ITC spending in the Americas will grow the most (by 8%to $2.8 trillion) largely due to the USA’s more interconnected economy, greater wealth and an easier path to ‘building back better’ and the strength of the dollar. Read more »
Europe ITC – €1.6T revenue, €160B net profit, 6m workers
More stats on ITC in Europe Read more »
Europe ITC market – €2.1 trillion, 9% growth in 2021, but still falling behind
My annual overview of IT and coms markets in Europe by country - uodated! Read more »
Brexit uncertainty hits UK IT and comms spending
ITC spending declines due to Brexit uncertainty with forecast scenarios for what might happen when a decision on how to leave or stay is made Read more »
The EU suffers post-Brexit blues
My 4th prediction gives growth for Africa, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe Read more »
European and Japanese suppliers fall behind US and Chinese ones
In my 8th prediction for 2019 I discuss the continued fall of Japanese and European suppliers as global players Read more »
Catalonia – independence debacle threatens Spanish ITC recovery
Some initial thoughts on the disruption being created by the independence debate in Catalonia Read more »
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation – get ready or get busted
There's still just enough time to adjust your processes to address the EU's GDPR before implementation on May 25th 2018 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 »
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 »
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 »