Timing the release of a new console is the most strategic decision for the three suppliers. Read more »
55 million gaming consoles will ship in 2021
Millions will stay working from home, even when the pandemic ends
In 2020 there was a mass movement of workers from offices to their homes, especially during the most restrictive lockdowns designed to slow the transmission of the Corona virus; Read more »
Governments and big business strengthen protection from mutating cyber crime
Towards the end of December Microsoft announced that it had discovered a major cyber attack, which had infected 40 government organizations, non-profit organizations, government contractors and IT companies (80% in the USA). Read more »
Taxation and recession will challenge the $10 billion supplier club
In 2020 there were five suppliers whose annual net income was above $10 billion (see my Figure in which I’ve included the year to the end of September 2020 values). Read more »
The rise of small business as an ITC buyer
Part of my research process is to collect information on and break the whole market by customer type (see my Figure above for my forecast). Read more »
IaaS will grow most, Peripherals least in 2021
My Figure shows annual growth and absolute spending forecasts for the largest ITC offerings in 2021 (here the bubble sizes also show the spending total). Read more »
Software will be the only category to see growth in 2021
In terms of the four categories, spending will decline in all areas apart from Software; even here the growth (1,7% to $1,2 trillion) will be far less than in 2020 (8.0%). Read more »
ITC spending will grow most in China, shrink most in the UK
ITC spending in China will grow the most (1% to $474 billion), the USA will remain the largest market ($2 trillion), but drop by 1.1%. The UK will drop the furthest (-4.0% to $275 billion) of the major markets. Read more »
The world market for IT and communications will fall 1% to $6.8 trillion
The OECD forecasts GDP growth at –4.2%in 2020, +4.2% in 2021and +3.7% and 2022. The ITC market in my forecasts most likely grew in 2020 by 0.4% and has proved vital in allowing individuals and companies keep in touch digitally at a time when social distancing was the norm. Read more »
The ITC industry takes strides to counter global warming
Massive storms, extensive flooding, forests burning for months, melting glaziers… there will be fewer people in 2021 who can deny the activities of a growing world population is a major cause. The ITC industry itself accounts for as much as 5% of carbon emissions (including manufacturing and distribution of hardware […] Read more »
ITCandor’s 2019 predictions – a self-assessment
A self-assessment of the predictions I made for 2019 Read more »
Europe ITC – €1.6T revenue, €160B net profit, 6m workers
More stats on ITC in Europe Read more »
ITCandor celebrates 10 years – Thank You All!
A thank you to my readers. Read more »
ITCandor celebrates 10 years of ITC industry predictions
Announcing the 10th year of ITCandor's annual predictions Read more »
ITCandor’s 2018 predictions – a self-assesment
ITCandor's self-assessment for its 2018 predictions published last year Read more »
IT services market – massive, profitable and growing well in Q2 2018
An overview of the IT services market in the year to June 2018 Read more »
The rise, rise, rise of cloud computing
An update on the growth and market shares of cloud computing by type, region and in context with other areas of enterprise IT spending Read more »
Download ITCandor’s presentation for SIA Paris
right click on your mouse and ‘Save Target As’ to save the pdf to your device. [email-download download_id=”13355″ contact_form_id=”13360″] Don’t forget to contact us for questions and comments. Read more »
Canon top in peripherals, joint leader with HP Inc. in printer markets in Q2 2108
A look at the printer and overall peripheral markets in Q2 2108 Read more »
PCs in Q2 2108 – good growth in a market dominated by smart devices
PCs have been at the heart of access to the Internet and wider digital marketplace for many years. Despite falling behind smart phones in recent years it is still a major component of the ITC industry. In the year to the end of June 2018 236m PCs worth $163b were shipped, […] Read more »