Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, has launched a research study examining providers of services to enterprises using or newly adopting Salesforce cloud-based applications.
The study results will be published in a comprehensive ISG Provider Lens™ report, called Salesforce Ecosystem Partners 2023, scheduled to be released in March 2023. The report will cover companies offering Salesforce implementation and managed application services for large and midsize enterprises, including support for multi-cloud environments and for extensive automation of marketing functions.
Enterprise buyers will be able to use information from the report to evaluate their current vendor relationships, potential new engagements and available offerings, while ISG advisors use the information to recommend providers to the firm’s buy-side clients.
Salesforce adoption has grown steadily in recent years as enterprises have found that Salesforce applications are often easy to implement even without significant involvement by IT departments. In some cases, this ease of use has led to scattered application landscapes in which different sales teams implemented their own Salesforce tools. Amid the overall trend toward cloud-based applications, Salesforce has replaced older customer relationship management (CRM) applications, some of which were custom-built, in many organizations.
“Salesforce fulfills the sales and marketing needs of a wide range of enterprises,” said Jan Erik Aase, partner and global leader, ISG Provider Lens Research. “Those that need an outside partner to address the complexity of building and running their Salesforce implementation can rely on a robust ecosystem of providers.”
ISG has distributed surveys to approximately 200 Salesforce service providers. Working in collaboration with ISG’s global advisors, the research team will produce six quadrants representing services that typical Salesforce customers are buying, based on ISG’s experience working with its clients. The six quadrants are:
- Multicloud Implementation and Integration Services for Large Enterprises, evaluating providers of services for implementing Salesforce applications and integrating them into the complex technology landscapes of large, usually global organizations.
- Implementation Services for Core Clouds Midmarket, assessing providers that specialize in implementing Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Commerce Cloud and Community Cloud at small and midsize enterprises, where integration requirements typically are low.
- Implementation Services for Marketing Automation Midmarket, covering specialists in implementing Salesforce Marketing Cloud where there is a limited need for real-time integration, usually in small and midsize organizations.
- Managed Application Services for Large Enterprises, evaluating providers of maintenance and support functions, including monitoring, remote support and centralized management of Salesforce applications, typically for clients with complex application landscapes that include solutions from many software vendors.
- Managed Application Services for Midmarket, assessing providers of maintenance and support services for midmarket clients, which in most cases have lower integration requirements and a more regional focus.
- Implementation Services for Industry Clouds, covering providers that focus on implementing Salesforce industry cloud products such as Financial Services Cloud and Health Cloud, often using industry-specific skills and accelerators.
Geographically focused reports from the study will cover the global Salesforce services market and examine products and services available in the U.S., Germany, Brazil, France and the U.K. ISG analysts Rainer Suletzki, Marcio Tabach, Rodrigo Barreto, Gabriel Sobanski, Mauricio Ohtani, Reza Sarwari and Puranjeet Kumar will serve as authors of the report.
A list of identified providers and vendors and further details on the study are available in this digital brochure. Companies not listed as Salesforce service providers can contact ISG and ask to be included in the study.
All 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ evaluations feature new and expanded customer experience (CX) data that measures actual enterprise experience with specific provider services and solutions, based on ISG’s continuous CX research. Enterprise customers wishing to share their experience about a specific provider or vendor are encouraged to register here to receive a personalized survey URL. Participants will receive a copy of this report in return for their feedback.
