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Mike Smart

Mike is a Senior Analyst and Operations Officer at NelsonHall. His main research focus is on digital transformation technologies, including RPA, blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence, cognitive, and machine learning.

IBM - Managed Security Services

Vendor Analysis

by Mike Smart

published on Apr 03, 2017

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Report Overview:

This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes IBM's offerings and capabilities in Managed Security Services.

Who is this Report for:

NelsonHall’s Managed Security Services profile on IBM is a comprehensive assessment of IBM’s offerings and capabilities, designed for:

  • Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of managed security services and identifying vendor suitability for security services RFPs 
  • Vendor marketing, sales, and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers 
  • Financial analysts and investors specializing in the IT services sector.

  

Scope of this Report:

The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of IBM’s managed security services offerings and capabilities, and market and financial strengths, including:

  • Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis, and new developments 
  • Analysis of the company’s strengths, weaknesses, and outlook
  • Revenue estimates
  • Analysis of the profile of the company’s customer base including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
  • Analysis of the company’s offerings and key service components
  • Analysis of the company’s delivery organization including the location  of delivery locations.

 

Key Findings & Highlights:

In 2014, IBM set up its Strategic Imperatives initiative around analytics, cloud, mobile, security, and social. These strategic imperatives were not established as separate business segments but act across IBM's existing segments: Cognitive Solutions, Global Business Services, Technology Services & platforms, and Systems. 

IBM formed the IBM Security business unit in 2015 to bring together its security services and solutions. 

By December 2016, IBM was trialing Watson for cybersecurity as a beta program with 40 organizations. 

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