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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

With earnings season underway, the calendar is packed with companies that ETR tracks in our surveys, and while no single input can paint an entire picture, our forward-looking spending intentions have been proven to correlate to future revenues. As such, let’s take a look at what the recent data said about some of the companies … Read more

Our recent conversation with the Managing Director of Cyber Risk and CISO Advisory for a large consulting firm centered on information security vendors and macro trends. On the topic of spending priorities, he said it “is different by sector,” with “highly regulated industries such as banks” continuing to focus on pressing cybersecurity concerns and putting … Read more

Alongside the Oct 2022 Technology Spending Intentions Survey, ETR officially released a new Sales Forecast Model designed to close the gap between consensus and reported revenues using ETR’s spending intentions data. Walk through the features and functionality of the model, as well as some additional details.