Market Trends of Change and Configuration Management Industry
Small and Medium Scale Enterprise Segment Holds Significant Share of the Market
- According to the US Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, in 2022, the number of small enterprises in the United States reached 33.2 million, accounting for nearly all (99.9%) firms in the country. The increase in the number of small firms in the United States in 2022 reflects steady growth, with a 2.2% increase from the previous year and a 12.2% increase from 2017 to 2022.
- In March 2022, The Indian government allotted INR 6,062.45 crore (USD 808 million) for the Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance initiative. The program aims to increase market and credit access, build institutions and governance at the federal and state levels, strengthen federal-state links and cooperation, handle late payment issues, and green MSMEs. According to Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises data, as of November 25, 2022, the Udyam Registration platform had registered 12,201,448 MSMEs, replacing the previous method of registering for a Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum.
- Customers can now choose how they want to spend their money. As a result, there is a strong alignment towards meaningful events, which corresponds with their existing values. A purchase represents the consumer's alignment with the brand's ideals. To engage their consumer base and staff, SMEs must successfully express their brand values through new and existing touchpoints. There has been a conscious shift towards shopping locally and supporting small businesses throughout communities recovering from the pandemic. Furthermore, consumers have demonstrated a level of thought to expand their purchasing power beyond high-end brands and fast-consumption business models to engage in wise purchase behavior that supports reconstructing their local economies.
- Financing plays an essential role in the advancement and creation of SMEs. Due to the pandemic's effects, SMEs seek more innovative funding via creative solutions. As a result, decentralized finance (DeFi) arises as a tool for smaller enterprises in developing economies, notably for remittances and small loans. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are becoming more frequently recognized as payment methods. Furthermore, the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and its supporting financial infrastructure is evolving to provide a financial services system.
- Technology deployment in the MSME sector has demonstrated that firms make appropriate and intelligent judgments based on facts. In their situation, data and analytics readily reveal the insights critical to making great business decisions. As a result, 2022 and beyond will see increased tech usage for the most thought-out and planned corporate activities. Technology is more accessible than ever, and trends show that SMEs are here to transform how they do business fundamentally.
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Asia-Pacific to Witness the Highest Growth Over the Forecast Period
- The Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness the highest growth during the forecast period, owing to various government digitization initiatives. Additionally, the rapid increase in digitization in this region is expected to drive cloud-based ITSM solutions significantly. For instance, Digital India aims to electronically provide government services to citizens by improving the IT infrastructure and increasing internet connectivity.
- Moreover, the initiative aims to move legacy and on-premise systems to a cloud-based or integrated model. The cloud platform is expected to host the delivery of e-services to the citizens. Economies such as China, India, Japan, and South Korea are witnessing increasing investor interest in IT service management. China is going through rapid development and is the global leader in new, emerging IT technologies, such as edge computing, AI, and IoT. As a result, a surge in demand for improved IT services is expected.
- The Bank of East Asia (China) Limited (BEA China) has selected BMC Software's business service management platform to provide a comprehensive IT management platform and build a data center that meets the rapidly growing banking business. The vendor is offering BEA China a BSM solution that reduces the risks of manual interference and ensures business stability by establishing a secure and reliable automated IT configuration management process.
- According to the Reserve Bank of India data, India's IT and IT-enabled services exports have steadily risen to USD 133.7 billion as of 2020-21. The Indian IT and IT-enabled service companies have set up over 1,000 global delivery centers in 80 countries. Also, the business process management sectors account for 32% of the revenue in the Indian IT market.
- A configuration management solution can reduce the impact of changes in production on the enterprise's business operations. Configuration management also contributes to lower operational costs by giving businesses a better grasp of the total cost of ownership of their existing IT environment. Because configuration management is utilized during the software development and deployment processes, it is also known as software or unified configuration management. Software developers use configuration management to track source code, revisions, and documentation.
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