GOVERNMENT

23 May 2016

Four companies take the lead amongst Western European Government System Integrators

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 23, 2016 – 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.

"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.