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
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
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!
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
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
ETR Insights presents an interview with the IT Solutions Architect for a large financial services enterprise, who discusses their company’s need for more advanced tools and dashboarding options, and the importance of engaging employees with cutting-edge projects and not overworking staff. The interview details this company’s mix of on-premise and cloud solutions, how they are … Read more
Over 1,500 IT decision makers have participated so far in ETR’s October 2023 Technology Spending Intentions Survey (TSIS), including 269 from Fortune 500 and 376 from Global 2000 organizations. ETR’s Research Team recently published the October 2023 Early Takeaways, leveraging preliminary data to examine sectors with improving/declining 2023 spending intent and initial forecasts for 2024 … Read more
ETR Insights presents an interview with the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of a real estate technology company, whose experience as an AI researcher adds welcome color to the ongoing public discussion around OpenAI. This smaller organization’s technology spend is limited as they prefer to build themselves rather than buy new vendors. The organization is … Read more
In a comprehensive ETR panel discussion about the integration of generative AI technologies across different sectors, IT professionals from a municipal government, a tech enterprise, a nonprofit, and a consulting firm discussed using AI for internal data summarization, 3D visualization, automating service desk responses, vetting grant requests, and more. They broadly favor off-the-shelf solutions like … Read more
ETR Insights presents an interview with the Vice President of IT and CISO for a business services organization, which is moving back to a physical data center from the public cloud based on cost and security concerns. While this organization is frustrated by Microsoft’s add-on security services, has had mixed experiences with Palo Alto and … Read more
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