Breaking Analysis: Pandemic Paints a Bifurcated IT Spending Picture
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a bifurcated IT spending climate. Several vendors taking advantage of cloud and work from home tailwinds are thriving while others relying on legacy stacks and maintenance streams are struggling to show momentum. This story of the haves and have nots is playing out in several sectors that we examine in […]
Breaking Analysis: IBM's Future Rests on its Innovation Agenda
IBM’s Future Rests on its Innovation Agenda IBM’s new CEO has an opportunity to reset the direction of the company. Outgoing CEO Ginni Rommety inherited a strategy put in place over two decades, which fossilized into a lower margin services-led model that she helped architect. Ginni spent a large portion of her tenure shrinking the […]
Breaking Analysis: IBM’s Future Rests on its Innovation Agenda
IBM’s Future Rests on its Innovation Agenda IBM’s new CEO has an opportunity to reset the direction of the company. Outgoing CEO Ginni Rommety inherited a strategy put in place over two decades, which fossilized into a lower margin services-led model that she helped architect. Ginni spent a large portion of her tenure shrinking the […]
Breaking Analysis: COVID-19 Drags 2020 Spending Outlook to Minus 5%
COVID-19 Drags 2020 Spending Outlook to Minus 5%. IT spending is now projected to decline by 5% in 2020. This according to the latest survey data and analysis by ETR. While the drop represents a 900 basis swing from 4% consensus growth entering 2020, tech spending remains bifurcated with some suppliers and sectors showing significantly […]
Breaking Analysis: How CIOs and CISOs are Taking the COVID-19 Budget Hit
How CIOs and CISOs are Taking the COVID-19 Budget Hit CIOs and CISOs in some of the hardest hit industries see significant near-term and many permanent shifts to their IT and security strategies. This was the consensus of four technology executives at leading companies that are feeling the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic. Welcome to […]
Breaking Analysis: Tech Execs Optimistic but COVID-19 Wreaking Havoc on Small Businesses
Tech Execs Optimistic but COVID-19 Wreaking Havoc on Small Businesses – April 11, 2020 Welcome to this week’s CUBE Insights, Powered by ETR. In this Breaking Analysis we want to accomplish three things: First we will recap the current IT spending outlook. Next we want to share some of the priorities, sentiment and outlooks from […]
Breaking Analysis: CIOs Now Expect Budget Declines of 4% in 2020
COVID-19 Fallout: Latest survey data calls for budget declines of 4% in 2020. In this week’s Breaking Analysis we will update you on the latest spending data from ETR. Last week, we reported ETR results from over 1,100 CIOs and IT practitioners and took the forecast to a slight negative based on CIO expectations at […]
Breaking Analysis: Big Data in the Fight Against COVID-19
The role of big data in the fight against COVID-19. We’ve been reporting weekly on CIO sentiment and the IT spending outlook in the face of coronavirus. We’re tracking a couple of developments from analytic database companies that are notable. Snowflake and Starschema Announce Free Public Data Set Last week, cloud analytic software company Snowflake […]
COVID-19 IT Spending Impact – March 26, 2020
Assessing the COVID-19 IT Spending Impact In this week’s Breaking Analysis we’re changing the format a bit in an effort to get current information into your hands as soon as possible. Last week, we reported ETR results from over 1,000 CIOs and IT practitioners, and made a call that surprisingly, a large number of respondents – […]