EY lays out its digital blueprint as ‘now, next and beyond’ with blockchain use cases easily fitting into the construct This fundamental playbook repeated in many of the use cases discussed in breakout sessions at EY Global Blockchain Summit: Early efforts focus on cross-collaborative business entities establishing business rules. The rules become the digital contracts. […]
We know Moore’s law drives consolidation in the industry. What we do not know, however, is if any two hardware-centric vendors can come together and build a business accretive to the top line. Michael Blumenthal tried this strategy by combining Burroughs and Sperry to create Unisys, and that certainly did not work. More recently Dell […]
As we move further into May, we will shift from initial earnings reports to larger, detailed reports on the vendors we cover, plus the benchmarks and market forecasts for the broader areas, such as cloud and telecom. And definitely do not miss Wednesday’s webinar on digital transformation. Monday The IBM Cloud report highlights how cloud […]
Cyber liability insurance: Leveraging an old concept for modern challenges Despite modern security challenges, there are modern solutions emerging to help customers navigate security risks, reduce risk for enterprises, generate better security hygiene, and perhaps even foster stronger standard bodies. One solution is taking an old concept, insurance, and modifying it for the data age. […]
We are still cranking through our initial analysis of vendors’ earnings for the first quarter, with more detailed analysis available two weeks after the announcements. Monday Growth of Wipro IT Services’ (ITS) emerging business lines, such as Digital Ops and Platforms, shows recent investments are paying dividends; however, steep declines in its legacy outsourcing […]
“According to practice manager and principal analyst Allan Krans, companies that do make the change will form the largest segment of cloud partners, while those that don’t will ultimately not survive. “However, the new breed of partner, such as those working with companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce, will need to operate in […]
“They will be in a complex dance to get their respective customer’s compute, storage and networking needs met,” said Ezra Gottheil, principal analyst at Technology Business Research Inc. “I think VMware has the inside track with their abstraction of the cloud over AWS’ because VMware’s abstraction doesn’t lock you into just one cloud provider.”
Economic advantage is a key, repeatable milestone for quantum computing TBR defines “economic advantage” as the point at which there is a significant benefit, either in time to insight or the ability to obtain an insight, that makes it cost-effective to pursue a given problem with the help of quantum computing. This does not mean […]
Two weeks in a row cranking out tons of analysis around technology companies, their strategies and performances, and how we see the market changing constantly. As always, connect directly with the analysts if you have questions. Monday In TBR’s 1Q19 Fujitsu Cloud Initial Response, we discuss Fujitsu’s strategy and next moves after its decision last […]
This week is one of the busiest weeks of the year for us, with plenty of earnings calls and scheduled benchmark publications. Tuesday TBR’s Cloud Professional Services Benchmark highlights the leading vendors — and strategies — in each cloud professional services market as well as how evolving customer demands are fundamentally disruptive to the market […]