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NEWExecutive Briefs
Unlocking Agility and Cost Efficiency: Leveraging Cloud Marketplaces for IT Procurement
July 10, 2025As IT procurement becomes vital to enabling agile, cost-effective digital transformation, enterprises are re-evaluating how they source technology. Traditional procurement processes struggle with extended cycles, poor provider governance, and limited alignment to cloud-native spend models. Cloud marketplaces are emerging as a strategic procurement channel, offering faster vendor onboarding, dynamic pricing, streamlined license management, and increased spending visibility. In this report, we examine how enterprises can leverage hyperscaler cloud marketplaces, such as AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace, and Google Cloud Marketplace, to unlock financial and operational value across procurement, governance, and partner management. It outlines the marketplace features that enable faster deployment, better control, and enhanced committed cloud spend use. The report also offers strategic recommendations for aligning procurement strategies with marketplace capabilities and maximizing value through private offers, curated partner solutions, and co-sell models involving Independent Software Vendor(ISVs) and providers. -
NEWPEAK Matrix®
US Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 – Industrial
July 10, 2025The US industrial staffing and strategic solutions market slowed down in 2024 due to persistent economic headwinds, including inventory destocking, elevated interest rates, and a cooling manufacturing PMI. Recent labor regulation changes have added operational complexities for providers managing shift-based workforces. Although market demand remained below pre-2022 levels, the pace of decline moderated compared to 2023, indicating early signs of stabilization. Labor shortages, especially in skilled trades, continued to pose fulfillment challenges. However, resilient sectors such as aerospace and defense, semiconductors, infrastructure, logistics, and food processing sustained hiring needs. High-performing providers prioritized these segments while investing in digital staffing platforms, upskilling and safety programs, and outcome-based delivery models such as onsite and cost-per-unit solutions. This report explores the industrial contingent staffing provider landscape in the US and its market impact in 2024. It provides the market’s overview and analyzes how different industrial contingent talent and strategic solutions providers differentiate based on the Everest Group PEAK Matrix® evaluation. -
July 10, 2025The rapid rise of generative AI has led to a global infrastructure transformation, accelerating demand for high-performance computing and next-generation data centers. As enterprises and governments invest in sovereign compute capabilities, India is emerging as a key player due to its expanding digital economy, progressive policy environment, and growing hyperscaler activity. This report explores how India’s data center ecosystem is evolving, from concentrated tier-1 city hubs to a more distributed, regionally balanced model aligned with AI demands. However, not all regions are equally equipped to support dense, latency-sensitive AI workloads. Power availability, network infrastructure, land access, and environmental resilience vary widely across cities. To evaluate these differences, Everest Group introduces the CALIBER-DC framework, a comprehensive model that assesses regional data center readiness across key dimensions. This Viewpoint offers strategic insights for infrastructure developers, policymakers, and enterprises seeking to scale AI infrastructure in India.
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NEWProvider Compendium
Microsoft Azure Services – Provider Compendium 2025
July 07, 2025The 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. -
Tech Launch Perspective
Sovereign Cloud – Review of Google Cloud’s Product Update Announcements
June 30, 2025In 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
IBM Z17 – Review of IBM’s Next-Generation Mainframe Solution
June 30, 2025In 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
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services – Provider Compendium 2025
June 30, 2025The 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
Cybersecurity – Review of SentinelOne’s Product Launch Announcements at RSAC 2025
June 30, 2025In this report, we assess SentinelOne’s evolving cybersecurity portfolio, emphasizing the strategic innovations showcased at the RSA Conference (RSAC) 2025. SentinelOne introduced Purple AI Athena, an agentic AI that autonomously triages, investigates, and remediates security incidents. It also enhanced Singularity Hyperautomation, a no‑code workflow engine that converts analyst actions into reusable playbooks and integrates with third‑party Security Information and Event Management (SIEMs) and data lakes for a unified security‑operations view. These enhancements aim to tackle persistent Security Operations Center (SOC) challenges by filtering alert noise, expediting investigations, and orchestrating cross‑tool responses at machine speed. SentinelOne also strengthened its multi‑cloud workload‑protection capabilities and highlighted interoperability across containerized and serverless environments. However, the expanded automation features may overlap with established Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms, and large enterprises will scrutinize Purple AI’s explainability and guardrails before adopting autonomous response at scale. SentinelOne’s future roadmaps must clarify integration depth with legacy security stacks and outline a robust AI governance framework. -
FEATUREDViewpoint
Generative AI in Action: Transforming Security Operations Centers (SOCs) for Modern Cyber Defense
June 27, 2025Gen AI is transforming how SOCs detect, respond to, and manage cyber threats. It enables automating repetitive tasks such as log analysis, alert triage, and incident investigation – freeing analysts to focus on strategic threat hunting and decision-making. Integrated effectively, gen AI enhances operational efficiency, reduces mean time to respond, and supports real-time risk profiling. This Viewpoint explores how gen AI fits across SOC architecture layers – from data collection and processing to analytics and incident response. It highlights real-world use cases, including AI-generated threat summaries, vulnerability detection through SAST/SCA automation, and intelligent response orchestration. Gen AI is also essential in workforce development, helping junior analysts upskill through guided workflows and natural language-based interfaces. While the benefits are compelling, organizations must navigate risks such as rising implementation costs, expanded attack surfaces, governance complexities, and the potential erosion of analyst skill development. Planning, budgeting, and responsibly integrating gen AI are key to realizing its full value. A structured SMART-G framework defined in this Viewpoint can guide enterprises through strategic alignment, infrastructure readiness, model optimization, workforce training, and governance. The result is a future-ready SOC – resilient, scalable, and built for a rapidly evolving threat landscape. -
June 27, 2025As enterprise IT ecosystems grow more complex with hybrid environments, expanding threat surfaces, and an urgent need for faster threat response, organizations are partnering with specialist Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers for highly tuned and expert-led cybersecurity services. These specialists are becoming vital partners in enabling 24×7 monitoring, rapid containment, and advanced threat detection across endpoints, cloud, and operational technology. Specialist MDR providers offer identity-aware threat detection, curated threat intelligence, and fully integrated remediation support, often tailored to lean security teams. The emphasis is on deployment agility, customized detection pipelines, and seamless scalability, coupled with investments in automation, unified telemetry, and co-innovation partnerships. In this report, Everest Group analyzes eight MDR providers featured on the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services Specialists PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025. The report is designed to offer enterprises an informed lens to evaluate MDR specialist partners and equip providers with a benchmarking tool to examine their relative market positioning and investment priorities.