Prioritizing Security Amidst Tight Budgets

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ETR Insights presents an interview with the CISO and Vice President of IT Infrastructure for a large industrial manufacturing enterprise, which is navigating a tightening IT budget, layoffs, and potential cutbacks on hardware maintenance contracts and software licenses. Facing increased risks from nation-state cyberattacks, they’ve shifted budget allocation to prioritize security at the expense of … Read more

ETR’s 2024 Early Takeaways

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As of press time, more than 1500 IT decision-makers have already participated in ETR’s January 2024 Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS), including 258 representing Fortune 500 and 361 representing Global 2000 organizations. ETR’s Research and Analytics Team has published the Early Takeaways report, leveraging preliminary data to examine sectors with improving/declining 2024 spending intent, forecasts … Read more

ETR’s Top Drill Down Surveys

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Yes, ETR is known as a premier data shop, but did you know that we are also a leading provider of custom surveys for the enterprise technology vertical? With our vast community of qualified ITDMs and our internal expertise in survey operations and data analytics, ETR is your one-stop shop for all your custom research … Read more

Google “Very Supportive” in Move to the Cloud

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This Director of IT for a large retail & consumer enterprise is streamlining global initiatives and focusing on high-value projects like supply chain optimization and migration to the cloud. Our guest describes a permanent shift from physical stores to e-commerce and highlights an increasing focus on data security across all consumer data. Read the summary … Read more

ETR Observatory for Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools 

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The latest ETR Observatory report on Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools is now available! Backed exclusively by ETR’s new Market Array data, the vendors covered in this report are positioned in Leading, Advancing, Tracking, or Trailing vectors according to Momentum and Presence in the market. The plotting of the vendors in the subsector is based … Read more

ETR Data Spotlight – Fintech

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With two Technology Spending Intentions Surveys (TSIS) completed since ETR’s addition of the Fintech sector into our survey universe, we highlight our takeaways ahead of our first full year of spending intent data on the sector coming in January. At the sector level, Fintech boasted a 23.1% Net Score higher than the broader TSIS Survey … Read more

ETR Observatory for Endpoint Protection Platforms

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The ETR Observatory for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) is now available. Backed by ETR data, the vendors covered in this report are positioned in Leading, Advancing, Tracking, or Trailing vectors according to momentum and presence in the market. The plotting of the vendors in the subsector is based exclusively on the data, not opinions or … Read more

“Top-Notch” Zscaler Struggles to Cater Across Verticals

“Top-Notch” Zscaler Struggles to Cater Across Verticals

ETR Insights presents an interview with the Cyber Attack Response Engineer for a global financials enterprise. Readers will appreciate this informed perspective on platform-style security solutions, ZTNA, endpoint updates and sensor-based security technologies, and cost-efficient log management. The discussion turned quickly to security vendors, including Cloudflare, Tanium, CrowdStrike, Okta, Ping, SailPoint, and more within the … Read more

ETR Earnings Calendar: CrowdStrike, Snowflake, Okta, Workday, Zscaler

With earnings season in full swing, ETR highlights data reviews for CrowdStrike, Okta, Snowflake, Workday, and Zscaler. The data cited in this article is from ETR’s October 2023 Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS). Take a look at October Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS) data for CrowdStrike, Snowflake, Okta, Workday, and Zscaler.

Zscaler’s Strong Position in a Competitive Market

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Though they recognize a broader pullback in enterprise IT rollouts and are wary of any upcoming recession, this director has yet to throttle back IT spend. They see IT as a competitive advantage. “We’re doing some very unique things in terms of providing IT services to other companies in our industry, so our executive team … Read more

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