“IT vendors — especially those exposed to the most volatile sectors such as industrials / manufacturing, retail and travel — will see a challenging period, says Boz Hristov, Professional Services Senior Analyst, Technology Business Research.” — InfoTechLead

“‘The contractors with more ‘progressive’ partnership/alliance strategies will be able to ‘unite the clans’ in their subcontractor network and quell any trepidation by sharing as much of the risk and the risk-management as possible,’ Technology Business Research Senior Analyst John Caucis told me. Caucis, who watches public sector IT for the market intelligence firm, pointed back to how that group of integrators has to varying degrees embraced alliances with technology providers of all sizes well before the COVID-19 crisis began.” — Washington Technology

“According to a study conducted by Nokia and Technology Business Research (TBR), different markets will demand different types of services and operators will need to come up with a variety of cost structures if they want 5G to be profitable. ‘There are many big overarching variables that need to be factored into the ROI [return on investment] assessments,’ says Chris Antlitz, principal analyst with TBR. In particular, Antlitz says that operators need to consider a country’s spectrum requirements as well as its regulatory environment. And they also need to look at the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country and the disposable income of its residents.” — Futurithmic

“‘This merger is very beneficial for T-Mobile, but it’s also beneficial for the U.S., and where we currently are in the global race to 5G,’ said Steve Vachon, an analyst at Technology Business Research. ‘Now, the 5G plan is much more likely to go forward.'” — Digital Trends

“Analysts have also chimed in with cautious optimism, including Geoff Woollacott, principal analyst and senior strategy consultant with TBR Cloud and Software. ‘The current climate is a different kind of IT landscape. The requirements and demands from enterprises are vastly different, which necessitates a different kind of leader. Arvind Krishna is, therefore, well suited to articulate and assure customers going forward,’ he told WRAL TechWire by email. Elitsa Bakalova, professional services senior analyst at TBR, added that it will bring a ‘fresh perspective.’ ‘Promoting the CEO from within is something that typically inspires employees and will prevent potential challenges related to future strategic direction of the company. The new CEO has a long history with IBM, he is a technologists and an operations expert,’ he said. Catie Merrill, research analyst at TBR, however, maintained a ‘wait-and-see’ approach. ‘IBM, with the help of Red Hat’s platform, is looking to take customers’ mission-critical back-office workloads to the cloud, in what it deems to be ‘Chapter 2 of the cloud’. This is a competency that has yet to be proven but may hold true under new leadership.'” — WRALTechWire