FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 24, 2016 – International Data Corporation ( IDC ) has published the first vendor assessment profiling a variety of vendors participating in the worldwide information and data management (ID&M) consulting and systems integration services market for 2016. The analysis across all 12 strategies assessed in this IDC MarketScape reveals that the participating vendors tend to deploy the same strategies for various segments of their business analytics services practices including I&DM services. These strategies span across offerings/capabilities/sales strategies, go-to-market/alliance strategies, business growth/R&D strategies, and employee management strategies.

The study, IDC MarketScape Worldwide Information and Data Management Consulting and Systems Integration Services 2016 Vendor Assessment (IDC #US41252216), profiled 13 vendors participating in the worldwide information and data management consulting and systems integration market. The vendors assessed were Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, EY, HCL, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), IBM, Infosys, KPMG, PwC, and TCS. Of the vendors assessed, IDC named Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, EY, and IBM as "Leaders" in the space for 2016.

"This is IDC's first-ever evaluation of the information and data management consulting and systems integration services, and it will help IT buyers evaluate which service providers to consider," said Ali Zaidi , research director, IT Consulting and Systems Integration Business Strategies , at IDC. "Even though the market seems to be hyperfocused on areas such as cognitive computing, big data, and predictive analytics, information and data management remains a critical segment within the business analytics space. Without having a strong master data management and data warehousing foundation, enterprises will not be able to truly benefit from more advanced analytics solutions."

The study presents a vendor assessment of the 2016 information and data management consulting and systems integration services market using the IDC MarketScape model. The evaluation is based on a comprehensive and rigorous framework that assesses vendors relative to the criteria and one another and highlights the factors expected to be the most influential for success in the market in both the short term and the long term.