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  • Cover for Apps dec 2024 1 - IT and Apps Managed Services Provider Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ4 2024

    IT and Apps Managed Services Provider Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ4 2024

    In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 4, 2024), Avasant provides key information on IT and apps managed services provider trends. The report covers key information on the IT services industry and the provider ecosystem. It covers the service provider facts and figures (including revenue and resource trends) and executive sentiment from the service provider community. The report covers trends across a gamut of IT services, including but not limited to IT infrastructure, application, and end-user services. The geographic coverage for the report is global. It builds on insights gathered through ongoing market research, data collection, and proprietary databases. It includes market data from providers accessed through multiple sources such as public disclosures, market interactions, and deals data.

    March, 2025

  • Picture1 4 - Large Language Model Operations Platforms: Operationalizing and Scaling Gen AI Application Deployments

    Large Language Model Operations Platforms: Operationalizing and Scaling Gen AI Application Deployments

    The AI operations management landscape has evolved beyond machine learning to large language model operations (LLMOps), driven by enterprise adoption of generative AI and government mandates for responsible AI. LLMOps platforms enhance efficiency through real-time local AI inference, data localization compliance, and improved infrastructure visibility with dynamic workload scaling. To further support Gen AI scalability, platform vendors are integrating cognitive features such as real-time anomaly detection for monitoring model performance and data drift, no-code/low-code development studios, and GPU splitting for optimized resource allocation.

    March, 2025

  • iStock 2149059417 - Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 Market Insights™

    Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 Market Insights™

    This report identifies key demand-side trends in the large language model operations space, helping enterprises improve their AI operations management capabilities. It provides an overview of key observations and business challenges that Avasant considers important to highlight in this space.

    March, 2025

  • llm content - Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 RadarView™

    Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 RadarView™

    This RadarView addresses the need for enterprises to adopt large language model operations (LLMOps) platforms to augment generative AI operations management in business workflows. It begins with a summary of key trends shaping the supply side of the market. It continues with a detailed assessment of 12 vendors delivering LLMOps platforms. Each profile gives an overview of the platform provider, its key IPs and assets, and a list of major clients and partnerships, along with brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s platform maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation.

    March, 2025

  • hightech MI - High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 Market Insights™

    High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 Market Insights™

    High-tech enterprises are keeping pace with industry shifts by innovating around chip efficiency and sustainable manufacturing, especially for high-performance computing and electric vehicles. They are scaling generative AI through leaner models and adopting governance frameworks to ensure its secure and responsible use. Advances in connectivity are further enabling greater automation and edge intelligence. Additionally, high-tech enterprises are moving from traditional hardware sales to subscription-based and product-as-a-service models to drive recurring revenue. To safeguard this increasingly digital ecosystem, they are deploying AI-powered cybersecurity solutions to detect and mitigate evolving threats in real time. High-tech companies collaborate with service providers for this digital transformation, which requires strong technological expertise and delivery capabilities. The High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 Market Insights™ helps enterprises in this sector identify important market trends and challenges for any digital project they participate in.

    March, 2025

  • money - Navigating the Next Wave of High-Tech Transformation

    Navigating the Next Wave of High-Tech Transformation

    High-tech enterprises are keeping pace with industry shifts by innovating around chip efficiency and sustainable manufacturing, especially for high-performance computing and electric vehicles. They are scaling generative AI through leaner models and adopting governance frameworks to ensure its secure and responsible use. Advances in connectivity are further enabling greater automation and edge intelligence. Additionally, high-tech enterprises are moving from traditional hardware sales to subscription-based and product-as-a-service models to drive recurring revenue. To safeguard this increasingly digital ecosystem, they are deploying AI-powered cybersecurity solutions to detect and mitigate evolving threats in real time. High-tech companies collaborate with service providers for this digital transformation, which requires strong technological expertise and delivery capabilities. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024–2025 Market Insights™ and High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024–2025 RadarView™, respectively.

    March, 2025

  • Picture5 - High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 RadarView™

    High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 RadarView™

    The High-Tech Industry Digital Services 2024-2025 RadarView™ can help high-tech enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid these enterprises in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation in this space. The 89-page report also highlights top market trends in the high-tech industry and Avasant’s viewpoint.

    March, 2025

  • ARVRXR Services 2025 Market Insights content image - AR/VR/XR Services 2025 Market Insights™

    AR/VR/XR Services 2025 Market Insights™

    The AR/VR/XR Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any AR/VR/XR project. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today. 

    March, 2025

  • Moneyshot 1 - AR/VR/XR Services: Building Intuitive Virtual Environments

    AR/VR/XR Services: Building Intuitive Virtual Environments

    Enterprise adoption of AR/VR/XR technologies had initially slowed due to high costs, lack of practical applications, and poor graphics quality. However, the integration of generative AI, spatial computing, and wearable technology with AR/VR/XR has significantly enhanced immersion, making these solutions more intuitive and practical for applications such as training, remote assistance, and product visualization. Over the next 12 months, enterprises will increase their digital spend on AR/VR/XR, accelerating its adoption to enable more immersive, human-like digital experiences. This will enhance collaboration and training. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s AR/VR/XR Services 2025 Market Insights™ and AR/VR/XR Services 2025 RadarView™, respectively.

    March, 2025

  • Picture1 - AR/VR/XR Services 2025 RadarView™

    AR/VR/XR Services 2025 RadarView™

    The AR/VR/XR Services 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for AR/VR/XR by offering detailed capability and experience analyses of service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key AR/VR/XR service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right AR/VR/XR services partner. The 47-page report also highlights top market trends in the AR/VR/XR space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them. 

    March, 2025

  • Manufacturing in the era of tariff uncertainties content image - Manufacturing in the Era of Tariff Uncertainties

    Manufacturing in the Era of Tariff Uncertainties

    The manufacturing industry is heavily impacted by international trade as most major enterprises have complex, multi-country supply chains. With a swathe of new tariffs being declared by the US in early 2025, and the subsequent retaliatory steps taken by countries impacted by the tariffs, manufacturers are dealing with a significantly more volatile environment than they have seen in the past This research byte explores the nature of these tariffs, and the associated trade wars, and how they are different from previous trade disputes. It also examines what manufacturers can do to enable supply chain resilience and mitigate the tariff risks. It also explores the need to invest in strong data management and technology adoption to create future-proof operations.

    March, 2025

  • Screenshot 2025 03 26 090401 - The Importance of Demand Management for Expanding Managed Services Scope

    The Importance of Demand Management for Expanding Managed Services Scope

    Managed service contracts are agreements between a service provider and a client that define the scope, quality, and cost of the services delivered. They are often used to outsource non-core functions, such as IT, to external vendors who can provide more efficiency, expertise, and innovation. However, not all organizations are able to leverage the benefits of managed service contracts to their full potential, especially when they lack proper demand management practices. This article will explore the case of a US-based utility that is attempting to expand the scope of work included in their managed service contracts, but faces challenges due to its funding model and demand management practices.

    March, 2025