Tuesday 19th Nov, 2013
By Fiona Czerniawska If you don’t have the answer, change the question. The question that’s been dogging the IT consulting sector since before the recession is what the business model is. Specifically, it’s been about how consulting sits alongside technology services (systems development and implementation, outsourcing, and so on). To date, we’ve heard two answers, neither of which has been particularly convincing.
Wednesday 10th Jul, 2013
All our recent research points to growth in technology consulting, while more traditional management consulting services look solid rather than stellar. Even procurement people, the subject of our latest report and always the most cautious when it comes to future trends, agree: nine out of ten say that the proportion of consulting projects with a technology component or driven by technology will stay the same or increase over the next 12 months. In North America we c
Wednesday 29th May, 2013
Big data, analytics, cloud, mobile: they’re all now converging on a single point – digitization. Although cynics may argue this is simply the latest in a series of ideas hyped by consulting firms, our conversations with clients tell us that they're as keen on the concept as anyone. The idea that easier, cheaper and more accessible data and technology could provide new ways to engage customers and to work with colleagues without raising costs is just too tempting a prospect for most organizations, especially when all other avenues of growth appear to have been exhausted.
Wednesday 29th May, 2013
Big data, analytics, cloud, mobile: they’re all now converging on a single point – digitization. Although cynics may argue this is simply the latest in a series of ideas hyped by consulting firms, our conversations with clients tell us that they're as keen on the concept as anyone. The idea that easier, cheaper and more accessible data and technology could provide new ways to engage customers and to work with colleagues without raising costs is just too tempting a prospect for most organizations, especially when all other avenues of growth appear to have been exhausted.
Monday 8th Oct, 2012
This is the second in a series of blogs I’m doing which look at the prospects for different segments within the consulting industry.
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