More technical minds can argue about simplicity for simplicity’s sake; I’m interested in the various approaches IT services vendors have been deploying to meet that growing client demand, and I’m constantly contrasting what I hear and see to a firm we spoke to late in 2022, KnowledgeRiver.
Patrick M. Heffernan, Principal Analyst and Practice Manager, has strong opinions on what it takes to conduct useful competitive intelligence research, and in this blog, he dives into three steps for producing research that will support your business goals and help you win in your industry.
An exploration of the top trends generating excessive confusion and fear in a macroeconomic climate that has already been befouled by inflation smog and a potential debt default: tech sector layoffs, generative AI and digital optimization.
Free webinar: Learn which trends in M&A, resource management and consulting will shape the U.S. federal cloud government market in 2023 and 2024; how AWS, Microsoft and Google are winning opportunities with U.S. federal government agencies; and how the largest federally focused IT services vendors are positioning as cloud professional services providers
In early 2023, TBR met with EY’s Kim Billeter, Americas People Advisory Services leader, Jonathan Sears, Global People Advisory Services Technology leader, PAS US-East leader, and Simon Stanaway, Americas Mobility leader, to discuss progress EY has made in growing People Advisory Services (PAS) within a highly competitive market and during a pandemic..
A look at the three alliances trends noted during PTX Liveworx in Boston: Selling, trust and engineering DNA
In late April, TBR attended SoftwareOne’s inaugural Global Analyst Summit in Milwaukee for two days of presentations, break-out sessions, and — because it is Milwaukee — baseball. The following reflects the presentations and discussions in Milwaukee, as well as TBR’s ongoing research around SoftwareOne and its peers in the IT services, cloud services and VAR markets.
In this month’s Gimme 3, Patrick chats with TBR Federal IT Services lead and Senior Analyst John Caucis on the U.S. federal IT operations and alliance activity of market newcomers Accenture, CGI and IBM
Free webinar: Learn about the current dynamics of the data cloud market, including market forces shaping the modern data stack, vendor positioning for both hyperscalers and pure play data cloud platforms, and global systems integrators’ approach to the data cloud opportunity
Free webinar: Learn how the evolving relationships between GSIs and their technology partners are changing the ecosystem, what VARs’ encroachment on SIs and consultancies means the market, and whether telcos’ investments in necessary infrastructure are finally going to pay off in profits