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IT Spending Trends in the IT Services and Solutions Sector 2024
The IT services and solutions sector is experiencing unprecedented upheaval, fueled by the relentless march of digital transformation. Businesses across industries are deeply intertwined with technology, leading to a surge in demand for skilled service providers. These providers act as trusted guides, navigating the complexities of the digital landscape and helping organizations achieve their technological ambitions.
September, 2024
IT Spending Trends in the Media and Information Sector 2024
Amid the perpetual evolution of the digital terrain, the media and information sector finds itself undergoing a profound digital transformation. Consumer preferences for personalized, on-demand content alongside relentless technological advancements necessitate adaptation for companies to remain relevant. IT has become the linchpin of the industry’s survival strategy in this fiercely competitive landscape. As audiences increasingly gravitate toward digital channels for news, entertainment, and information consumption, media companies are compelled to reassess their operations.
September, 2024
IT Spending Trends in Transportation and Logistics 2024
This report analyzes the IT characteristics of the transportation and logistics sector, along with the competitive threats posed by digital disruption. Based on our latest benchmarking survey, it provides key metrics for the sector organizations. We conclude with the outlook for increased IT spending and staffing in the sector in the coming years.
August, 2024
IT Spending Trends in Wholesale Distribution 2024
The wholesale distribution sector, a crucial link in the increasingly complex global supply chain, is facing a period of significant transformation. However, economic headwinds and technological disruption pose challenges, as do evolving customer expectations. The demands on their IT organizations are significant. What is it about wholesale distributors that make them unique? In this report, we analyze the ways in which wholesalers differ from other sectors in terms of their IT spending characteristics. We conclude with recommendations for optimizing the IT budget within this sector.
May, 2024
IT Staff Growth Mixed Bag
There have been quite a few competing pressures on IT hiring in recent years. Organizations need more talent, especially those that understand the needs of business and the art of the possible. On the other hand, labor has gotten more expensive and harder to find. Combine the push and pull from these competing factors with economic uncertainty, and this is one of the stranger hiring years in recent memory. This research byte is a brief description of some of the findings in our IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024 study.
August, 2023
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
IT Staffing Ratios: Benchmarking Metrics and Analysis for 17 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.
September, 2024
IT Standards, Training, and Documentation Staffing Ratios 2024
Some organizations tend to underestimate the importance of the IT standards, training, and documentation job function since its impact on the bottom line may not be clear. However, these job functions are essential for ensuring the smooth operation, compliance, and effectiveness of IT systems — all crucial elements for the overall success of any business.
April, 2024
IT Strategic Planning Best Practices 2023
With digital transformation well underway, organizations of all sizes and across multiple industry sectors are increasingly viewing information technology as essential in supporting business strategy. Organizations in these sectors face digital disruption, and it is difficult to see how they can respond without an IT strategic plan.
September, 2023
IT Wages to Rise 3.0% at the Median in 2024, Salary Study Finds
Despite lingering questions about the economy, unemployment remains at low levels and inflation is coming under control. We anticipate modest upward pressure on IT personnel wages in 2024. Overall, our IT Salary Report 2024 anticipates that average wages for IT workers will rise 3.0% in 2024. This is lower than the 4.0% we projected the past two years, but it still shows a strong IT job market, especially considering a fair number of high-profile layoffs in the tech industry earlier in 2023.
December, 2023
IT Wages to Rise 3.3% at the Median in 2025, Salary Study Finds
This has been a year of significant shifts in the IT job market, marked by both layoffs at big tech companies and continued demand for skilled professionals at end-user companies. While large tech companies made headlines with layoffs earlier in the year, the overall IT job market remains stronger than expected. Despite the changes in 2024, unemployment remains at low levels and inflation is coming under control.
December, 2024
ITIL Adoption Unlikely to Show Further Significant Growth
Organizations have embraced IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to some degree. It is crucial to keep in mind, though, that following the 2022 spike, data from 2023 points to a plateau in adoption. The initial enthusiasm surrounding the adoption of ITIL 4 may have subsided because the framework’s intimidating depth and scope requires a substantial investment of time and expertise. This Research Byte summarizes the full report, IT Infrastructure Library Best Practices.
March, 2024
ITIL Best Practices 2024
The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework of best practices and processes designed to assist businesses in supporting, delivering, and improving their IT services. The primary goal of ITIL is to ensure that IT services align with business objectives and customer needs. Frequently adopted ITIL processes include incident management, change management, and problem management.
March, 2024
Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 Market Insights™
This report identifies key demand-side trends in the large language model operations space, helping enterprises improve their AI operations management capabilities. It provides an overview of key observations and business challenges that Avasant considers important to highlight in this space.
March, 2025
Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 RadarView™
This RadarView addresses the need for enterprises to adopt large language model operations (LLMOps) platforms to augment generative AI operations management in business workflows. It begins with a summary of key trends shaping the supply side of the market. It continues with a detailed assessment of 12 vendors delivering LLMOps platforms. Each profile gives an overview of the platform provider, its key IPs and assets, and a list of major clients and partnerships, along with brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s platform maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation.
March, 2025
Large Language Model Operations Platforms: Operationalizing and Scaling Gen AI Application Deployments
The AI operations management landscape has evolved beyond machine learning to large language model operations (LLMOps), driven by enterprise adoption of generative AI and government mandates for responsible AI. LLMOps platforms enhance efficiency through real-time local AI inference, data localization compliance, and improved infrastructure visibility with dynamic workload scaling. To further support Gen AI scalability, platform vendors are integrating cognitive features such as real-time anomaly detection for monitoring model performance and data drift, no-code/low-code development studios, and GPU splitting for optimized resource allocation.
March, 2025