Emerging Trends & Predictions
In a world where change is the only constant, staying ahead in the business landscape demands foresight and innovation. Our research dives into the heart of emerging trends and predictions, offering a forward-looking perspective on new business trends, future technologies, and hot topics essential for gaining a competitive edge.
We explore the uncharted territories of tomorrow’s marketplace. From groundbreaking technologies that are reshaping industries to evolving consumer behaviors driving new market demands, our insights provide a compass for navigating the future. We don’t just follow trends, we anticipate them.
Here, we provide you with the knowledge and insights to not just adapt, but to lead in an ever-evolving world.
Generative AI
Generative AI exploded on the scene with the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, followed by other Gen AI offerings from Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and many others. Enterprise adoption quickly followed consumer interest as business leaders saw the potential for generative AI to deliver tangible benefits from productivity improvements to accelerated time to market for new products and everything in between. This section provides original research on generative AI adoption trends and spending metrics along with industry-specific use cases and best practices in deploying and governing generative AI programs.
Quantum Technologies
Quantum technologies have rapidly progressed from lab research to practical exploration within enterprises. As breakthroughs in quantum computing, sensing, and cryptography begin to take shape, early adopters across industries are testing quantum-inspired algorithms and preparing for post-quantum security standards. This section presents original research on enterprise and service provider quantum readiness, emerging use cases across sectors like logistics, pharma, and finance, and best practices for building capabilities, forming ecosystem partnerships, and driving innovation-led investments in quantum technologies.
Tech Enabled Services
Managed services have become a mission critical process that impacts a buyer’s core business model, drives market growth, and enables its globalization strategy. Initially, the appeal of managed services lay in labor arbitrage, where organizations sought to harness cost advantages and economies of scale through outsourcing. This approach was instrumental in achieving significant savings and efficiency gains during the early stages of the industry’s development. However, as technology evolved, businesses realized that cost savings alone were insufficient to sustain competitiveness. Technology-enabled services represent a shift from traditional labor-based managed services as companies are no longer solely interested in how they can get more value from labor arbitrage. Companies are now seeking innovative solutions from disruptive technologies that drive efficiency, reduce effort, and enhance scalability within their organizations.
Global Trends and Conflict Zones
The events triggered by the pandemic and geopolitical tensions brewing over the past several years have pivoted us to new reality, profoundly reframing the globalization agenda of the last three decades. Here, we share our predictions for the post-globalized economy, which will fundamentally reshape the way we do business, communicate, and live. Supply chain, manufacturing, travel, financial services – no industry will be speared. New players and new trading blocs will emerge, creating new opportunities for nation states, businesses, and communities to innovate, diversify their risks, and structure new global partnerships.
The Omniverse
The Omniverse is a collection of verses, with each verse comprising immersive communication platforms, digital assistants, workplace collaboration tools, entertainment sites, and retail destinations to support digital communities where people meet, work, play, shop, and much more! The Omniverse brings new channels and platforms for producers, distributors, and consumers of goods and services, across the physical world, virtual world and augmented world.
Coronavirus Resource Center
COVID-19 is driving unprecedented disruption across businesses globally and has triggered the requisite for organizations to invest in new ways of thinking and doing. Avasant’s COVID-19 Resource Center showcases our complimentary insights and lessons learned from leading executives – across Fortune 1000 companies, development banks, educational institutions, and technology providers- to support enterprises in navigating this changing and challenging work environment.
