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In the immediate wake of the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage, ETR conducted a survey to capture initial reactions and then returned a month after to assess any continued fallout among IT decision makers. It has now been nearly four months since CrowdStrike’s headline-grabbing outage, and to further gauge the temperature surrounding the security vendor, ETR conducted an Insights panel of CrowdStrike customers.

This marks the first annualized comparison to ETR’s recently launched Observatory product, with updated data and a comprehensive report on the Endpoint marketplace looking out to 2025. From this point forward, ETR will have a time series history of the specific Observatory markets and the competing vendors.

In this ETR Observatory, we dive into the market trends, spending intentions, and platform strengths of the top SASE vendors. Discover how the race to capture the SASE market is intensifying as cybersecurity continues to be a top priority for organizations. Review key takeaways and data insights in this summary.

The October 2024 Macro Views survey, conducted from September 3rd to October 3rd, gathered responses from 1775 IT decision-makers, including participants from 282 Fortune 500 and 417 Global 2000 organizations. Among the respondents, 27% hold C-suite titles, and 49% are at the VP/Director level. Larger organizations accounted for 58% of respondents, while midsize and small organizations made up the remaining 42%. Check out highlights from the report.

ETR’s Research Team recently published the October 2024 Early Takeaways, leveraging preliminary data to examine sectors with improving/declining second-half 2024 spending intent, updated IT spending growth, and inflections captured at the vendor level. Check out some highlights in this week’s article, and view the full report on the ETR platform.

As enterprises face growing economic pressures and escalating cloud costs, many are re-evaluating their long-standing vendor relationships. In a recent ETR Insights interview, the Chief Cloud Solutions Architect from a leading IT services firm delves into the impact of VMware’s pricing challenges and the shift towards more adaptable and cost-effective solutions like Nutanix.

With cloud adoption on the rise and businesses increasingly exploring hybrid multicloud options, understanding the evolving dynamics between major players like VMware and Nutanix is crucial for both investors and technology leaders. Read more>>