Buyers are having a harder look at their applications portfolios than ever before, as they aspire for greater business agility and reduced management costs. Adoption of next-generation technologies and automation is enabling enterprises to achieve effective application rationalization, cutting across the entire IT function. Enterprises are thereby able to free up a significant chunk of the IT budget, a majority of which is currently dedicated to core operations, maintenance, and support.
Everest Group’s annual research on application services provides fact-based perspectives on buyer adoption by geography, industry, and revenue size. It analyzes major trends that are shaping the applications market and the outlook for the next year. It also sizes the IT services market in terms of application outsourcing and consulting services.
Scope
IT service market size (split across applications, consulting, infrastructure service, geography, and industry verticals)
Market share of leading IT service providers in applications, consulting, and infrastructure service
AO buyer adoption trends across geography, industry verticals, and revenue size
Key trends shaping the AO market (hyper-rationalization, and declining AO pricing)
Outlook for 2015
Content
This annual research deep dives into the application outsourcing landscape. It provides data-driven facts and perspectives on the overall market. The research covers AO adoption trends, demand drivers, and buyer expectations. The research analyzes buyer challenges, trends shaping the market, and also provides an outlook for 2015 for the broader IT as well as AO market.
For example, the section on “AO Overview” analyzes the following:
Deal trends (new vs. renewals)
Deal size and duration
Scope of services (e.g., application development, maintenance, and consulting)
Note: this report is from 2012. See our most recent R2R research report.
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