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The Financial Health of the Software Economy: Q1 2026

Posted by Mark Smith on 22 April 2026

As an authoritative source, the ISG Index has delivered independent, fact-based insights for 94 consecutive quarters, supporting Wall Street, service and software providers and enterprises in tracking key technology and market shifts. From my perspective as Chief AI and Software Analyst, Q1 reinforces a clear trend: the software economy (XaaS) remains the primary engine of growth across the... Read More

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Autonomous Healthcare Enterprise Requires AI-Powered Software Strategies

Posted by Mark Smith on 16 March 2026

Healthcare is not simply digitizing. It is reaching a structural inflection point. Rising demand, workforce shortages, regulatory complexity, reimbursement pressure and expanding distributed care models are forcing providers, payers and life sciences organizations to rethink how care is delivered and financed. Enterprise software sits at the center of this transformation for modernization in a... Read More

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The Financial Health of the Software Economy: Q4 and 2025

Posted by Mark Smith on 18 February 2026

As an authoritative and trusted source, the ISG Index has delivered independent, fact-based insights for 93 consecutive quarters. These insights support Wall Street, service and software providers, and enterprises tracking fundamental trends, and quarterly and annual shifts across the technology, services and software markets. As Chief AI and Software Analyst, my view of the fourth quarter and... Read More

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Market Research Insights on Software Industry for Enterprises

Posted by Mark Smith on 11 November 2025

Over the past two years, I’ve led and operated as a practitioner in a sustained, feels-like-a-seven-day cadence to build what I believe is the most comprehensive enterprise software research foundation in the industry. Joining ISG after two decades of being a CEO and Chief Research Officer running a specialized research and advisory firm—Ventana Research—the new mandate was clear: expand software... Read More

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The Financial Health of the Software Economy: Q3 and 2025

Posted by Mark Smith on 05 November 2025

As an authoritative and trusted source for 92 consecutive quarters, the ISG Index has delivered independent, fact-based insight to Wall Street, service and software providers, and enterprises tracking fundamentals and the quarterly and yearly shifts across technology services and software. As Chief Software Analyst, my view of third quarter is that the software economy (XaaS) remains the center... Read More

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