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Insurance Business Process Transformation 2024 Market Insights™
The Insurance Business Process Transformation 2024 Market Insights™ assists enterprises in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any insurance business process transformation engagement. The report also highlights key challenges that insurance entities face today.
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Mortgage Business Process Transformation 2024 Market Insights™
The Mortgage Business Process Transformation 2024 Market Insights assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any mortgage business process services project. The report also highlights the evolution of mortgage functions with the integration of emerging technologies such as Gen AI.
September, 2024
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Canada Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™
The Canada Digital Services 2024 Market Insights assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any digital projects in Canada. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
November, 2024
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The Future of Customer Experience: Automation, Analytics, and Agent Enablement
The customer experience landscape is rapidly changing, and businesses must keep pace to exceed customer expectations. With customers becoming more demanding and switching providers when service deteriorates, call centers are evolving into contact centers and ultimately into customer experience (CX) centers, central to driving customer experience (CX). This report—coauthored by Avasant and HCL Technologies—explores how CX centers have evolved into the next frontier of customer experience, and it defines strategies to ensure a positive and seamless customer experience. We conclude with ways in which organizations can reimagine their relationships with CX outsourcing service providers to create the right incentives for themselves and their partners.
July, 2023
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System Implementation/Integration Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2023
System implementation/integration outsourcing is the use of an external service provider to assist in implementing new systems, which often includes integration with other new or existing systems. A systems integration (SI) firm can help or be responsible for some or all of the following: identifying system requirements, understanding and redesigning business processes, selecting a new system, and deploying the system.
November, 2023
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Business and Data Analytics Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2024
Enterprises may be entering a new paradigm when it comes to business and data analytics. This may be characterized as the third phase of data usage inside the IT department. First came the use of retrospective data, where data was collected and used to analyze and understand previous performance. Second came predictive analytics, where past data was used to predict the future and make enterprise decisions. Most organizations are still mastering this phase.
December, 2023
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Enterprise Architecture Adoption and Best Practices 2023
While large IT project failures generate headlines, an even larger risk may be the incoherence that comes from developing new systems and capabilities without an overall plan. Enterprise architecture is an IT best practice that provides a description of the organization in its desired state. This allows developers to build an infrastructure, data model, systems, and process that are aligned with that organizational architecture.
October, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 5: Discrete Manufacturing Sector Benchmarks
Chapter 4 provides benchmarks for process manufacturers. Process manufacturers are defined as those where the production process adds value by mixing, separating, forming, or chemical reaction. The sector includes manufacturers of chemicals, petrochemicals, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, food and beverage products, cosmetics, building materials, packaging materials, steel, glass, paper products, and other process-manufactured goods. The 76 respondents in the sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to a maximum of $50 billion in annual revenue.
July, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 3B: Midsize Organization Benchmarks
The IT spending and staffing outlook for midsize organizations in 2023 can best be described with the old British slogan, “keep calm and carry on.” As we mentioned in last year’s study, IT budgets are increasingly divorced from economic conditions. As enterprises continue their digital transformation, the IT department is increasingly valuable. Much of that can be attributed to IT’s new seat at the strategic table and the growing perception that technology can drive revenue growth. Despite economic headwinds, we see only a slight pullback in IT spending.
July, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 21: High-Tech Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 21 provides benchmarks for high-tech companies. The category includes computer products manufacturers, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, aerospace and defense manufacturers, pharmaceutical makers, biotechnology product makers, software developers, software-as-a-service providers, and other high-tech companies. The 26 respondents in this sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to over $30 billion in revenue.
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European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 8: Retail Sector Benchmarks
Chapter 8 provides benchmarks for retailers. This sector includes retailers of clothing, jewelry, hardware, furniture, electronics, sports equipment, groceries, pharmaceuticals, and general merchandise. They include restaurant chains, department stores, luxury retail stores, electronics stores, furniture stores, pharmacies, sporting goods stores, and specialty retailers. We also include hospitality and consumer services in this sector. The 43 respondents in the sample range in size from about €90 million to over €30 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2023
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Best Practices for Benchmarking Your IT Budget Ratios
Benchmarking is a popular way for IT executives to justify their IT budgets and better focus their efforts to achieve a state of continuous improvement. Whether it is to compare their IT spending levels with industry peers, defend current spending levels, justify new spending requests, or identify opportunities for cost improvement, benchmarking is the best way to objectively measure an organization’s IT budget against industry standards.
December, 2023
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IT Spending Trends in Technical Services 2024
This report analyzes the IT characteristics of this sector. Based on our latest benchmarking survey, it provides key metrics for technical services organizations. We conclude with the outlook for increased IT spending and staffing in this sector in the coming years.
May, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 6: Banking and Finance
Chapter 6 provides benchmarks for banking and financial services companies. The firms in this sector include commercial banks, investment banks, credit unions, mortgage lenders, consumer finance lenders, and other types of lenders and financial services providers. The 48 respondents in this sector range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to over $75 billion in annual sales.
September, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 39: Software and Technology
Chapter 39 provides IT spending and staffing statistics for the software and technology subsector. This category includes software companies, SaaS providers, and technology solutions companies. There are 22 organizations in the sample, ranging in size from around $50 million to over $100 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2024