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People, methodology and trust: PwC’s Tokyo Experience Center
/by Patrick Heffernan, Practice Manager and Principal AnalystUncertainty, globalization and trust: How PwC suits the Japanese market In describing PwC’s presence in Japan, firm leaders said professionals in the consulting practice make up 2,500 of 7,300 total at the PwC Japan firm, with the practice’s revenues growing more than 20% year-to-year. Echoing sentiments expressed by PwC consulting leaders last month in New […]
Webscale competition increases among carrier cloud providers
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UiPath Forward Americas
/by Bozhidar Hristov, Principal AnalystUiPath brings robots ‘to life’ through business-first approach Under the slogan “a robot for every person” UiPath’s CEO and Co-founder Daniel Dines’ vision for automation takes a pragmatic approach and furthers Bill Gates’ 1980 Microsoft mission of “A computer on every desk and in every home.” While UiPath and/or any of its competitors are far […]
Engaging with clients’ business side to address mission-critical challenges
/by Elitsa Bakalova, Senior AnalystTBR perspective “Capgemini is overall in a good shape relative to the market,” said Capgemini CEO Paul Hermelin during the opening keynote session at the company’s Global Analyst and Advisor Day 2018. Over the past six quarters, Capgemini has accelerated its revenue growth, reaching 8% year-to-year in constant currency in 1H18, and improved its profitability, […]
Maturing offerings, vendors and customers prompt long-term IoT vendor growth
/by TBRThe continued interweaving of the technology component market with Internet of Things (IoT) techniques delivers a well-defined path to long-term sustained growth for many IT and operational technology (OT) vendors, especially those vendors that are best able to differentiate their portfolio and position themselves as critical partners for a wide set of IoT solutions. The […]
HCL Technologies (HCLT): IoT NXT Summit
/by TBRWorking with leading technology vendors to develop emerging technology offerings in areas such as Internet of Things (IoT) challenges HCL Technologies (HCLT) to differentiate from peers. However, leveraging its deep engineering expertise integrated with vertical capabilities enables HCLT to be more competitive, driving business transformation for new and existing clients with IoT-based services solutions. TBR […]
Consultancies and IT services vendors face uncertainty in a shift to data and automation for 2019
/by Patrick Heffernan, Practice Manager and Principal AnalystAs we start the final three months of 2018, TBR’s Professional Services Practice (PSP) has begun wrapping up analysis on the year as a whole and thinking more about what 2019 will bring, specifically in the areas of healthcare IT services, data management and consulting. Top-of-mind issues for TBR’s clients and the PSP analysts reflect […]
5G drives network transformation
/by adminThe shift from connecting people (pre-5G era) to connecting everything (5G era) will require an architectural overhaul of telecom networks. A true 5G network will not only leverage new radios but also be inherently cloud-native, virtualized, programmable and automated and provide near-limitless capacity at ultra-low latency. This will require transformation across the entire network, not […]
Lenovo optimizes to gain share in a market poised for fragmentation by use case
/by TBRTBR perspective At Lenovo’s Transform 2.0 event, Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang (“YY”) laid out the Lenovo strategy crisply in his opening remarks, relying on multiple proof points from analyst firms in the process. The company has been gaining share in a market in the aftermath of consolidation, and it sees nothing but brighter days […]
Canonical’s growth play: Make customers’ and partners’ lives easier (and more economical)
/by adminTBR perspective At Canonical’s 2018 Analyst Day, CEO Mark Shuttleworth laid out a very compelling construct for Canonical’s vision of being the link between the operating system (OS) layer and the cloud control planes. Canonical has Ubuntu OS versions to run from the largest high-performance computers with NVIDIA graphics processing units to the smallest device […]