Reading the Alphabet Soup: SI, PI, ERP, Etc. - The Changing Drivers Of IT Consulting

23 Sep 2008

$999.00

Executive Summary

This report provides an understanding of the key drivers that influence the IT consulting market. Key Insights are divided into three sections: Everest definition of IT consulting, paradigm shift in IT consulting, and consulting market models and supplier landscape. Each section contains trends, which are discussed in detail (and illustrated with supporting data and analysis) to provide the reader with information in easy-to-apply, bite-size pieces. For example, the paradigm shift in IT consulting section talks about the following:

  • Four factors that historically drove IT consulting business, i.e., killer applications (e.g., ERP), economic cycle, IT mega-problems (e.g., Y2K), and new business requirements of IT (e.g., regulatory changes)
  • Changes in the relative significance of these historical and emergence of two new factors, i.e., shortage of IT talent and growing sophistication of offshore IT labor markets
  • New industry paradigm driven by these changes in the underlying drivers of consulting re-energizing the growth of IT consulting market
 

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