IT Professional Services and Outsourcing
Published on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 4:39 pm | No Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight | Kristine Kao |
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 614 senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jennifer Gahm | John McKnight | Kristine Kao |
Today in Barcelona, Citrix unveiled their VDI-in-a-box offering, targeted toward the SMB, and heavily focused on channel partners. Bravo, Citrix!! Not only are they putting this technology in the hands of channel partners who are already calling on the SMB, but they are also providing an opportunity for these resellers ...
Published on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 1:48 pm | 7 Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau | Jennifer Gahm | Katey Wood |
In order to assess the state of enterprise e-discovery operations and priorities over 2011 and beyond, ESG recently surveyed 48 general counsel representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2010 legal services ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Brian Babineau | Jennifer Gahm | Katey Wood |
As cloud service providers get channel religion and realize that the traditional reseller channel matters in getting cloud computing to market, it's imperative that they understand the reasons why partners are making serious investments in cloud computing. For savvy resellers, cloud is more than a fad, and more than just ...
“Channel partners and their customers alike are looking for IT providers with end-to-end strength, from the data center to the edge of the network. Our research tells us that SMB resellers in particular are focused on providing value-add services as their primary source of revenue,” said Jeff Hine, a consulting ...
Published on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 10:53 am | 3 Comments »
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jeff Hine |
In order to assess the impact of cloud computing services on resellers, ESG recently surveyed 187 senior business and technical managers at value-add channel organizations in North America. For the purposes of this study, ESG sought organizations identifying themselves as resellers, VARs, solution providers, managed services providers, or global and ...
Authors: Bill Lundell | Jeff Hine |
"Accenture did not admit guilt in the settlement so we can't assume that they did anything wrong. The lines are pretty grey on the kickbacks though," says Jeff Hine, consulting analyst of channel programs for Enterprise Strategy Group. "Assuming they received the alleged kickback from the hardware (and) ...
When I came to ESG and formally joined the analyst community about 1 year ago, it was with broad objectives and an open mind. I had spent most of my career in "the channel," and by in the channel I mean working for VARs, systems integrators, and boutique technology consulting ...
The water ahead is particularly murky when it comes to a potential PC divestiture about which HP has released few details. According to Jeff Hine, channel program analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group, it partially depends on how much of the business HP will cut.
"It depends on where they decide to ...
I know there are no solution providers out there ignoring cloud, right? So with that said–I sat through VMware’s major cloud infrastructure announcement today and pondered the impact and timing of the Citrix acquisition of cloud.com. For context, ESG research shows that 24% of users see “building ...
