The challenges and benefits of vertical markets have assisted the segmentation trend throughout the IT industry. Vertical markets are essentially industry silos in which specialized IT solutions and software are developed and marketed specific to each industry.

SCIO’s 360 degrees of solutions seems to contrast with the reality of vertical markets. The IT benefit of vertical markets is that the most effective software applications and equipment are developed to support each industry. It makes software advancements faster and allows vendors (salespeople, technicians) to focus on one industry as a specialty. But that specialization comes with a cost.

Vertical markets and the specialization they encourage often require the customer to then manage multiple IT specialists, since each client inherently has plenty of horizontal crossover in their network. SCIO Info Tech remains committed to its goal of 360 solutions.

We work diligently to remain current on trends within vertical markets. If the transportation industry sees advancements in its software applications, we must be aware of the trend and determine which of our clients could benefit from emerging technology. This commitment to industry-specific evolution is a pillar of SCIO Info Tech. It is also why we are the chosen managed service provider for a long list of diverse industry leaders.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            “Forecast Overview, While traditional ICT spending is forecast to broadly track GDP growth over the next decade, the overall industry will be catapulted back to growth of more than 2 x GDP as new technologies begin to account for a larger share of the market. The emergence of IoT is already contributing to overall market growth, and within 5-10 years new technologies such as robotics and AR/VR will also expand to represent a significant and growing share of total ICT spending.” IDC