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Anyone who knows the name ETR knows that we are obsessive about our data. Everything we do is based on our spending intentions data collected directly from our curated community of IT decision makers. Data is the foundation of our syndicated survey offerings that support spending intentions analysis for public tech companies and the proprietary … Read more

In addition to ETR’s syndicated surveys that populate our proprietary data sets and set the basis for the industry’s most comprehensive spending intentions research, we also offer a full suite of custom research ranging from focus panels, expert end-user, and customer interviews, consulting analysis, and the industry’s best custom surveys. In fact, ETR has a … Read more

ETR Insights recently interviewed the EVP of Technology Services for a large technology enterprise, who spoke at length about the need for companies to carefully consider and deploy SaaS licensing, leveraging existing enterprise agreements, and root out redundant licensing to optimize cost and flexibility. The discussion includes how integrated offerings by platform providers like SAP … Read more

ETR Data will tell you what’s happening in the enterprise tech market, but it can’t always tell you why. That’s where ETR Insights enters into the equation. Every year the ETR Insights team hosts analyst-led interviews with our community of IT decision makers designed to gather feedback on the macro, sector, and vendor-level data collected … Read more

In a recent ETR Insights interview, we spoke to the Vice President and Principal Software Engineer for a large financials enterprise. The interview kicked off with a discussion of the macro environment. Although he is understandably cautious, our guest does not expect his organization to make any “drastic cuts” to the budget or any reductions … Read more

Another newsletter week and another awesome industry list. This time we highlight Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, which was recently updated in November and also has a significant amount of overlap with ETR’s data. Although Deloitte’s list consists of both public and private companies, for the purposes of this article we are going to focus on … Read more

It recently came to our attention that Madrona Venture Group, in partnership with Goldman Sachs, organized 40 leading PE firms to vote on the top 40, AI-driven private tech companies in the marketplace. You can see the full list here. Much like last week’s list from CNBC, yet again, there was a significant amount of overlap with ETR’s Emerging … Read more

Once again, the earnings calendar is packed with many tech companies that ETR tracks in our quarterly Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS) reporting over the next two weeks, such as Zoom, CrowdStrike, Salesforce, Elastic, Workday, and others. In advance of the earnings reports, ETR has compiled some recent data on a handful of those companies. 

In a recent ETR Insights interview, we spoke with the CIO of a large, municipal health agency that reported that his IT budget was “going up” with “more projects and more funding as well.” We discussed his organization’s current tech stack and most pressing IT initiatives, where Cloud migration was his “number one” priority, aiming … Read more

Earlier this week, CNBC published its first-ever Top 25 Enterprise Tech Startup List, stating “CNBC’s first-ever Top Startups for the Enterprise list highlights startups powering digital transformation, attracting strategic investments and potentially drawing acquisition interest. These are up-and-coming companies built by ambitious, creative, and innovative entrepreneurs who specifically set out to develop the latest technology in … Read more