Dr. Katy Ring is a Senior Research Analyst for Professional Technology Services at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this role, she covers consultancies, system integrators and outsourcing companies applying advanced technologies to deliver IoT-centric digital transformation services.
Katy has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, providing strategic advice to C-level executives at vendor and end-user organizations. She has developed strong research-based expertise and has focused on areas where the global IT service delivery model is changing, including cloud services, the evolving CIO role, innovation, sustainability and global sourcing of labor. Prior to joining 451 Research, Katy led K2 Advisory, a research resource for CIOs, their senior colleagues and suppliers. Before K2, she spent 12 years at Ovum Research, leading research in emerging software and services markets, as well as developing the company's Outsourcing Practice. Before her tenure as a Principal Analyst and Practice Leader at Ovum, Katy was a journalist with publications, including Computer Weekly and Computergram International, and was a founding editor of Software Futures.
Katy holds an Honors degree in politics, philosophy and history from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in the popularization of science from the University of Kent in Canterbury.
The requirements driven by the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated medical technology's path toward connected medical devices. IoT-empowered transformation projects in the sector need to improve the user experience to be successful, a digital enablement pivot Cognizant understands.
The global systems integrator is known for its strength in the IT market, but also a strong engineering heritage for more than 20 years. HCL's platform-centric approach to the medical device market has helped its Healthcare and Life Science Practice become the fastest-growing vertical sector for the company.
In our latest quick take on what is happening in the IoT tech sector, we have an important organizational update, as well as analysis around recent activity from Accenture and Lumen Technologies. Elsewhere, we examine Neptune Energy's cloud strategy and IoT-related impacts in transportation and healthcare.
Reacting swiftly to a growth drop once businesses started responding to the pandemic, Accenture managed to grow overall. Besides cost-cutting staff changes, the company's growth was largely driven by acquisitions to feed resources into technology areas with high growth potential. Its appetite for acquisitions is proving even bigger in 2021.
The company is resetting its global strategy to meet changing market demands with a renewed focus on technology, platform-enabled professional services, and a growing appetite for acquisitions in the cloud, cybersecurity, analytics and ESG. PwC has launched The New Equation, building on its experience of operating in the digital era and navigating the shifting requirements of the pandemic with its clients.
Systems integrators need to work proactively and at speed with increasingly more technology providers, given the volatility of market requirements. The problem with the way that alliances are typically run is that they are disconnected and disengaged from their partners' own back-office systems. TIDWIT is addressing this pain point.
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