Ovum provides organizations with advice on technology selection and procurement to ensure a good fit with your overall IT strategy and reduce the need for external consultants.

Ovum’s Software research team analyzes the important role of IT in enabling business improvement, change, and innovation. Based on these insights we help organizations to define an appropriate IT strategy and define an infrastructure and functional capabilities to sustain this strategy in a cost efficient, secure, and compliant manner. Many of the Ovum IT Software analyst team come from an enterprise IT background and have experience in defining, communicating, explaining and translating the technical aspects of IT strategy to the business side of the organization.

Our research includes extensive analysis of key enterprise technology areas, covering business and industry issues, IT deployment advice, and vendor and market analysis. We offer detailed assessments of leading IT solutions, which includes the Ovum Decision Matrix summarizing the technology rating, market impact, and customer satisfaction for each product reviewed in depth. We also have an understanding of the common business pressures and disruptive technologies that sit foremost on CIO agendas, advising organizations of their  impact and how they should react to them.

Key coverage areas

  • IT Strategy and Planning
  • Information Management
  • Enterprise Applications
  • Business Integration
  • Software Lifecycle and Integration
  • Security and Infrastructure