For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Capgemini Consulting Is Moving To Become A Global Transformation Partner For M&A

M&A Services SWOT Analysis: Capgemini Consulting, Q4 2009

by Daniel Krauss, Pascal Matzke, October 21, 2009

Capgemini Consulting, the newly formed global consulting business unit of Capgemini, provides a well-defined portfolio for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) services. This step of globalizing its business is timely, given that strategic decisions in . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Tata Consultancy Services: Using The Downturn To Reposition Its IT M&A Services

M&A Services SWOT Analysis: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Q4 2009

by Daniel Krauss, Pascal Matzke, October 6, 2009

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has primarily focused on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) IT requirements of clients in the financial services industry for many years. Backed by its strong IT system and process knowledge and experience, it has mainly . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

SWOT: The Evolution Of IT Service Providers To Business Technology Competitors

The Business Technology Offerings Of Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, And IBM

by Chris Andrews, June 22, 2009

The market for traditional IT services will change dramatically over the next five years as more vendors realize the benefits of aligning their technology solutions with the needs of business customers. Unlike other technology trends that come and go, . . .

For CIOs

Gross Consulting Mistakes In Transforming IT Shops

Know Your Consultants' Limits

by Marc Cecere, June 4, 2009

Transforming an IT organization involves changes to structure, processes, and even culture. Many firms use consultants for these high-risk, highly complex projects. Occasionally, consultants take actions that hurt the projects and their relationships . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Innovating Corporate Strategy Services

by Daniel Krauss, May 29, 2009

Blurring boundaries within the broader consulting services market are leading to heated competition among consulting firms around thought leadership and business model innovation. In this context, strategic management paradigms and models are playing . . .

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Don't Let Resourcing Issues Delay Your 2009 Projects

by Tim Sheedy, January 14, 2009

As enterprise appetite for IT project work slows down, systems integrators and IT consultants are trimming staff and reining in growth plans to ensure continued profitability. This might affect their ability to meet requirements for your project work . . .

For CIOs

The Forrester Wave™: IT Organization Redesign Consultancies, Q1 2009

Deloitte, Accenture, And KPMG Lead A Strong Field Of Global Providers

by Marc Cecere, January 8, 2009

Forrester evaluated seven leading IT organization redesign consultancies against 40 evaluation criteria and found that all seven show an extremely high level of competence. Compared to most firms that do this, they are superior in their overall designs, . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Understanding The M&A Services Market

Providers With Different Legacies Frame The Diverse M&A Services Market

by Daniel Krauss, Pascal Matzke, October 15, 2008

While the current credit crunch has led to a decrease in the overall number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2008 compared with 2007, companies continue to rely on good advice and support to realize the anticipated business benefits of their M&A . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The Global Information Management Services Forecast: 2007 To 2012

Business Intelligence Services Dominate A $7.3 Billion Market

by Tim Sheedy, July 31, 2008

Information management solutions are moving to the center of IT strategies as a way of driving IT and business alignment and delivering real and visible value to the business. And wherever there is a hot growth market in IT, there are plenty of IT consultants, . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Which Service Provider Is Right For Your Supply Chain Project?

by Patrick M. Connaughton, January 23, 2008

Supply chain management (SCM) service providers play an important role in helping enterprises more efficiently plan and execute their supply chain strategies. Spending on SCM services will continue to grow due to increasingly complicated global networks, . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

The Business Process Consulting Landscape

Meeting The Demands Of The Process-Focused Organization

by Andy Salunga, January 15, 2008

Leaders at firms of all sizes continue to face ever-increasing demands from customers, employees, partners, regulators, and other stakeholders. Increasingly, they must align resources and new technology across functions and along critical business processes . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PricewaterhouseCoopers Is A Leader In Risk Consulting With The Deepest Specialization

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a well-recognized risk management thought leader, promoting the concept of integrated governance, risk, and compliance, and contributing to a number of industry standards and associations. In our evaluation, PwC had the . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Protiviti Is A Risk Consulting Services Leader With A Core Strength In Implementation

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Protiviti's risk consulting services promote enterprisewide strategy aligned with corporate governance to enhance and protect business value. The company has strong plans for future growth by leveraging its competency and relationships built around Sarbanes-Oxley . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Jefferson Wells Is A Strong Performer In Risk Consulting Services

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Jefferson Wells has a mature, well-established risk technology practice, on top of which it is building services in other areas of risk management. Initial assessments for every new Jefferson Wells customer include thorough consideration of risk management, . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

BearingPoint Is A Risk Consulting Services Leader With Strong Integration Capabilities

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

BearingPoint has demonstrated some of the biggest advancements in risk consulting services among the large number of providers in this market. Heavy research and training investments have helped the company complement its considerable systems integration . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

IBM Is A Leader In Risk Consulting With Services Built On Vast Technology Expertise

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

IBM has made governance and risk management key priorities for expanding both its product and consulting offerings. Its leadership in risk consulting services is drawn in large part from its tremendous knowledge of the role technology plays in driving . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Deloitte Is A Risk Consulting Leader With The Most Complete Range Of Services

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Deloitte's approach to risk consulting engagements focuses on risk management's crucial role in creating and protecting business value. An important thought leader in the space, Deloitte also leads the market with a full range of services from risk strategy . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Crowe Chizek Is A Strong Performer In Risk Consulting With Increasingly Large Engagements

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Crowe Chizek is carrying the momentum it gained from its Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) consulting services over to expand its broader risk offerings. Risk management is now a standard part of all its large engagements, strategically aligning risk consultants with . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

KPMG Is A Leader In Risk Consulting Services Focused On Embedded Processes

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

KPMG International's market perspective focuses on risk management's role in balancing value creation (i.e., performance gains) and value preservation (i.e., risk mitigation). It sees risk and controls as embedded within any business change initiative, . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Oliver Wyman Is A Risk Consulting Services Leader With Impressive Market Strategy

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Oliver Wyman's focus on enhancing customer shareholder value means that nearly all of its engagements incorporate risk management, which it sees as the primary method to achieve and measure success toward key business objectives. In our evaluation, Oliver . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: Risk Consulting Services, Q2 2007

Deloitte Has The Most Complete End-To-End Risk Offering Among A Field Of Strong Leaders

by Michael Rasmussen, June 25, 2007

Forrester evaluated the risk consulting market across approximately 80 criteria and found that Deloitte, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers are the top Leaders in end-to-end risk consulting because of their comprehensive service offerings and thought leadership. . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Ernst & Young Is A Leader In Risk Consulting Services With A Strong Strategic Focus

The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007

by Michael Rasmussen, Chris McClean, June 25, 2007

Similar to other Leaders in this space, Ernst & Young approaches risk management as a way to improve business performance. The firm earned top scores for risk strategy as well as organization and process design services, though it chooses to play . . .

Infosys Strategy Consulting: Onshore Strategic Support from Offshore Vendor

by Stephanie Moore, March 1, 2001

Companies in need of departmental or project-specific strategy support as it relates to a new business process or technology initiative should certainly consider Infosys, especially if they plan to use Infosys to implement their chosen strategy.