Dominique Raviart

Yet, CSPs have only refocused their operations and sharpened their target markets, but not massively divested ICT services. BT Group, Deutsche Telekom, and Orange are still significant in these markets. reuters.com/markets/deals/…

🔹 Somewhat outside of my hashtag#ITservices space. Yet, #ITservices and ICT services in general have not proved the growth area that CSPs expected 25 years ago.

Rumors of consolidations of the ICT/enterprise arms of telcos/communication service providers (CSPs). The Spanish press reported the possible merger of Telefónica's enterprise arm with Indra's IT services unit, Minsait. We have discussed Indra's fate many times on LinkedIn.

A new @NHInsight vendor assessment by @MikeS_NH analyzes @Unisys' offerings and capabilities in Attack Surface Management: sowo.kr/v4NL5wh4 #ITservices #SecurityTesting #Security #Testing

Gaurav Parab has amazing visibility at the heart of the hashtag#ITservices industry. Another quote, this time, on Venu Lambu becoming the CEO-designate of LTIMindtree ndtvprofit.com/business/ltimi…

🔹 Contact centers are shifting to **GenAI-driven knowledge management**

🔹 @Microsoft acquired Nuance for $19.7B in 2021. Speech-to-text is now commoditized; the future lies in GenAI

🚨 **@HCLTech x @Microsoft Nuance Partnership** A comprehensive contract for @hcltech around @Microsoft’s Nuance: ◼️ HCLTech takes over the professional services arm of Nuance, with 550 employees in total (and the client contracts)

Outside of #ITservices @deepseek_ai has stormed the #GenAI world in the past ten days. It is open-source and may reset the industry

🔸 A new uncertainty factor: What will be DOGE's impact on U.S. federal spending? For now, we expect an indirect impact on U.S. federal $120bn IT spending as DOGE consolidates agencies and streamlines spending.

🔸 EU impacted by manufacturing (Germany) and political instability affecting business confidence (France). The outlook in the U.K. is more positive (despite what my British colleagues tell me!)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) @IMFNews released its World Economic Outlook update today. Globally, growth will be stable while inflation steadily declines and becomes close to Central Banks' targets.