markets through innovation, partnership and certification. Read more »
Fujitsu Announces The Eternus CS800 S4 And Reseller Agreement With Violin Memory
Fujitsu makes announcements at the Powering The Cloud 2012 show in Frankfurt. Read our analysis. Read more »
Converged Infrastructure And The $299 Billion Data Centre Market
Before you can predict the opportunity for converged infrastructure you need to start by calculating the data centre market. Read ITCandor's assessment, complete with sizing and market shares. Read more »
LV 1871 Uses IBM Virtualisation For Consolidation, Cost Savings And Productivity Improvement
LV 1871 is a medium sized mutual insurer based in Munich. It has implemented virtualisation in its data centre, achieving performance, quality and cost benefits. Read ITCandor's analysis of its strategy. Read more »
Cisco – John Chambers Outlines Strategies And Direction At Cisco Live! And C-Scape
Cisco's CEO John Chambers presented the company's strategy and values at Cisco Live! and its C-Scape analyst meeting held in London's Excel conference centre this week. Read ITCandor's analysis of its challenges going forward. Read more »
Virtustream – Delivering Advanced Managed Services Via Cloud Computing And IaaS
Virtustream are a long term provider of IaaS and Cloud Computing - offering ERP and other mission critical services. Their partnerships include Jersey Telecom. They're very important as the first of a new type of Cloud managed service provider. Read more »
HP Acquires 3Par For $2.35 Billion – Expensive, But Positive, News
HP needs 3Par to improve growth rates in its storage systems business. In this article ITCandor looks at the growth rates of leading suppliers and discusses current trends. Read more »
‘Matrix Integration’ And Its Effects On The IT Industry
ITCandor introduces a new theme - Matrix Integration. In this analyst report Martin talks about long term changes to vendor strategies and approaches and sees commonality in recent movements away from horizontal integration. Read more »
Vision Solutions Double-Take Software Steps Into Cloud Computing With Amazon EC2 – Promises ‘Recovery as a Service’
Double-Take Software are partnering with Amazon's EC2 to take the first steps towards providing 'Recovery as a Service'. In this interview with Peter Laudenslager Martin outlines the approach. Read more »
EMC Grows Quarterly Revenues 2% To $4.2 Billion – Focuses On Acquisitions And Cloud
EMC has posted positive revenue growth for the first time in a year. Martin describes how it has engaged in acquisition activity since buying Data Domain and how it is developing its approach to Cloud Computing. Read more »
Fujitsu Technology Solutions Strategy Offers Cloud Computing And Dynamic Infrastructures
Fujitsu Technology Solutions (FTS) hosted its Visit 09 conference in Munich in November. In this report Martin outlines its strategy and gives his opinions. Read more »
How Will Microsoft Adjust Its Strategy To Survive The ITC Downturn?
Microsoft is planning its new strategy in the last month of its financial year. In this piece Martin forecasts what will be in it it and give some advice on how it can survivie the ITC downturn Read more »
Apple’s Revenue Grew In Calendar Q109 – Can It Ride Out The Downturn?
Apple has beaten almost all other vendors by posting a modest increase in its calendar Q109 (F209) revenues. In this analysis Martin looks at the reasons for success, compares it with other PC companies and talks about the unique strategy. Read more »