ETR Earnings Preview

As this quarter’s earnings season rolls along, this week, we take a deep dive into Palo Alto Network’s most recent spending intentions data ahead of their expected report on Tuesday, February 20th. Shares of Palo Alto have been on a tremendous trajectory for the last four years, rising from pre-pandemic levels of $80 to more … Read more

ETR’s Earnings Calendar Data Review (Feb 2024)

With earnings season in full swing, ETR highlights data reviews on select vendors. The data cited in this article is from ETR’s January 2024 Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS). With 20+ covered tech vendors reporting next week, we focus on ZoomInfo, Monday, Datadog, and Shopify. Let’s kick things off with a deep dive into Datadog..

Educating Employees Key to Stopping Vulnerabilities

ETR Insights presents an interview with the Vice-President of Information Technology for a large tech enterprise whose company expects a 3% to 4% increase in IT budget for 2024 driven by rising SaaS and software service costs. They note the impact of inflation on wages and software prices, suggesting some vendors might be exploiting the … Read more

Generative AI Growing in Business

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ETR recently conducted its latest survey on generative AI and large language models (LLMs), focusing on budget plans, evaluation and production rates, anticipated ROI, and generative AI vendors. The survey received responses from nearly 900 IT decision makers, including representatives from nearly a quarter of Global 2000 organizations. Use this summary to see some key … Read more

Software Increases Rising Beyond Inflation Rates

ETR Insights presents an interview with the VP & Manager of Data Analytics for a large financial services enterprise, who describes an uncertain pace of technological investment within finance. Any economic recovery will be closely tied to the commercial real estate sector’s performance, with attention on how businesses adapt to persistently high interest rates. They … Read more

ETR’s JAN24 Macro Views Findings Report

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Every quarter, ETR conducts a higher-level macro survey to determine overall spending budgets and trends impacting the enterprise technology landscape. In the January 2024 iteration, 1766 IT decision makers participated in the Macro Views Survey, weighing in on overall budgets, technology priorities, hiring trends, remote work, rate of new IT deployments, Gen AI, and much … Read more

Power BI Presents Ongoing Need for Specialized IT Skills

ETR Insights presents an interview with an Enterprise Architect for a large tech services and consulting enterprise, who is enthusiastic about increasing IT budgets and the need to develop IT frameworks to support AI/ML. They highlight the widespread adoption of low-code applications and the prominent role of generative AI at their company, particularly for chatbots … Read more

Process Automation

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This ETR Observatory examines the process automation space. Review it to learn what experts are saying about process automation vendors and which ones the data positions in the leading spots.

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