ISG Provider Lens™ report says pandemic and
SAP migrations have accelerated cloud adoption, creating
implementation and services opportunities for global and local
providers
German enterprises, traditionally slow to adopt cloud computing,
are growing more interested in migrating applications to the cloud,
particularly to Microsoft Azure, according to a new report
published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III),
a leading global technology research and advisory firm.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Ecosystem report for
Germany finds more companies are looking to the cloud as provider
offerings and approaches mature. German enterprises are seeking
cloud solutions for greater flexibility and agility in provisioning
resources and to more easily access new capabilities. Those that
adopt Microsoft’s Azure cloud typically choose it because of their
existing relationships with the company, Azure’s enterprise focus
and the platform’s capabilities around analytics and the Internet
of Things, the report says.
The sudden need for virtualized operations and remote work
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have helped to increase interest in
cloud adoption, ISG says. Many midsize German companies are moving
data and workloads to software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms on the
Azure cloud, some taking a “SaaS-only” approach.
“German enterprises’ emerging interest in the cloud presents
promising opportunities for Microsoft and its partners in the
region,” said Andrea Spiegelhoff, ISG EMEA partner based in
Germany. “The German market wants to explore new approaches to the
enterprise IT environment, especially with service providers that
have deep local resources.”
One factor that has held back cloud adoption is the challenge of
complying with complex regulations, especially for
business-critical applications at the heart of a company, like SAP,
the report says. Germany companies value service providers that
have a deep understanding of compliance to help them overcome this
hurdle.
Migration of SAP to the cloud has been one of the most important
IT trends at mid-tier and large German enterprises over the past
year, ISG finds. Many enterprises using SAP migrated the platform
from proprietary hosting solutions to hyperscalers such as
Microsoft, creating opportunities for service providers. However,
approximately half of German SAP user companies do not see
themselves as very far along in their cloud migrations. Bringing
SAP onto Azure at even more enterprises will be an important task
for Microsoft partners over the next three years, the report
says.
Service providers in Germany have begun offering SAP on Azure as
part of vertical offerings, which in some cases has allowed them to
attract smaller clients within specializations, according to ISG.
Instead of partnering only with a large automaker, for example,
they may also be able to engage with its suppliers.
German enterprises of all kinds care about access to specialized
and skilled local workforces, the report says. While many of the
country’s large enterprises are turning to large global providers,
they want their partner to have a strong presence in the region
with extensive certifications, due to the complexity of large
implementations, the report says. Mid-tier companies tend to prefer
local providers, again with strong certifications.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Ecosystem report
for Germany evaluates the capabilities of 61 providers across six
quadrants: Managed Services for Azure – Large Accounts, Managed
Services for Azure – Midmarket, Office 365 & Modern Workplace –
Large Accounts, Office 365 & Modern Workplace – Midmarket,
Dynamics 365 and SAP on Azure.
The report names Arvato Systems and Devoteam | Alegri as Leaders
in five quadrants and Accenture (Avanade) as a Leader in four
quadrants. All for One Group, Atos, CANCOM, Capgemini, DXC
Technology, Telekom Deutschland (TDG) and T-Systems are named as
Leaders in three quadrants each, while AppSphere, Axians, Bechtle
and SoftwareONE are named as Leaders in two quadrants each. The
report names Allgeier, Cognizant, Computacenter, Data One,
glueckkanja-gab, Infosys, infoWAN, Insight, NTT DATA, KUMAVISION,
Scheer Gmbh, TCS and Wipro as Leaders in one quadrant each.
In addition, Claranet, Communardo, gluekkanja-gab and Insight
are named Rising Stars—companies with a “promising portfolio” and
“high future potential” by ISG’s definition—in one quadrant
each.
Customized versions of the report are available from Arvato
Systems, Communardo, and glueckkanja-gab.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Ecosystem report
for Germany is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on
this webpage.
About ISG Provider Lens™ Research
The ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant research series is the only
service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical,
data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world
experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team.
Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis
to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners,
while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market
knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The
research currently covers providers offering their services
globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Germany,
Switzerland, the U.K., France, the Nordics, Brazil and
Australia/New Zealand, with additional markets to be added in the
future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research,
please visit this webpage.
A companion research series, the ISG Provider Lens Archetype
reports, offer a first-of-its-kind evaluation of providers from the
perspective of specific buyer types.
About ISG
ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading
global technology research and advisory firm. A trusted business
partner to more than 700 clients, including more than 75 of the
world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is committed to helping
corporations, public sector organizations, and service and
technology providers achieve operational excellence and faster
growth. The firm specializes in digital transformation services,
including automation, cloud and data analytics; sourcing advisory;
managed governance and risk services; network carrier services;
strategy and operations design; change management; market
intelligence and technology research and analysis. Founded in 2006,
and based in Stamford, Conn., ISG employs more than 1,300
digital-ready professionals operating in more than 20 countries—a
global team known for its innovative thinking, market influence,
deep industry and technology expertise, and world-class research
and analytical capabilities based on the industry’s most
comprehensive marketplace data. For more information, visit
www.isg-one.com.
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