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Report US Tech Market Outlook For 2015 And 2016: The BT Agenda Powers Steady Expansion
Software Expansion Offsets Weak Hardware And Outsourcing Demand
June 29, 2015 | Andrew BartelsThree trends dominate our updated US tech market forecast for 2015 and 2016. First, spending by CIOs and their business partners on the business technology (BT) agenda to win, serve, and retain...
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Report Quick Take: HP Splits But Changes Little
What The Two Companies Will Do Next Matters Most To CIOs
October 7, 2014 | Peter BurrisOn October 6, 2014, HP announced that it will split its $115 billion business into two public companies by the end of its fiscal year 2015. Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will focus on the enterprise...
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Report Microsoft Ascending
In First 100 Days, Nadella's Team Shifts To A More Open And Aggressive Posture
When Microsoft named Satya Nadella the third CEO in its history this past February, we posited 10 questions he needed to answer to ensure Microsoft's future relevance to enterprises. As Nadella's...
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Report US Tech Market Outlook For 2014 And 2015 — Solid, Steady Growth
Customer-Facing Technologies Will See The Fastest Growth
April 24, 2014 | Andrew BartelsOur updated US tech market forecast indicates that US CIOs can plan for 6% to 7% increases in their tech budgets in 2014 and 2015, after several years in which they have had to be cautious in their...
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Report Key Emerging Technologies Bring Opportunity To Chinese Businesses
Chinese Enterprise Architects Must Lead Tech Research And Guide Usage To Realize Business Benefits
February 4, 2014 | Charlie DaiEmerging technologies such as big data, mobility, and cloud are powering the age of the customer and creating a market where innovators disrupt traditional leaders and startups have greater...
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Report Government Spending Brinksmanship Drags Down The 2013 US Tech Market Outlook
We Cut Our 2013 Spending Growth Estimate To 3.9% From 5.7%
October 25, 2013 | Andrew BartelsBy rights, US CIOs should be looking at a relatively decent 6% growth in their tech purchases in 2013, as we had predicted earlier this year. Instead, the drag on the US economy and on US tech...
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Report US Tech Market Outlook For 2013 And 2014: Better Times Ahead
We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years
April 25, 2013 | Andrew BartelsUS CIOs remain torn between their need to invest in new mobile, cloud, and smart technologies and their fear of encountering economic doldrums (or worse). Over the past two and a half years, these...
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Report iPhone 4S Cements Apple's Product Strategy Leadership Position
Apple's Cross-Device Product Strategy Drives Product Differentiation And Customer Loyalty
November 22, 2011 | Thomas Husson, Charles S. GolvinLet's face it: Many observers, anticipating a redesign and a raft of hardware innovations, reacted with disappointment to Apple's iPhone 4S unveiling. Does it matter? No. Why? Because Apple...
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Report Product Strategists At Telcos Shouldn't Obsess About "Bit Pipe Syndrome"
More Innovation Is Needed, But Fundamental Connectivity Remains A Valuable Service
October 25, 2011 | Thomas HussonProduct strategists in various industries tend to dismiss telcos' role in service innovation, focusing instead on disruptors such as Google and Apple. It is true that new entrants and over-the-top...
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Report The Personal Cloud: Transforming Personal Computing, Mobile, And Web Markets
An Empowered Report: Sizing The Opportunity As Individuals Embrace New Services For Managing Their Work And Personal Digital Lives
June 6, 2011 | Frank E. GillettThe personal computing experience for individuals is broken, ruptured by the fragmentation of personal information across PCs and mobile devices and the scattering of content across a multitude of...
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Report Portable Media Players Must Evolve With Cloud Or Become Extinct
Strategies To Counter Disruptive Smartphone Competition
December 10, 2010 | Ian FoggSmartphones' benefits mean they continue to trample on adjacent product categories as the mobile market collides with the consumer electronics market. The role of the smartphone in consumers' lives...
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Report The Transformation Of Sourcing Depends On Its Ability To Empower Employees
An Empowered Report: Sourcing Can Do More To Adapt To Changes In Business Technology
December 2, 2010 | Christopher AndrewsA major shift in the technology marketplace is moving technology purchasing power away from centralized IT departments and into the hands of individual employees. This shift, which is driven by...
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Report Welcome To The Empowered Era
An Empowered Report: Reinvent Yourself To Serve Empowered Customers And Employees
November 1, 2010 | Ted SchadlerYour customers and your employees have more power than ever before. Mobile, social, video, and cloud technologies give individuals tremendous access to information and resources. To succeed in an...
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Report 360-Degree Music Experiences: Use The Cloud To Target Device-Use Orbits
July 9, 2010 | Mark MulliganBusiness models and rights issues have both distorted and fragmented the consumer digital music experience and products. A new generation of 360-degree music services is emerging that leverages...
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Report Consumers Need Cloud-Based Products Now
Successful Multidevice Strategies Will Use The Cloud, Sync, And Apps In Europe
July 7, 2010 | Ian FoggConsumers no longer use one digital device. The era of one PC per household is giving way to a world of several smart mobile devices per person. For content, services, and software to run across...
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Report The Convenience Quotient Of Consumer Storage And Backup
July 6, 2009 | Nathan SafranThe consumer backup and storage space has become increasingly crowded — and sophisticated — over the past 24 months. From burning a DVD to using a full-blown home server, there are a wide variety...
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Report ChanSat India 2009: The Voice Of India's IT Channel Community
May 1, 2009 | Tirthankar SenIt is of paramount importance to have an appropriate channel strategy in a geographically diverse market like India in order to cater to the growing opportunities. This document is based on a...
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Report IT In The Indian Media And Entertainment Industry
February 11, 2009 | Dane AndersonThis document provides vendor strategists with an overview of IT in the media and entertainment industry in India in 2009. Having attracted an estimated $2B in foreign investment, the industry...
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Report It's Time For Home Server Solution Packages
Partnerships Are The Top Priority For Home Server Product Strategists
September 16, 2008 | J. P. GownderThe Windows Home Server market suffered a setback in 2008, harmed by a data corruption bug that took nine months to fix. Overall, the market remains at a very early stage of development: Few...
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Report Cambodia PC/Server Market Update: Q2 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
September 10, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Cambodia during Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Despite challenges, Cambodia's PC/server market has huge growth potential due to the...
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Report Sri Lanka PC/Server Market Update: Q2 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
September 10, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Sri Lanka in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. A market update and national update are provided, which detail the impact of the...
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Report Bangladesh PC/Server Market Update: Q2 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
September 10, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Bangladesh in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. In spite of its interim government, the country's IT market continues to offer immense...
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Report Brunei PC/Server Market Update: Q2 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
September 10, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Brunei in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Both a market and national updates are provided that examine the impact of the...
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Report Pakistan PC/Server Market Update: Q2 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
September 10, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Both a market update and national update are provided, which examine the impact of...
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Report Bangladesh PC/Server Market Update: Q1 2008, Emerging Markets Tracker
June 16, 2008 | Dane AndersonThis report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Bangladesh during Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis...
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