Business Technology Roundtable

Business technology investment continues to evolve. During the last decade, I've had a front-row seat to the meteoric global rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact across industries. The AI Consulting professional services market has emerged as a critical enabler of this transformation revolution, helping organizations navigate the complexities of AI adoption and implementation. The global AI consulting market is experiencing ongoing growth, with forecasts indicating it will reach $72.5 billion by 2025. This remarkable expansion is fueled by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.3 percent from 2020 to 2027, highlighting the insatiable appetite for broad AI expertise and proven experience. The AI Consulting Market Analysis One of the most striking statistics is that over 80 percent of AI consulting firms report increased demand for their professional services in the past year. This surge in demand is not limited to a single sector but spans across va...

Some mainstream IT buyers might think that most cloud infrastructure vendors and service providers are essentially alike. But there are key differences. Besides, given the body of market research to the contrary, there’s clearly no such thing as a "one-size-fits-all" cloud solution. Furthermore, if you believe that a hybrid cloud should support an IT agenda to transform a business, then a viable solution must consider the preexisting systems of record within the enterprise. That’s why forward-thinking CIOs often seek information and guidance on two fronts. First, they want to know how to extract costs from their legacy IT investments. Second, they desire to use that assessment exercise to free-up budget and fund innovation via a DevOps model that would streamline new cloud-native technology deployments. That’s why pragmatic CIOs understand the reality of a coexistence environment, where current on-premises IT systems must be an integral part of the total digital transf...

Theoretically, all types of organizations should be predisposed to consider the transition to managed cloud services -- due to the numerous anticipated benefits. However, based upon the results of recent market research in the United States, it now appears that some sectors are much more likely to be part of the growing early-adopter movement. International Data Corporation ( IDC ) announced the findings of a new market study, which forecasts that from 2009 to 2014 the U.S. public IT cloud services revenue will grow 21.6 percent -- rising from $11.1 billion to $29.5 billion. According to IDC's market assessment and forecast, the professional services, communications & media, and discrete & process manufacturing sectors will drive the greatest market adoption -- generating the most public cloud services revenue. Broad Appeal of SaaS Offerings Will Continue IDC believes that the professional services market, in particular, will be the primary beneficiary of increased ...