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CIO role: 9 ways it will evolve in 2020

“After several years of IT vendors and consultants targeting other C-suite leaders and line-of-business heads to engage in digital transformation work, they’re looking back to CIOs again. ‘We’ve seen a swing back towards IT as decision-makers as digital transformation starts to mature,’ says Patrick Heffernan, senior analyst at Technology Business Research. ‘As it becomes increasingly clear […]

8 digital transformation trends for 2020

“Those service providers that don’t acquire their way to digital prominence will partner to do so. ‘No vendor can do it all, despite many positioning themselves as end-to-end service providers,’ TBR analysts wrote in their September 2019 Digital Transformation Insights report. ‘Technology partners are and will remain an integral part of India-centric and consulting vendors’ go-to-market […]

As digital transformation matures, customers voice their concerns about data and scale

This week TBR wraps up its 2019 digital transformation insights research with our Voice of the Customer report, in which Senior Analyst Boz Hristov notes, “More buyers are beginning to embark on full transformations as new technologies promising faster, scalable outcomes push buyers to ramp investments and AI and analytics gain mindshare. Vendors can take […]

Enterprise adoption of private cellular networks poses opportunities and threats for telecom industry

An overview of key findings from TBR’s upcoming Private Cellular Networks Market Landscape Digitalization and Industry 4.0 have sparked an emerging trend whereby some enterprises are opting for private cellular networks that they buy, own and control. These enterprises will be looking to not only leverage these private networks for traditional communications but also institutionalize […]

Are digital transformation buyers ready for AI?

An exclusive review of TBR’s Digital Transformation Insights Report: Voice of the Customer and Digital Transformation Insights Report: Emerging Technology AI is one of the technologies that will help standardize the digital transformation (DT) market and turn the wildly loose use of the term “digital” into tangible business results. Though the technology sparks urgency for […]

Hardware commoditization pushes vendors into new ventures

Insights from TBR’s 2020 Data Center Predictions Join Stephanie Long and Geoff Woollacott for a detailed analysis of where the data center market is headed in 2020. With many emerging technologies coming to market, data center vendors are investing in various emerging technologies to augment their existing portfolio and maintain relevance as legacy portfolios become […]

IoT settles in for the long haul

Insights from TBR’s 2020 Devices & Commercial IoT Predictions Join Principal Analyst Ezra Gottheil and Analyst Eric Costa for a presentation on TBR’s predictions for 2020 and beyond, concerning both devices and commercial IoT. IoT is playing an increasing role in the application of IT to business, and in IT spending, but it is not […]

Webinar: The emerging and evolving landscape of enterprise edge computing

Join Cloud Computing Senior Analyst Nicki Catchpole and Data Center Analyst Stephanie Long for an exclusive preview of TBR’s first edition of the Enterprise Edge Compute Market Landscape. These two TBR teams have come together to analyze the enterprise edge market, an emerging and rapidly evolving opportunity for existing data center and cloud players as […]

A decade in, cloud’s real work begins

Insights from TBR’s 2020 Cloud Predictions The easy days of cloud are coming to a close. The good news is that the benefits of cloud are not just a marketing pitch; they are very real for adopting customers. Customers will need the experience they have developed with cloud to address any remaining on-premises workloads, which […]

The end of ‘digital’

Insights from TBR’s 2020 Services Predictions A potential global economic slowdown has management consultancies and IT services vendors considering how they must reshape their strategies if and when clients backpedal on spending for digital transformation. Reassessing partnerships and seeking acquisitions will be one approach. Selling products, integrated solutions and software more aggressively will be another. […]