• Voice of the Customer
    May 20, 2026

    Software product engineering remains a major enterprise investment area, but buyers are reassessing provider relationships amid macroeconomic uncertainty, talent constraints, and growing demand for measurable business impact. Enterprises increasingly seek partners that can support AI-native development,…
  • State of the Market
    May 13, 2026

    Software product engineering spend continues to outpace broader engineering investment as enterprises prioritize AI-enabled products, cloud-native modernization, platform engineering, and data-led innovation. While macroeconomic uncertainty, RoI scrutiny, tariffs, and geopolitical risk continue to pressure budgets, the…
  • Blog
    March 09, 2026

    Everest Group attended Zoho Day 2026 in Austin, Texas, at a pivotal moment for enterprise software. Across the industry, conversations increasingly centered on margin pressures, Artificial Intelligence (AI) disruptions, and growing architectural complexities.  The tone of the event was notably pragmatic. Rather than positioning AI…
  • Viewpoint
    March 09, 2026

    Enterprises are moving beyond copilots toward agentic AI as a practical operating model – one built to execute work, not just generate content. These systems can translate a business objective into sequenced tasks, use live context…
  • For decades, enterprise software strategy has been largely shaped by a clear dichotomy: build or buy. Organizations in need of scalable digital capabilities often faced a tough decision: invest time and resources into developing in-house solutions…
  • Blog
    April 23, 2025

    The concept of “vibe coding” is gaining attention across the software development landscape, as organizations increasingly explore the use of Generative AI (gen AI) tools to support faster, more intuitive application development. Vibe coding represents a…