IDC Government Insights Examines Government Systems Vendors and Integrators in Western Europe

The integration of 3rd Platform technologies are initiating a major change in the way that technology implements business modernization. The new IDC MarketScape, Western European Government System Integrators 2016 Vendor Assessment (Doc #EMEA40250616), exclusively examines Western European vendors that are key players in the systems integration market, including: Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, CGI, CSC, Deloitte, HP, IBM, Sopra-Steria, and Tieto.

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"Western European government IT executives that need to purchase services from systems integrators shall consider smaller and shorter contracts that lower the risk of failure and lock-in. These contracts shall aggregate competencies from multiple vendors to dynamically adjust the internal and external mix of capabilities that governments must acquire to source digital solutions in areas like big data and analytics, digital services and mobile computing," according to Massimiliano Claps, associate vice president, IDC Government Insights EMEA.

In recent years, stringent budget cuts have challenged Western European governments' ability to successfully implement digital transformation and have forced them to rethink the way they collaborate with technology vendors. Below is a sampling of takeaways the new IDC MarketScape provides:

• Award smaller and shorter contracts that lower the risk of failure and lock-in.
• Nurture internal competencies in enterprise architecture, business analysis, and code development to retain knowledge that is critical for business innovation.
• Aggregate competencies from multiple vendors to dynamically adjust the internal and external mix of capabilities they need to source.

IDC MarketScape criteria selection, weightings, and vendor scores represent well-researched IDC judgment about the market and specific vendors. IDC analysts tailor the range of standard characteristics by which vendors are measured through structured discussions, surveys, and interviews with market leaders, participants and end users. Market weightings are based on user interviews, buyer surveys and the input of a review board of IDC experts in each market. IDC analysts base individual vendor scores, and ultimately vendor positions within the IDC MarketScape, on detailed surveys, vendor reference interviews, publicly available information and other direct end-user insights in an effort to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of each vendor's characteristics, behavior and capability.

About IDC MarketScape

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of IT, telecommunications, or industry-specific suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous evaluation methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT, telecommunications, or industry-specific vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a transparent foundation to allow companies to independently compare the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.

About IDC Government Insights

IDC Government Insights assists government policy, program, and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them, in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services. Staffed by senior analysts with decades of government and IT industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing the Federal/Central and local/provincial Governments. International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology, media, research, and events company. For more information, please visit www.idc-gi.com, email info@idc-gi.com, or call 703-485-8300. Visit the IDC Government Insights Community at http://idc-community.com/government.