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Economics for IT Metrics and Analytics
Economics for IT Metrics and Analytics
Leverage the definitive source of IT spending ratios
and staffing metrics for over 25 industry and government sectors.
New technologies come in and out of fashion as vendors push the next big application, solution, capability, or strategy. Only with time can IT executives know for certain which will have staying power and which will fall short of the initial hype.
The study examines adoption trends, current investment activity, and customer experience of 14 selected technologies, including eight that fall broadly into the category of business systems and six that we categorize as infrastructure technologies.
Our current survey covers the following enterprise systems: ERP, CRM, e-commerce, supply chain management, human resources/human capital management, business and data analytics, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality.
We also analyze the following infrastructure technologies: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), digital workplace technologies, low-code/no-code, the Internet of Things, robotic process automation (RPA), and security technology.
Finally, we look at 17 early adopter and future technologies to determine mindshare and early momentum in adoption.
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This study examines adoption trends and economic characteristics of the selected technologies listed in the table of contents at the bottom of this page.
First, the data gathered for each initiative is summarized at the beginning of the study in three ways:
Next, the following charts are presented for each of the technologies covered:
ERP functionality surveyed includes accounting/finance, purchasing, customer orders/fulfillment, customer service/support, human resources, operations management, resource planning, inventory/warehouse management, and facilities/equipment maintenance.
CRM functionality surveyed includes sales-force automation, marketing, customer service, customer self-service, customer analytics, e-commerce, social media monitoring/engagement, partner management, contact/call center, and estimating/quotation/configuration.
E-commerce functionality surveyed includes web storefront, digital fulfillment, punchout, customer portal, supplier portal, back-end integration, marketplace integration, data synchronization, web APIs, and electronic data interchange.
Types of SCM solutions surveyed include demand forecasting/demand management, sales and operations planning, advanced planning/inventory optimization, warehouse management, transportation management, automated data collection, supplier relationship management, supply chain visibility, fleet management, and network optimization.
Types of HCM solutions surveyed include organizational reporting structure, payroll, benefits administration, compliance, workforce management, workforce planning, recruiting/applicant tracking, learning management, career development/succession planning, and workforce analytics.
Types of business and data analytics capabilities surveyed include data warehouse/data marts, ad-hoc queries, predictive analytics, ETL, dashboards, big data storage, unstructured data analytics, in-memory analytics, and machine learning.
Artificial intelligence (AI) functionality surveyed includes rule-based reasoning, machine learning, speech recognition, natural language processing, and facial/object recognition.
Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated simulation usually using a headset designed to immerse the user into the simulation. Augmented reality is similar to VR, except instead of closing off the user entirely in the simulation, the device overlays the simulation onto the real world.
IaaS capabilities surveyed include virtual servers, bare metal, containers, multiple availability zones, and platform as a service. Uses of IaaS surveyed include system development/testing, production systems, disaster recovery, spikes in demand, big data, and archiving of inactive data.
Digital workplace technologies surveyed include email, instant messaging, shared calendars, video conferencing, enterprise social networking, skills database, document collaboration, knowledge sharing, content management, workflow management, virtual desktops, and unified communications.
Low-code and no-code environments use graphical interfaces to create user applications, with fewer experienced coders involved or even none at all.
Internet of things functionality surveyed includes manufacturing/warehouse, asset management, smart products, environmental monitoring, energy management, service/field service, transportation/logistics, aerospace/defense, healthcare, and agriculture.
Robotic process automation functionality surveyed includes accounting/finance, operations, IT support, human resources, customer service, procurement, and sales.
IT security technologies surveyed include incident detection, firewalls, identity and access management, anti-malware, mobile device management, spam filtering, vulnerability scanners, and virtual private network (VPN).
This year, for the sixth time, we decided to look not just at technologies in major use today but also ask our respondents about technologies that are a little more on the horizon or in the early adopter stage. We wanted to find out which of these newer technologies are really catching the eye of decision-makers and which are either too far out in terms of practical application or are simply in the news because of vendor or media hype.
We listed 17 technologies: Blockchain, digital currencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), drones, autonomous vehicles, quantum computing, 3D printing, self-healing systems, holograms, digital twins, 5G private networks, 6G networks, Wi-Fi 6, biometric identification, AI robotics, ultra-high density data storage, and human-computer integration
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