PUBLIC STUDY B2B Europe 2024

CTO Insights for the software industry

EY Parthenon teamed up with Potloc to tap into CTO insights on the biggest trends shaping the software space. Our collaborative report offers key takeaways to help industry players boost margins, drive growth, and elevate technical quality.

Navigating growth in a dynamic software market

M&A and Gen AI present significant, change-driving opportunities facing the software industry. EY Parthenon and Potloc dug into how CTOs navigate these emerging trends, and the benefits and challenges that come with managing disruption. 

Steve Astier

Senior Account Executive

Sander van Weele

Partner at EY Parthenon

Sampling details

  • 3

    weeks of fieldwork

  • 14

    data quality checks for respondents

  • 300

    qualified CTOs

  • 9

    targeting countries across Europe

Key trends for the software industry

1

Acquisitions on the rise

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54% of CTOs performed an acquisition in the last three years. 

2

How CTOs describe the software industry

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Almost 50% of all CTOs surveyed describe the software market as highly competitive, fast-paced, and disruptive due to the continuous influx of innovative start-ups.

3

M&A growth fuels tech fragmentation

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Rapid growth through M&A activities often creates low technological maturity due to challenges in codebase management, technical debt, and fragmentation in hosting.

4

CTOs expect efficiency boosts from GenAI

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CTOs anticipate a 15% increase in efficiency with the implementation of GenAI.

What the team particularly liked about [Potloc’s analysis tools] was the ability to quickly filter data sets while looking at the output data. Specifically sorting by country, industry, or company size. This enabled us to really quickly digest the data and come to conclusions quicker than if we had to do that in Excel.
Sander van Weele Partner at EY Parthenon
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Key challenges — and how we overcame them.

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    Reaching hyper-busy CTOs.

    C-suite leaders are notoriously hard to survey, but Potloc’s smart sampling engine zeroed in on hundreds of them, efficiently reaching an elusive audience.

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    Rampant survey fraud.

    In a world of B2B impersonators, Potloc’s AI and human checkpoints ensured only genuine CTOs made it through. No bots, fraudsters, or even any shallow answers.

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    A need for in-depth insights.

    Getting 300 CTOs to spend 40 minutes sharing their expertise? Potloc’s expertly designed survey made it happen, uncovering fresh industry POVs.

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    Turning data into strategy.

    Less time on Excel, more time on insights. Potloc’s instant analysis tools helped EY-Parthenon turn thousands of responses into strategic takeaways, fast.

Our team

Steve Astier
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
steve.astier@potloc.com

 

 

Martin Le Tessier
SALES MANAGER
martin.letessier@potloc.com

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