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Server Support Staffing Ratios 2023
The demand for server support administrators has been on a downward trend for a decade. Virtualization, automation, DevOps, and the cloud have made IT infrastructure easier to administer. As a result, the IT infrastructure support burden is lessening, although there are factors also working in the other direction. We examine those factors in this new report, part of our IT staffing series.
April, 2023
IT Outsourcing Statistics 2023
IT leaders are expecting to increase their outsourcing budgets this year, and they expect to reap outsourcing benefits of streamlined processes and reduced operational costs. The study profiles outsourcing activity for 11 IT functions. For each IT function, we measure the frequency and level of outsourcing. We also look at the current plans of IT organizations to increase or decrease the amount of work they outsource. Finally, we examine the customer experience to assess whether organizations are successfully lowering costs or improving service through outsourcing.
April, 2023
IT and Apps Managed Services Market Trends: Quarterly Report for Q4 2022
In this quarterly report (Calendar Qtr 4, 2022), Avasant provides key information on IT Services Solution and Pricing Trends. The report covers market (buyer) perspective, macro trends from service provider community and finally, the pricing, solution and staffing trends in the space. The report covers trends across services including Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Application Services, and Digital Services. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research and data collection, as well as AvaMark Price Benchmarking database.
February, 2023
IT Outsourcing Surges Amidst Global Uncertainties
Organizations are accelerating their strategic plans in response to the continued economic uncertainty and social instability. In response, IT leaders expect to increase their outsourcing budgets this year, according to our new IT Outsourcing Statistics 2023 study. This Research Byte summarizes the factors behind the upward trend in IT outsourcing.
April, 2023
SAP S/4HANA Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The SAP S/4HANA Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ helps organizations in defining their approach for SAP S/4HANA adoption and identifying the right implementation partner to support them in their journey. It assesses SAP S/4HANA service providers based on their ability to offer implementation and managed services with limited disruption. The 73-page report also provides our point of view on how SAP S/4HANA service providers cater to enterprises’ changing needs through a wide portfolio of accelerators and preconfigured solutions, thus, delivering a general ranking based on key dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation.
February, 2023
Applied AI Services: Building the AI Ecosystem for the Future
With advancements in the current AI landscape, enterprises are increasing their investments in new technologies such as generative AI, computer vision, and edge AI. Businesses across industries have realized the tremendous optimization opportunities AI brings and how it aids them in improving operational efficiency while ensuring sustainability. In addition, increasing regulation and compliance around AI systems and data use is helping companies use AI systems more ethically. Both demand- and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Applied AI Services 2022–2023 Market Insights™ and Applied AI Services 2022–2023 RadarView™, respectively.
May, 2023
Multisourcing Service Integration 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Multisourcing Service Integration 2022–2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for multisourcing service integration (MSI) by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key MSI service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right MSI services partner. The 61-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the MSI space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
April, 2023
Server Support Staffing Dips as IT Infrastructure Gets Easier to Administer
The demand for server support administrators has been on a downward trend for a decade. Virtualization, automation, DevOps, and the cloud have made IT infrastructure easier to administer. As a result, the IT infrastructure support burden is lessening, although there are factors also working in the other direction. This Research Byte examines the reasons for the trend and provides a summary of our full report on Server Support Staffing Ratios.
April, 2023
Applied AI Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Applied AI Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for AI by offering detailed capability and experience analyses of service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key AI service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right AI and analytics services partner. The 61-page report also highlights top market trends in the AI space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
May, 2023
Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IA by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key IA service providers across the dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thus supporting businesses in finding the right IA service partner. The 77-page report also highlights top market trends in the IA space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
March, 2023
Strategies for Enterprises in Response to Tech Industry Layoffs
The recent spate of layoffs in the technology industry should raise questions in the mind of customers who have these vendors as essential elements of their IT landscape. These concerns also extend to service providers, who are also seeing a pullback in business and undergoing staff reductions. This Research Byte explores these issues and how business leaders should mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities during such uncertain times.
March, 2023
IT and Apps Managed Services Provider Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ3 2025
In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 3, 2025), 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.
December, 2025
Streamlining and Minimizing Vendor Management Complexity
The growing enterprise demand for multisourcing service integration (MSI) is mainly driven by complexities in multivendor environments and the need for optimizing IT costs and enhancing service outcomes and quality. Service providers offer multiple end-to-end services to help organizations streamline service delivery processes, enhance supplier management, mitigate risks, and improve vendor collaboration. Additionally, service providers invest in advanced technologies such as AI/ML, automation, and proprietary IT service management tools to optimize service delivery and improve overall outcomes. This rising demand for MSI has also led to a 46% increase in the number of full-time employees working in this field. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Multisourcing Service Integration 2022–2023 Market Insights™ and Multisourcing Service Integration 2022–2023 RadarView™, respectively.
April, 2023
IT Spending Rising Despite Recession Fears
Despite most of our survey respondents agreeing that the economy will be worse in 2023 than in 2022, they also report IT spending increases that are broad and strong. How can this be? It is because business leaders no longer see IT as a cost center but as a strategic driver of growth. As a result, they are giving their IT departments greater resources to help plan for a possible coming recession rather than asking them to tighten their belts. This Research Byte summarizes the full study.
February, 2023
Orange Cyberdefense Reports Changing Trends in Cyber Extortion and Ransomware
Ransomware and cyber extortion are not only becoming more common but more damaging to enterprises. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, often supported by nation-states, they are leading to high-profile and embarrassing releases of customer data. Orange Cyberdefense, which held an analyst event in Antwerp, Belgium, followed a few days later by a customer and partner event in London, England at the end of November 2022, is countering these threats by providing new managed security services offerings, including increased threat intelligence, and supporting secure access service edge (SASE).
March, 2023