Managed Services in Manufacturing
Intense competition in the manufacturing vertical has led many manufacturing industries to adopt advanced technologies to streamline their manufacturing process and optimize operating costs. Thus, the manufacturing vertical has emphasized on adopting digital technologies such as analytics, cloud computing, and IoT. However, due to a lack of in-house expertise to support and maintain the digital transformation, the manufacturing vertical is turning toward managed service providers to maintain and support their IT process efficiently and effectively, thus reducing the additional workload on in-house IT teams.
COMPETITIVE LEADERSHIP MAPPING TERMINOLOGY
19 companies offering Managed Services in Manufacturing were analyzed, shortlisted and categorized on a quadrant under Visionary Leaders, Innovators, Dynamic Differentiators, and Emerging Companies.
IBM, Cisco, Accenture, Fujitsu, Huawei, Atos, and Tata Consultancy Services have been identified as visionary leaders as they have established product portfolios and a robust market presence and business strategy.
Dimension Data, Dataprise, Netmagic (An NTT Communications Company), and Allstream have been identified as innovators as these vendors have a very focused product portfolio. However, they do not have very strong growth strategies for their overall business.
OneNeck IT Solutions, Onepath, Calance, and Melbourne IT have been identified as emerging companies. They do not have very strong business strategies as compared to other established vendors. They might be new entrants and require some more time before gaining significant traction in the market. AT&T, GTT Communications, and DXC Technology have been recognized as dynamic differentiators.
The competitive leadership mapping (Quadrant) showcased below provides information for 19 major players offering Managed Services in Manufacturing. Vendor evaluations are based on two broad categories: product offering and business strategy. Each category carries various criteria, based on which vendors have been evaluated. The evaluation criteria considered under product offerings include breadth of offering, features/functionality, delivery, product quality and reliability, and product differentiation. The evaluation criteria considered under business strategy include geographic footprint (on the basis of geographic presence), channel strategy and fit, vision alignment, and effectiveness of growth (on the basis of innovations, partnerships, collaborations, and acquisitions).
VISIONARY LEADERS
Visionary Leaders generally receive high scores for most evaluation criteria. They have a strong portfolio of managed services. IBM, Cisco, Accenture, Fujitsu, Huawei, Atos, and Tata Consultancy Services are the leading players in the managed services market, and are recognized as leaders. These vendors are making their presence felt by offering services that are required by most organizations. They have a robust business strategy to achieve continued growth in the market.
INNOVATORS
Innovators demonstrate substantial product innovation as compared to their competitors. They have a wide portfolio of managed services and the potential to build strong business strategies for their business growth to be at par with the leaders. Dimension Data, Dataprise, Netmagic (An NTT Communications Company), and Allstream are recognized as innovators. These vendors have been providing managed services as per their customer demands. Innovators have been at the forefront in deploying their services based on the clients’ custom software requirements for the niche market.
DYNAMIC DIFFERENTIATORS
Dynamic Differentiators have a strong business strategy with an extensive channel network and reach. Over the years, the dynamic vendors have been consistently generating positive revenue growth in the managed services market with their service offerings. Moreover, their market position is enhanced by organic and inorganic strategies undertaken by them over the period. AT&T, GTT Communications, and DXC Technology are recognized as dynamic differentiators.
EMERGING COMPANIES
OneNeck IT Solutions, Onepath, Calance, and Melbourne IT are recognized as emerging players in the managed services market. The emerging players are specialized in offering highly niche and tailor-made solutions and services to their clients. These companies enable enterprises to not only build and manage content-driven processes but also support new ways of working to drive business results.
Managed Service are also deployed in Media and Entertainment, BFSI, Consumer goods and Retail, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Education, Telecom and IT, Energy and Utilities and Government and Public.
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Dataprise provides several leading IT management services that are tailored to meet the needs of customers, from managing endpoints of employees to fully managing complex IT infrastructures.
TCS managed security offers managed cloud security, cyber crisis management, managed security device management, and threat advisory and intelligence services. The managed services provided by TCS for contact center and unified communications support proactive as well as reactive monitoring of servers and applications. TCS also equips clients with technical support (IT operations) for seamless operations and improved end-customer experience.
