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

Oct23 Technology Spending Intentions Survey Recap

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Following last week’s review of the Macro Views Survey data, this week, we dive into a high-level overview of the recently concluded October 2023 Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS), ETR’s core syndicated survey that has been conducted quarterly for more than 12 years. This data set is the original foundation on which ETR was built, … Read more

The State of Observability for Retail

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New Relic once again partnered with ETR to produce its third annual Observability Forecast, the most robust survey of its kind on the state of observability, drawing insights from 1,700 IT decision makers. Now, a new cut of that data has been released as the State of Observability for Retail, which looks at the data from the … Read more

ETR’s OCT23 Macro Views Findings Report

Since March of 2020, ETR has been conducting a higher-level macro overview survey to determine overall spending budgets and trends impacting the enterprise technology landscape. In the October 2023 iteration, over 1,730 IT decision makers participated in the Macro Views Survey, weighing in on overall budgets, spending priorities, hiring trends and wages, rate of new … Read more

ETR Observatory for Process Automation

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Unlike other industry reports that are based on analyst opinion, the ETR Observatory follows a proprietary data methodology to assess IT decision-maker (ITDM) usage of a vendor’s product and services within a specific subsector. Read a brief excerpt from the report, and then click through to access our latest Observatory for Process Automation for free!

XDR Stealing Share from Vulnerability Management Vendors

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ETR Insights recently interviewed the Chief Information Security Officer of a large technology organization. Despite the current climate, our guest is expecting a minimum of 5% growth in IT spend at their firm on the organization’s move from SMB to targeting enterprise clients, which comes with a new range of tools, responsibilities, and regulatory requirements. … Read more

Cisco’s Acquisition of Splunk

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Following Cisco’s proposed acquisition of Splunk, ETR quickly launched a drill-down survey to gauge initial customer sentiment, reactions, and perceived impact. The flash survey polled 64 existing Cisco and Splunk clients from large enterprises (1200+ employees), half of which represent Global 2000 organizations. The summary report is linked here, and the full data and detailed results … Read more

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