market-analysis Archive
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IT Market Insights
Posted on January 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe mid-tier enterprise is exhibiting leadership in adoption of new strategies for driving operational efficiency in the technology infrastructure. … … “Mid-sized enterprises are more aggressive and pioneering than either small or large enterprises. They are adopting new technology initiatives such as cloud computing, replication,... -
Front End Innovation Needs a Back End
Posted on November 30, 2009 | No CommentsThe front end of innovation needs a effective back end system to nurture ideas, manage research projects, and commercialize the best market opportunities. … … “Without the back end of innovation – the capacity to effectively screen ideas, align them with strategy, allocate resources to... -
Insight into Info Tech Market Performance
Posted on October 14, 2009 | No CommentsUnit volume improvements provide a glimmer of positive improvement for the information technology market moving forward. Global PC shipments are up 2.3% year over year for the 3rd quarter of 2009. … … “Global shipments totaled 78.1 million units in the July-September period, IDC said,... -
Visioning with the Box
Posted on February 5, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve done a lot of visioning over the years – diverging and converging … I like this vision box approach from the agile methodology and hope to give it a try in the near future. It could be a good way to involve all team... -
Beat the Market
Posted on December 17, 2008 | No CommentsYou can use the marketplace as a test of your IT organization’s efficiency and effectiveness. While you may not be world-class on every metric, it is useful to understand your benchmarks and decide where you want to excel, especially if that area of excellence is... -
Differentiation in a Tough Economic Climate
Posted on April 16, 2008 | No CommentsHere’s some good advice on refining the scope of your target market, honing your message, perfecting your products, and engaging your customers in a positive and refreshing way. … … “If you can become known by a very narrow target market for doing something very... -
UK IT Contract Projects Market Forecast for Resource Planning
Posted on January 3, 2008 | No CommentsA downturn in IT investment is forecast in the UK for 2008. Any decline should be gradual as the first quarter is expected to be flat. … … “Should the IT contract market decline, organisations will be focusing on manning IT projects using permanent staff.... -
Project Portfolio Management PPM Tools Market Leadership Analysis
Posted on December 20, 2007 | No CommentsCA’s PPM software (previously Niku) makes strong showing in Forrester’s recent project portfolio management software market analysis. … … “CA is moving up in its leadership position. Priced and built to perform as well in medium-sized shops as in large installations wrote Lewis Cardin, vice...
