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2016 will be a difficult year to call for the European IT businesses – any of the usual linear progress in the IT industry in 2015 as a result of more powerful technologies was distorted by special factors such as cloud, security and the economic situation and its impact on dollar/euro pricing.
According to a new report by IT Europa, 2016 will see further major changes in vendors and channels, with legacy vendors facing a bleak future unless they take major steps. As IDC has already indicated. Customers want more, be it in data and analysis, security, cloud apps or guidance. Channels may struggle to keep up. As one expert puts it: “The channel’s ability to pivot its business models to work with a wider range of technologies and commercial delivery models limits the way it can meet this demand.”
Some firms may leave the business completely, under pressure from the new demands placed on them, while others look for dramatic growth through acquisition. Consolidation in the channel will continue, with some signs that firms are getting a clearer understanding of what the M&A market needs to help put a price on their businesses.
With Software-Defined-Everything (SDE) storming across the industry, companies, already under the hammer from customer’s existing demands, will find key resources in short supply. Performance, security and staff recruitment and retention are identified as the three main headaches for the IT industry in 2016.
Full article. Map a path through the issues of cloud, security, data analytics
According to a new report by IT Europa, 2016 will see further major changes in vendors and channels, with legacy vendors facing a bleak future unless they take major steps. As IDC has already indicated. Customers want more, be it in data and analysis, security, cloud apps or guidance. Channels may struggle to keep up. As one expert puts it: “The channel’s ability to pivot its business models to work with a wider range of technologies and commercial delivery models limits the way it can meet this demand.”
Some firms may leave the business completely, under pressure from the new demands placed on them, while others look for dramatic growth through acquisition. Consolidation in the channel will continue, with some signs that firms are getting a clearer understanding of what the M&A market needs to help put a price on their businesses.
With Software-Defined-Everything (SDE) storming across the industry, companies, already under the hammer from customer’s existing demands, will find key resources in short supply. Performance, security and staff recruitment and retention are identified as the three main headaches for the IT industry in 2016.
Full article. Map a path through the issues of cloud, security, data analytics
