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Latest Reports
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.
IT Management Staffing Levels in Long-Term Decline
Generally, the ratio of IT managers to the total IT staff has been decreasing over recent years. In fact, the 2022 percentage stands at the lowest this metric has been in more than a decade. While increasing cloud transformation is a major reason for this drop, there are other factors at work. This Research Byte examines the possible causes.
IT Management and Administration Staffing Ratios 2023
When it comes to IT managers, it is important to find the “sweet spot.” Too many managers and the IT group can become top-heavy and bureaucratic; too few and IT staff members may feel unsupported and without direction. Overworked managers may be pulled in too many directions, and insufficient management resources may push management tasks on to workers who are ill-equipped to take on those roles.
Current Fair Market Values June 2023
The Computer Economics Market Value Reports provide information on the most commonly traded machines and systems at the time the report is published. The values shown are the composites of a range of quotes acquired from sources within the industry deemed reliable, accuracy of the information presented is not guaranteed. Resources are eBay, Insight, NewEgg, CDW, ETB-Tech, Amazon, Savemyserver, TheServerStore, LoadBalancer, NetworkOutlet, Netsyst-Direct, TigerDirect, and others as well as online sales companies and appraisals.
Residual Value Forecast June 2023
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.
Cybersecurity Services: Shifting from Horizontal to Industry Vertical-Specific Approach
As cyber threats rise, organizations continue to secure their hybrid environments by refreshing, enabling, and standardizing security controls deployment to address trends emerging around cloudification, Industry 4.0, the convergence of 5G, and software-defined networking. This has fundamentally shifted how cybersecurity services are viewed from a general-use horizontal solution to industry vertical-specific offerings. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.
Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™
The Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any cybersecurity projects. The report also highlights key implementation challenges that enterprises face today.
Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™
The Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for cybersecurity services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key cybersecurity services providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right cybersecurity services partner. The 83-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the cybersecurity space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 Market Insights™
The SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any SAP SuccessFactors migration projects. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face.
IT and Apps Managed Services Market Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ1 2023
In this quarterly report (Calendar Qtr 1, 2023), Avasant provides key information on IT Services Solution and Pricing Trends. The report covers market (buyer) perspective, macro trends from service provider community and finally, the pricing, solution and staffing trends in the space. The report covers trends across services including Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Application Services, and Digital Services. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research and data collection, as well as AvaMark Price Benchmarking database.
