My eighth 2018 prediction is about how the rapid exponential growth in raw storage capacities is making a nonsense of most storage system supplier strategies. Read more »
8. Storage commoditisation puts more suppliers out of business
7. Enterprise computing shifts off premise – AWS replaces Cisco as top supplier
My seventh 2018 prediction is about the evolving balance between traditional hardware, infrastructure software, outsourcing, managed services and cloud purchases. Read more »
6. People are the product, but they don’t get paid
Our sixth 2018 prediction is about the prospect of paying customers for access to their personal data by suppliers. Read more »
5. Cloud – local and regional CSPs gain against global giants
My fifth 2018 prediction is about the global regional and local nature of successful cloud service providers. Read more »
4. SaaS, IaaS, PaaS – the fastest growing offerings
Our fourth prediction for 2018 is that the three cloud service areas - PaaS, IaaS and SaaS will experience the strongest growth among the 29 separate offerings we track. Read more »
1. The global ITC market grows 1.8% to $6.7 trillion
My first 2018 prediction is about global ITC market growth. Read more »
2. EMEA ITC spending falls behind the Americas and Asia Pacific
My second 2018 prediction is about why EMEA will underperform other regions in ITC spending. Read more »
ITCandor 2017 predictions – the rights and wrongs!
A self-assessment of ITCandor's 2017 predictions. 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 2025 enterprise computing forecast – cloud wins hands-down
My enterprise computing forecast including a masive victory for cloud computing. Read more »
Storage systems down, disk drives up, solid state booms in Q2 2017
A post on the latest Q2 2017 market growth, shares and successes of the raw and systems storage. Read more »
Peripheral market up 2.9% in Q2 2017 – growth at last!
ITCandor's latest sizing of the printer, digital camera and overall peripheral market. Read more »
PCs – big $30b market, good 4.8% growth in Q2 2017
My latest sizing and market shares for the worldwide PC market. Read more »
Mobile device market up 3.1% to $81.1b in Q2 2017 – Apple maintains its leadership
ITCandor's latest update on the mobile device market in Q2 2017 Read more »
Storage 2017 – growth at last!
A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »
2016 UK IT market up 12% – the Brexit phoney war
A sizing and forecast of the UK IT hardware market. Read more »
Q4 2016 currency fluctuations – Egypt, Venezuela and the UK worst; Japan and Brazil best against the $US
The value of world currencies continued to shift significantly against the $US in Q4 2016. My chart shows the change how much more or less a $US would buy you. Read more »
ITCandor 2016 predictions – a self-assessment
In preparation for my eighth annual predictions since founding ITCandor I need to make a self assessment of our published expectations for the current year. My biggest disappointment is my prediction of small global market decline, when in fact the market will grow (2.9%) for the first time since 2012. As usual in recent […] Read more »
Mobile device markets fall 2% in Q1 2016
some findings and discussion of the mobile device market - smart and basic phones, tablets, wearables and IoT devices Read more »
Cloud Computing in EMEA reaches €29.9B in 2015
Some stats on cloud computing in EMEA with market shares and forecasts to 2020 Read more »