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In the most recent edition of TBR’s Global Delivery Benchmark, one particular number leapt out as both surprising and indicative of the sustained battle for technology talent: 500,725 Almost one-third of over 1.7 million hires happened in the last 12 months The 14 benchmarked IT services vendors have added a total of 1,706,755 workers since […]
IBM today provided an update on its quantum initiatives: By the numbers, IBM remains well ahead of its peers in the nascent quantum space. The company has over 20 operational systems available via IBM Cloud with more than 180 Fortune 500 companies, universities, laboratories and startups in the IBM Quantum Network. The network members represent […]
Eastern Europe held promise, probably still does As of the writing of this blog, the war in Ukraine continues at a kinetic and political tempo sufficient to prevent too much long-term thinking about the prospects of peace and stability or any kind of return to normal. In addition, enough time has passed since the first […]
Saudi Arabia flirts with China’s currency As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, analysts monitoring the war’s global repercussions have also noted Saudi Arabia intriguingly stating the kingdom would consider accepting yuan payments for oil sold to China. Saudi Arabia may be seriously considering a policy change or merely trying to prod the U.S. into […]
Expecting little change but some opportunities in the near term In the near term, ceased or slowed operations in Russia and Belarus will not significantly affect the revenues or strategic directions of most IT services vendors and management consultancies. Firms will stay clear of Russia, understanding any lost revenues will be well worth forgoing to […]
At scale, digital twin is a sustainability play “Digital twin is a decarbonization enabler” and in the next five years “people will generate carbon credits out of digital twin.” Sandeep Bhan, Atos’ global senior expert on digital twin made those assertions at the end of a LinkedIn webinar today in response to TBR’s question about […]
What happens in Dubai … well, happens everywhere On March 1, PwC Dubai hosted a LinkedIn webcast, “Transforming Our Region,” featuring commentary by Stephen Anderson, PwC Middle East markets leader; Richard Boxshall, PwC chief economist for the region; and Hanan Abboud, a partner in PwC’s International Tax & M&A practice. This latest episode of the […]
Building regional capabilities through acquisitions to disrupt the APAC market In TBR’s most recent Digital Transformation: Digital Marketing Services Benchmark, my colleague Boz Hristov examined trends across different regions and wrote, “While regional nuances … compel vendors to build local resources to ensure they can tailor culturally aligned campaigns, the evolving nature of the DMS […]
What is XaaS Pricing? XaaS Pricing was launched in 2021 as the industry’s first and only market research and data platform vendor solely focused on B2B Anything a Service (XaaS) pricing. Founded on over a decade of experience delivering best-in-class, tailored, competitive price benchmarking research, XaaS Pricing arms vendors, including existing TBR clients, with actionable […]
Who today has experienced a long-term economic inflationary period? Inflation is very much in the U.S. news as it reaches 40-year highs. This means a person has to be near the end of their professional careers to have experienced the previous inflationary period. One of the authors dimly recalls his economics professors trying to parse […]