2Q 2025 UPDATE (APRIL-MAY-JUNE)
It's the second quarter of this year 2025 ... and after the severe impact of the virus on business in the years 2020-2022, the gradual return to normal life in 2023, and in 2024 has indeed taken place, and even vigorously, but alas and crash!.. Wars and Conflicts are on the agenda: In Ukraine (for 36 months now!), then the monstrous terrorist attack on Israel, more than 18 months ago already, on October 7, 2023 (and not all the hostages have yet been reunited with their loved ones), then the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict where the survival of Armenia is at stake, and we no longer count the intra-state conflicts such as the overthrow of the regime in Syria or the conflicts in Africa... The list of wars and conflicts in the world is growing dangerously long... We hear more and more talk of "War Economy" and rearmament... Added to this is the trade war with categorical customs duties that will reshuffle the cards at the global level. But let's not forget the energy crisis, inflation (more or less controlled depending on the country), and the international tensions to come in 2025. All of this will still impact business more or less strongly depending on the sector. Some countries have started a gigantic strategy of disruption (symbolized in Argentina by a chainsaw - and this is already showing results since the World Bank recognized the progress by granting a support program of 12 billion dollars - or by the creation of a new Department like the DOGE in the USA - which is also already showing results), other countries will follow this trend to eliminate (a little) the mess of administrative layers... The world stock markets are of course very turbulent with all these political or economic events. Inflation seems to be calming down a little, and it is possible that the price of fossil fuels (Oil and Gas) will be contained in 2025 with the strong development of production in the USA and Canada coming to reshuffle the cards… But conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere could once again cause the price of fossil fuels to soar! On the other hand, corporate budgets are tightening, the difficulties of recruiting the right profiles are growing, and generative AI is changing things at lightning speed! The AI sector is taking off (new ultra-powerful chips, a profusion of new start-ups that will create “AI Agents” and perhaps the word “Agentics” will replace the historic word “Computer Science”!) In the business world, the priority is now resilience to protect existing business, and at the same time the audacity to launch as many initiatives as possible to create new businesses using AI! On the energy side, we will need it more and more, whether it is renewable or not! The energy crisis, which is only just beginning, will force us to accelerate the transition, but it will be very long and very costly, and of course, big mistakes have been made in this area of the energy transition, which will remain a challenge that requires us to redouble our creative efforts!
For the activities of Consulting, Training, or Coaching, every service delivered before in "PRESENTIAL" (or Face to Face) have been completely redesigned in a "DISTANCIAL" model.
And we have invested in new tools like "Miro"
("www.miro.com")
for the collaborative work within our services in Training and Coaching.
A tough task of development which was mandatory in order to survive!.
What is absolutely true in any case now is as follows :
1/ We'll spend even less on maintenance of applications, but much more on innovation...
as much more activity will happen online
2/ Most of the growth in computing is driven by new markets,
called SMACS & IA (social, mobile, analytics, cloud, security, and Generative IA)
3/ We notice a hypergrowth in Cloud Activities for many vendors.
Key points for this quarter
Gartner published his "Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2025"
(See content here)
But how this Gartner prediction will be impacted by the Intennational context ?
The IT segments that are likely to drive new growth in cloud technologies:
(IAAS) infrastructure as a service, (IPAS) integrated platform as a service,
and (CPAS) communication platform as service.
And why not "IOTAS", which means "Internet Of Things As a Service".
Other technologies to watch include
collaboration, workforce analysis, message-oriented video middleware, cybersecurity,
analytics, and storage, all of which are linked to the digital transformation
efforts of the Enterprise.”
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 9.3%in 2025
(See content here)
The main problem in 2025 resides in 3 words : Resilience, Resilience, and Resilience... and as always find new Customers, serve them, and retain them!
Most importantly, protect and develop the Customer Relationship Level
(Please see our service « LOR »
Level Of Relationship )
New IT developments are accelerating e-commerce, especially m-commerce
(transactions via smartphones), and these areas are growing faster than all the rest,
all industries combined.
In 2025 Companies (for those who will survive!)will continue to reduce their IT maintenance costs
and reallocate funds for "Resilinece Projects", and other new projects that bring more business value.
The three keywords Cloud, Mobile, Social are driving the trend,
but now also with Analytics, Security and Generative IA everywhere!
• Time is going fast, and more than ever planning is key.
Protecting business and Resilience are the keywords!
Currently the business environment has 3 pressures : Financial, Economic and Politic...
• Be ready to help your Accounts for their Resilience Plan and help them to create New Business
(In 2025 some Economic Sectors are acceleratiing this transition : HEALTH, SECURITY,... and ENERGY savings!).
We expect a significant increase in IT spending in the Cloud Computing Services(Private, Public or Hybrid).
• Channel Partners play also a key role in many Industries!
• Services and « SaaS » are leading the pack.
As a quick summary, you can overcome the 2025 pressures if you build your Resilience Plan.
Do not hesitate to contact us and talk about your specific needs.
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