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Network Operations Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2024
Network operations outsourcing is an established market. Today, major IT and telecom industry service providers and even disruptive newcomers are competing with regional providers for market share. In the past, large equipment vendors only provided the hardware that serves as the network's backbone. However, these giants are beginning to recognize the potential of value-added network services. Businesses can now obtain dependable infrastructure, along with expert network design, planning, and even network support operations from a single source.
February, 2024
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Worldwide IT Spending and Staffing Outlook for 2024
Our forecast for enterprise IT spending in 2024 is partly sunny, with a chance of strong headwinds. With stronger-than-expected economic data in the US and Europe and easing inflation, the world economy in most regions looks poised for the soft landing that central banks were aiming for. Our survey shows that IT budgets will continue to grow, and enterprises expect a slightly better 2024 than 2023. The worldwide outlook is cautiously optimistic.
March, 2024
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Residual Value Forecast May 2024
Our quarterly Residual Value Forecast (RVF) report provides forecasts for the following categories of IT equipment: desktop computers, laptops, network equipment, printers, servers, storage devices, and other IT equipment. It also includes residual values for other non-IT equipment in the following categories: copiers, material handling equipment (forklifts), mail equipment, medical equipment, test equipment, and miscellaneous equipment such as manufacturing machinery and NC machines. Residual Value Forecasts are provided for five years for end-user, wholesale, and orderly liquidation values (OLV) prices.
May, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 11: Healthcare Services
Chapter 11 provides benchmarks for healthcare services companies. The 55 respondents in this sector include community hospital groups, multiregional hospital systems, healthcare systems, dental service organizations, university hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare organizations. These organizations range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to over $20 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 41: City and County Government
Chapter 41 provides benchmarks for city and county governments. This chapter concerns the IT workings of city or county governments and not individual agencies within larger governments (which can be found in Chapter 42). The 18 respondents in this subsector have annual operating budgets ranging from $50 million to around $5 billion.
September, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 31: Property and Casualty Insurance
Chapter 31 provides benchmarks for property and casualty (P&C) insurance companies. The firms in this sector include companies that offer property and casualty insurance, auto insurance, homeowner’s insurance, renter insurance, and similar types of insurance. The 16 respondents in this sector range in size from a minimum of $100 million to over $100 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2024
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IT Salary Report 2025
The Avasant IT Salary Report 2024 provides total compensation for 82 IT job functions for more than 400 US metro areas and 20 industry sectors. The executive summary also provides our forecast for pay raises and hiring in 2024 and includes job descriptions for each job function. The salary tables are provided as a downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook, with total salaries reported at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentiles.
December, 2024
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IT Staffing Ratios: Benchmarking Metrics and Analysis for 16 Key IT Job Functions
The analysis of IT staffing data has been a core competency of Computer Economics since we began publishing our annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study in 1990. Each year, we survey more than 200 IT organizations across 10 major industry sectors, based on our sampling model, to obtain data on IT staffing levels, server counts, network infrastructure, outsourcing, and spending, among other information pertinent to the assessment of IT staffing.
March, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 8: Retail Sector Benchmarks
Chapter 8 provides benchmarks for retailers. This sector includes retailers of clothing, jewelry, hardware, furniture, sports equipment, groceries, pharmaceuticals, and general merchandise. They include department stores, fashion stores, furniture stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, sporting goods stores, and specialty retailers. We also include hospitality and consumer services in this sector. The 39 respondents in the sample range in size from $50 million to over $100 billion in annual revenue.
July, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 24: Chemicals Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 24 provides benchmarks for chemicals manufacturers. Chemicals manufacturers are by definition process manufacturers that produce chemical products. The sector includes manufacturers of chemicals, petrochemicals, and other chemical products. The 18 respondents in the sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to around $45 billion in annual revenue.
July, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 31: Utilities Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 31 provides benchmarks for utilities. The 20 respondents in this subsector range in size from $85 million to $100 billion in annual revenue. This category includes gas and electric utilities, power transmission distributors, water and power utilities, and telecommunications service providers.
July, 2023
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Robotic Process Automation Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2023
Rising personnel costs and two years of high inflation have put automation in the spotlight. IT leaders are being asked to digitally transform their organizations while also keeping an eye on costs. Automation allows for increased productivity and allows experienced personnel to work on high-value projects and innovation.
October, 2023
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IT Salary Report 2024
The Avasant IT Salary Report 2024 provides total compensation for 82 IT job functions for more than 400 US metro areas and 20 industry sectors. The executive summary also provides our forecast for pay raises and hiring in 2024 and includes job descriptions for each job function. The salary tables are provided as a downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook, with total salaries reported at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentiles.
December, 2023
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LifeSite TokenX: Tracking Physical and Digital Assets with Confidence
When it comes to supply chains, customers have become much more demanding. Consumers want the assurance that the products they receive are genuine. They want to be sure that their luxury goods, such as Chanel purses or Rolex watches, are not knockoffs. Enterprises have the same concerns—and then some. One technology to address this need is tokenization, which refers to the process of creating a digital representation of an individual physical asset on a blockchain. LifeSite Tokenx is an interesting vendor in this space and is a Tech Innovator to watch.
February, 2024