Computer Industry Report articles from November 1993

Computer Industry Report archives from November 1993

$150 billion worldwide IT services market heats up; suppliers respond to new competition: look out below! (Industry Overview)
November 26, 1993... Many IT companies have undertaken wide-ranging restructuring to better provide and market IT services -- by any measure one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of the industry. Nonetheless, capturing significant new revenue may require...

Five-year outlook, 1993-1998. (IT services market) (Industry Overview)
November 26, 1993... The eclipse of traditional maintenance services by integration and consulting in the past few years is startling. In 1987 the IT services market was largely associated with traditional postinstallation service and support. By the late 1980s,...

United States: the services leader. (Industry Overview)
November 26, 1993... U.S. corporations provide the testing ground for cutting-edge services; consequently, the United States remains the largest market for IT services. U.S. corporations are at the forefront of outsourcing the management of data center operations to...

IT services company profiles. (Industry Overview)
November 26, 1993... The following profiles review and analyze the major services suppliers in three categories: hardware manufacturers, professional integrators, and management consulting firms. Each category has a unique perspective on IT services and a distinct...

The widening gap between IT services: suppliers need to move carefully. (Industry Overview)
November 26, 1993... The distinction between solving strategic IT problems and the outsourcing of value-chain processes is growing, and IT services suppliers are in the middle. The problem solving inherent in the former entails addressing primary bottom-line concerns...