Software-Powered Consulting Accelerates Transformation

“As firms mature their digital capabilities, digital executives move beyond simply adding digital bolt-ons to the existing business model. These leaders use new technology capabilities to change the business model and drive new revenue growth.”

via Forrester

Why Management Consulting Embraced Transformation

“Management consulting has already been beset on all sides by competitors and new technologies. They have maintained status and growth through prestige, branding, and long-time client relationships, but they’re ultimately no more immune to the forces of disruption than any other industry.”

via CB Insights

How Independent Digital Talent Drives Innovation

“The new perspectives and flexibility that independent talent brings to projects and processes help drive innovation in areas where other businesses struggle to keep up. Technology’s rapid pace slows for no-one, and improved organizational agility allows companies to remain competitive in an ever-shifting marketplace.”

via Business Talent Group

How IT Services Adapt to Ongoing Digital Transformation

Most major management consulting firms still posted strong earnings in 2018, although growth rates cooled slightly: business consultants still extract more value in digital transformation. However, the market is now being driven by enterprise buyers who are executing their digital growth agenda.

via Digital Lifescapes

The Changing Face of Legacy IT Analysts and Consultants

“Despite their big advantages, the big IT analyst shops face disruption. They face perpetual accusations of pay-for-play bias. Many techies say they know more about the topics than the analyst briefing them.”

Source: The New Stack

Cognitive Collaboration: When People and Smart Tech Unite

Smart machine technologies learn on their own and can produce unanticipated results. That said, by working together, smart machines and people can make each other smarter — and protect each other from their inherent weaknesses.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Big Data and Business Analytics $187 Billion Opportunity

According to the latest worldwide market study by IDC, revenues for big data and business analytics will grow from nearly $122 billion in 2015 to more than $187 billion in 2019 — that’s an increase of more than 50 percent over the five-year forecast period.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Hybrid Cloud: Savvy Vendors will Focus on Customer Education

According to a recent study, more than 90% of respondents are in the evaluation or proof of concept stage for hybrid clouds, and yet 91% have no organized, consistent way of evaluating workloads for the hybrid cloud.

Source: Storage Soup

Digital Marketing Services are Driving Business Transformation

According to a recent survey, 52 percent of Digital Marketing Service customers are using creative and branding services — 39 percent are considering using these services in 2016, and 13 percent are planning to increase budgets for such services by over 10 percent.

Source: TBR

Digital Business Transformation Guidance is Now a High Priority

By 2018, Digital Business will become a Top-3 strategic disruptor and priority for more than 70 percent of the Global 2000. Through 2020, transformations in business models, organizations, and culture will remain the most difficult challenges for enterprises pursuing Digital Business.

Source: Lens360