The most innovative companies of 2021 according to BCG: Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft all make it

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tesla are considered the five most innovative companies, according to BCG’s analysis of the 50 most innovative companies of 2021Abbott Labs, AstraZeneca, Comcast, Mitsubishi, and Moderna join the top 50 most innovative companies for the first time this yearThe fastest movers include Toyota, who jumped from 41st to 21st; Salesforce, who jumped from 35th to 22nd; and Coca-Cola, who jumped from 48th to...

27 May 2021 | AWS

Gartner predicts the public cloud services market will reach $397.4bn by 2022: What you need to know

Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1% in 2021 to total $332.3 billion, up from $270 billion in 2020 Gartner predicts worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will jump from $242.6bn in 2019 to $692.1bn in 2025, attaining a 16.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) Spending on SaaS cloud services is predicted to reach $122.6bn this year, growing to $145.3bn next year, attaining 19.3% growth between 2021 and 2022  

These and many other...

10 May 2021 | Infrastructure

Which ERP systems are most popular with their users in 2021?

Sage Intacct, Oracle ERP Cloud, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP are the three highest-rated ERP systems by their users. 86% of Unit4 ERP users say their CRM system is the best of all vendors in the study. The survey-wide satisfaction rating for CRM is 73%, accentuating Unit4 ERP’s leadership in this area. 85% of Ramco ERP Suite users say their ERP systems’ analytics and reporting is the best of all 22 vendors evaluated.

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6 May 2021 | Software as a Service

Enterprise plans for endpoint security in 2021: An interview with Christy Wyatt, Absolute, and Matthew Zielinski, Lenovo

Bottom line: Today’s largely distributed enterprises need to make sure they are putting endpoint security first in 2021– which includes closely managing every stage of the device lifecycle, from deployment to decommission, and ensuring all sensitive data remains protected.

There’s a looming paradox facing nearly every organisation today of how they’ll secure thousands of remote endpoints without having physical access to devices, and without disrupting worker productivity....

29 March 2021 | Security

Why Covid-19 is teaching enterprises how to mind the cybersecurity gap

30% of US and UK remote workers say their organisations don’t require them to use a secure access tool, including VPN, to log into corporate databases and systems, according to Ivanti’s 2021 Secure Consumer Cyber Report Plus, 25% of remote workers in the US and UK aren’t required to have specific security software running on their devices to access certain applications while working remotely And one in four US remote workers use their work email and passwords to log in to consumer...

21 March 2021 | Research

10 charts which will change your perspective of Microsoft Azure’s growth

Microsoft Azure revenue grew 50% year-over-year in fiscal Q2, 2021, contributing to a 26% increase in server products and cloud services revenue According to the latest earnings call, more than 1,000 Microsoft customers now use Azure Arc to simplify hybrid management and run Azure services across on-premises, multi-cloud and at the edge Commercial cloud gross margins increased to 71% in the latest quarter, up from 67% a year earlier There are now more than 60 Azure regions globally,...

1 March 2021 | Infrastructure

Why 76% of enterprises are prioritising AI and machine learning in 2021 IT budgets

43% of enterprises say their AI and machine learning (ML) initiatives matter “more than we thought,” with one in four saying AI and ML should have been their top priority sooner 50% of enterprises plan to spend more on AI and ML this year, with 20% saying they will be significantly increasing their budgets 56% of all enterprises rank governance, security and auditability issues as their highest-priority concerns today In just over a third of enterprises surveyed (38%), data scientists...

27 January 2021 | Software as a Service

The best cloud and enterprise software companies for remote jobs in 2021 – according to Glassdoor

Glassdoor shows 3,937 companies in the middle of a hiring surge during Covid-19, 960 of which are in information technologyLeading software companies going through a hiring surge right now include Aha! Software, Appen, Clevertech, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Dataiku, Fastly, Hashicorp, Leidos, Liveops, Netskope, Proofpoint, Rackspace, Zapier and ZendeskModern Tribe, Dataiku, Zapier, PartnerCentric, Slack, Fuse, ScienceLogic and SAP are the highest rated companies by their employees on Glassdoor who...

4 January 2021 | Research

Software dominates the Deloitte 2020 Tech Fast 500 – with 71% of all companies chosen

Software companies continue to deliver the highest growth rates for the 25th straight year, representing 71% of the entire list, the highest-ever percentage in the history of the rankings 353 of the 500 fastest-growing companies in North America are in the software industry according to Deloitte’s 2020 Tech Fast 500, the most ever in the history of their rankings and a 3% increase over last year Two of the ten fastest-growing companies over the last three years specialise in cybersecurity,...

17 December 2020 | Research

83% of enterprises transformed their cybersecurity in 2020 – accelerated by Covid cloud migration

73% of enterprises (over 500 employees) accelerated their cloud migration plans to support the shift to remote working across their organisations due to the pandemic. 81% of enterprises accelerated their IT modernisation processes due to the pandemic. 48% of all companies surveyed have accelerated their cloud migration plans, 49% have sped up their IT modernisation plans because of Covid-19. 32% of large-scale enterprises, over 500 employees, are implementing more automation using...

13 November 2020 | Data & Analytics