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  • NEW
    Viewpoint

    July 07, 2025
    The global talent market is being reshaped by accelerated digital transformation, distributed workforces, and mounting enterprise expectations for recruitment partners to deliver not just hiring support but technology-led, advisory, and consulting solutions. As organizations grapple with skill shortages and demand outcome-based engagement, recruitment partners must evolve their service-delivery capabilities to stay ahead of these challenges. In May 2024, Kelly Services acquired Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) from Littlejohn & Co. The deal brings MRP’s deep expertise in IT staffing, federal subcontracting, telecom staffing, and talent acquisition consulting into Kelly’s workforce solutions ecosystem. It integrates six specialist brands – Motion Recruitment, Motion Telco, Motion Consulting Group, Tech in Motion, TG Federal, and Sevenstep – into Kelly’s global talent solutions portfolio. This Viewpoint examines how the combined entity can leverage its enhanced capabilities to accelerate top-line growth, expand EBITDA margins, and drive meaningful synergies across technology, telecom, federal, and other high-value sectors, positioning the combined entity as a technology-enabled talent acquisition powerhouse.
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    Provider Compendium

    July 07, 2025
    The public cloud market is significantly growing due to enterprises’ pursuit of digital transformation, innovation, and operational resilience. Microsoft Azure has effectively addressed this demand through strategic investments in generative AI (in collaboration with OpenAI), industry-tailored cloud offerings, Microsoft Fabric for data, and robust security capabilities. As Azure’s portfolio expands, enterprises are turning to specialized Azure service providers to lead cloud migration efforts and drive ongoing optimization. These partners bring key expertise in cost efficiency, resource management, and cloud-native development, enabling organizations to maximize their Azure investments’ value. In response to evolving enterprise needs, Azure service providers are enhancing their go-to-market approaches, earning certifications and specializations, and building proprietary Azure-aligned IP. Their close collaboration with Microsoft allows them to deliver industry-specific, high-impact solutions that strengthen operations and unlock new growth opportunities. In this report, we assess 29 cloud service providers featured in the Microsoft Azure Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024 and categorize them as Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants based on their capabilities and offerings. Each profile offers a comprehensive picture of the provider’s operational overview, delivery presence, solutions on offer, investments, and market success.
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    Webinar

    July 03, 2025
    Procurement leaders are navigating an increasingly complex landscape, marked by heightened demands for cost efficiency, sustainability, and risk mitigation. Traditional automation tools are no longer sufficient to meet these challenges. Enter Agentic AI – a transformative technology characterized by autonomous decision-making capabilities that can revolutionize procurement processes. In this webinar, our experts Bhanushee Malhotra, Prateek Singh, and Amit Lad delved into the concept of Agentic AI within procurement. This webinar explored the technological landscape, functionalities, and transformative impact of Agentic AI across various procurement processes. Attendees gained clarity on Agentic AI’s role, potential benefits, and key considerations for successful implementation. What questions did the webinar answer for the participants? What is Agentic AI, and how does it differ from traditional procurement automation tools? Which procurement processes are most suitable for Agentic AI adoption? What are the various Agentic AI use cases currently offered by procurement technology providers? What are the essential functionalities and capabilities to look for in AI agents within procurement solutions?
  • Tech Launch Perspective

    June 30, 2025
    In May 2025, Google Cloud expanded its sovereign cloud offerings to address increasing demands for data sovereignty and operational autonomy. It launched Google Cloud Air-Gapped, a fully isolated environment designed for sectors with stringent data security requirements, such as defense and intelligence. This solution operates without external network connectivity and is authorized to handle US government Top Secret data. Google Cloud Dedicated, developed in partnership with Thales, a French leader in cybersecurity, offers region-specific services operated by local partners to meet national compliance standards, such as France’s SecNumCloud. The Google Cloud Data Boundary service expansion now offers customers granular control over data residency and access, complemented by the User Data Shield, which incorporates Mandiant’s security assessments to validate application security postures. While these initiatives demonstrate Google Cloud’s commitment to offering flexible, secure, and compliant cloud solutions, challenges remain. These challenges include the limited geographic availability of certain services and complexities in integrating sovereign solutions with existing multi-cloud architectures. Enterprises must carefully assess these factors when considering Google Cloud’s offerings for their sovereignty objectives.
  • Tech Launch Perspective