OpenText provides a range of Managed Services, whether on-premises (off cloud), in the OpenText Cloud, in hybrid scenarios or even in other clouds. The company provides full managed services for EIM solution with agreed upon SLA’s to meet business needs.
Cisco is a leading provider of managed services catering to a wide variety of clients from across industry verticals. It has a comprehensive portfolio of managed services that comprise data center services, network services, security services, and collaboration services. Cisco’s managed services allow enterprises to transform traditional business operations into integrated business processes. Its services allow clients to boost productivity and performance.
Accenture delivers managed services through several approaches, including gradual and phased mobilization, hybrid delivery model, and robust governance mechanisms. It provides cost-effective flexibility and scalability. Accenture offers its managed services across the globe and caters to organizations of all sizes, across industries.
CompuCom helps business plan and budget for every step of IT asset lifecycle. It leverage a proprietary, ITIL Integrated Infrastructure Management (IIM) framework that cuts costs and improves digital transparency while aligning technology management with business goals and corporate culture. It’s DaaS includes all the technology hardware, managed services, and consulting that need to select the right devices for business and keep them running, updated, supported and retired.
ATOS provides managed workplace services that supply the workforce with the necessary tools and support to undertake the required tasks. Its solution ensures the execution of business processes as per workforce requirements. Through ATOS, the client’s computing and storage resources are optimized across their lifecycle.
AT&T offers a range of services to support day-to-day activities related to IoT. These activities include SIM management, billing, reporting, a bi-annual health check of IoT solutions, and console administration training. Managed services provided by the company maximize the capabilities of IoT solutions with skilled resources and thereby streamline business operations. AT&T focuses on internal resources to manage business and customers and eliminates the need for support staff for IoT solutions.
DXC Technology has a comprehensive managed services portfolio that includes cloud managed services. It offers customized services such as cloud services for AWS, managed services for Microsoft Azure, managed services for VMware, and managed services for virtual private cloud. The company’s cloud services allow organizations to focus on strategic business priorities by shifting the complexities of building and managing their IT infrastructure to DXC Technology.
GTT offers multilayered security and comprehensive compliance packages backed by full management, support, and monitoring to protect confidential enterprise data. Managed security offerings by the company are flexible and help one choose from security delivered from a range of deployment modes such as from the cloud, on-premises, or hybrid. Managed security services also reduce risks related to blended attacks.
Allstream has a broad portfolio of business solutions that comprises an array of advanced communication technologies and services. Its services include a wide range of innovative, highly-scalable IP-based solutions to help organizations communicate more efficiently and increase profitability. Allstream provides managed vulnerability protection services for numerous IP addresses. Its managed services are delivered over the internet as well as on-premise in order to monitor customers’ internet-enabled devices for security vulnerabilities. This solution can also identify visible perimeter or network devices and undertake mapping of all underlying customer network devices that can be accessed from the internet. It is then able to provide information about these devices. Allstream has the capability to provide cloud and managed services that help accelerate time-to-market and time-to-revenue.
Calance managed services focuses on operational excellence and improvement of business services. It includes infrastructure management, co-location hosting, Application Management, and Support, Web and Application Testing, Service Desk and Desktop Support services focused on achieving business excellence. Calance utilizes on-shore and off-shore teams to provide constant, high-quality service at a competitive cost.
Melbourne IT Cloud Managed Services are modern systems, professional processes, and third-party tools that drive speed and efficiency in the service offering. Melbourne IT Cloud Management supports desk platforms, project management, and security software and provides ongoing management of digital solutions. The company is designed to make a positive impact on businesses, by increasing business efficiency, reducing costs and overheads and making data valuable for creating experiences that can retain customers, both internal and external.
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Lack of IT skilled professionals, and cost reduction and lower IT budgets to force enterprises to leverage managed services to drive Managed Services market
Managed services facilitate enterprises in managing their IT system requirements on a regular basis to improve users’ IT operations. Enterprises focus on their core business competencies, while Managed Service Providers (MSPs) take care of their IT infrastructure and IT functions related to network, security, data center and IT infrastructure, communication and collaboration, business operations, and mobility. Managed services enable enterprises to improve their business productivity, end-user productivity, and reduce their IT infrastructure cost.
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