Summary of Reports

 Alcatel

 AT&T

 BT

 Casewise

 CODA

 Cognos

 Crown Computing

 FormScape

 Hewlett-Packard

 InterSystems

 Lawson

 Oracle

 PlanView

 SAP

Management Briefings

 Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3

 Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3

 Annual Consultants’ Forum: Previewing the subjects and speakers at this year’s big get-together for consultants | Part 2

 Company Ethics: Fiona Czerniawska speaks to senior consultants about their approach | Part 2

 Competitive Alliances: Dr Adrian Boucher of Informatics Business Consultants | Part 2

 Small Firm View: Sharhabeel Lone of SAKS Consulting | Part 2

 Return on Investment: Trish Cosgrove of B2B Sales Consulting | Part 2

 Vendor View: Karen Herbert from Cognos | Part 2

 Expert Opinion: Neil Ferguson of PMP Research

Issue Summary

Neil Ferguson of PMP Research believes the recent spate of mega-mergers and acquisitions could make mid-tier consultancies more attractive to IT partners.

Mid-tier moves up

In one key respect, the 2002 Big 5 mergers and acquisitions, closures and redundancies are not ‘more of the same’: they were sparked off by financial scandal – and this has tainted the image of these large consultancy firms by association.

This, combined with the confusing picture of multiple mergers and takeovers, could prompt clients to review their consultancy arrangements, creating a short to medium-term market opportunity for IT consultancies and mid-tier management consultancies.

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Consultants' Advisory 2003

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