Organisation Description

Ovum provides clients with independent and objective analysis that enables them to make better business and technology decisions.
Combining the ICT expertise of Datamonitor Technology, Butler Group and Ovum, with Datamonitor Group’s 350 business analysts and relationships with 18 of the largest 20 global corporations, Ovum is uniquely positioned to provide practical, actionable advice to the technology, telecoms and other business sectors.

Our value to our clients

With access to Ovum’s research and support from best-in-class analyst and consulting teams, companies can turn analysis and insight into action. Our aim is to make our clients’ planning more effective, and to help them identify and assess relevant business opportunities. We don’t just advise our clients: we collaborate with them to help them exploit these opportunities and to turn them into business results. At the heart of our approach is our mission to help, to be approachable, responsive and focused on your business issues and to provide pragmatic and actionable advice and recommendations.

Why you can rely on and trust Ovum

Ovum research is based on independently audited methodologies that ensure that our clients can base decisions on rigorous and fact-based research, rather than on unqualified and unjustified opinions. The research draws upon over 400,000 interviews a year with business and technology, telecoms and sourcing decision-makers, giving Ovum and our clients unparalleled insight not only into business requirements but also the technology that organisations must support.

Awards

2009

- David Mitchell of Ovum named as one of the top 3 analysts globally in software, IT services and enterprise IT advice

- Ovum was awarded the Asia-Pacific Telecom Analyst Firm of the Year by Communications Day.

2008

-Ovum, the leading provider of research, advisory and consulting services for the global Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) sector and Orbys, the sourcing advisory company, have been awarded the title of ‘UK Outsourcing Advisor, Top Honours Overall’ in the recently published ‘Black Book of Outsourcing – Outsourcing Advisor Report’.

- David Mitchell was awarded the EMEA analyst of the year prize by the IIAR

Services

Ovum provides research and analysis services on all aspects of the technology, telecoms and sourcing marketplaces.

Markets

technology, telecoms, sourcing