    June 30, 2025
    In April 2025, IBM unveiled the latest evolution of its mainframe portfolio with the introduction of IBM Z17, advancing its long-standing leadership in mainframes. IBM has long been a cornerstone in the evolution of enterprise computing, with its mainframe systems being vital in supporting mission-critical operations across industries. Known for their reliability, security, and performance, IBM has consistently adapted its mainframes to meet changing business needs. IBM Z17 focuses on delivering alignment with enterprise hybrid cloud and sustainability goals. It stands out with features such as quantum-safe encryption through Crypto Express 8S, Watsonx Assistant for Z, Operations Unite, and AI-enabled processing at the core. It introduces enhanced security features and hybrid cloud readiness, offering enterprises a flexible, future-ready solution to modernize while empowering mission-critical workloads in a rapidly transforming digital landscape. This evolution in the Z series reinforces IBM’s commitment to autonomous IT, streamlining operations, enhancing user experiences, while addressing long-standing challenges such as talent shortages and legacy system constraints.
  • Provider Compendium

    June 30, 2025
    The rise of cloud computing, IoT devices, and IT-OT convergence has significantly expanded the attack surface, making enterprises more vulnerable to advanced cyber threats. Organizations struggle with managing complex security environments, bridging talent shortages, and balancing budget constraints while ensuring robust cybersecurity. As a result, they increasingly turn to Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers for real-time threat visibility, automated incident containment, and seamless security integration. Providers are addressing these challenges by integrating cutting-edge innovations such as generative AI-driven threat detection, incident response, and threat investigation, Security Operations Center (SOC)-as-a-service for scalable cloud-based operations, and XDR capabilities for holistic telemetry coverage. The growing convergence of IT and OT security has also fuelled the demand for unified SOCs capable of managing diverse digital ecosystems. This compendium provides detailed and fact-based snapshots of 29 global MDR providers featured on the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services – Provider Compendium 2025. Each profile offers a comprehensive picture of the provider’s operations, delivery presence, solutions, investments, and market success.
  • Tech Launch Perspective

    June 26, 2025
    As enterprise AI adoption scales, organizations are actively investing in infrastructure that supports diverse AI workloads, from training to inference, across data center and edge environments. AI is driving demand for specialized chips, private cloud flexibility, and scalable performance aligned with governance requirements. This report reviews Dell Technologies’ AI infrastructure-related announcements made at Dell Technologies World 2025. It outlines Dell’s current infrastructure positioning and details the key products and capabilities launched across compute, storage, and orchestration layers. It further maps these announcements to broader enterprise infrastructure themes and offers a structured view of how Dell is designing products for modular AI deployments and stack extensibility. The report is intended to help technology decision-makers, partners, and infrastructure stakeholders understand the scope of Dell’s product updates and their relevance within the AI infrastructure landscape.
  • Location Spotlight

    June 25, 2025
    Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of the competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities each location presents.
  • Thematic Report

    June 25, 2025
    In 2024, software and internet companies faced a volatile landscape marked by persistent economic uncertainty, inflationary pressures, and an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Yet, amid these headwinds, firms remained committed to future-focused investments, particularly in generative AI, real-time data systems, cloud-native infrastructures, and secure platform engineering. The rise of multimodal AI, zero-trust architectures, and sustainable computing reflects the industry’s enduring emphasis on innovation and resilience. This report provides an in-depth analysis of Engineering Research and Development (ER&D) spending and outsourcing strategies among the top 100 global software and internet firms. It offers insights into how companies are allocating budgets, scaling innovation, and leveraging external partnerships to advance product and platform development. By examining trends across company size, geography, and key verticals, this research identifies strategic patterns in spend intensity, outsourcing behaviors, and modernization priorities. Additionally, it offers insights into future growth trajectories, emerging trends, and their strategic implications for providers, enabling them to navigate the shifting market landscape and seize new opportunities.
  • Location Spotlight

    June 25, 2025
    Everest Group’s Location Spotlight reports provide a crisp, insightful assessment of established and emerging/next-wave global services delivery locations by country and city. The reports help global sourcing practitioners or location strategy professionals stay ahead of the competition in understanding key market dynamics and the related opportunities each location presents.