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The AI Agent Gold Rush: The Race to Monetization
Over the past six to eight months, AI agents have rapidly evolved from simple automation to advanced reasoning, transforming from a democratized tool to a premium enterprise asset. OpenAI’s domain-specific agents are setting new pricing benchmarks, while firms such as Salesforce and ServiceNow are pivoting toward AI-first models through acquisitions and product innovation. This research byte explores the rise of AI agents, the changing competitive landscape, and key considerations for enterprises looking to leverage and monetize this next wave of AI innovation.
March, 2025
Cybersecurity Services 2025 RadarView™
capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key cybersecurity services providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right cybersecurity services partner. The 74-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the cybersecurity space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
April, 2025
Application Management Services 2025 RadarView™
The Application Management Services 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for application management services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key application management service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right application management services partner. The 72-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the application management services space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
June, 2025
Cash Generation Through Divestiture: A Strategic Enabler
Imagine a company shedding its skin not in retreat, but in renewal. From global giants like Procter & Gamble to tech titans like Hewlett-Packard, companies are increasingly turning to divestitures not as a last resort, but as a deliberate strategy to unlock capital, sharpen focus, and fuel transformation. Divestiture is a powerful financial lever—one that generates immediate cash inflows, improves liquidity, and enables reinvestment into high-growth areas. Whether through asset sales, spin-offs, or equity carve-outs, divestitures are helping enterprises streamline operations and strengthen their financial health.
July, 2025
Global Competency Center (GCC) Services 2025 RadarView™
The Global Competency Center Services 2025 RadarView™ helps enterprises craft a robust strategy for GCC services based on industry outlook and best practices. The report can also aid them in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their GCC journey across the value chain. The 62-page report also highlights top market trends in the GCC services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
August, 2025
The $100B Quarter: What It Means for Your Next AI Contract
AI infrastructure sourcing is undergoing a seismic shift as enterprises face volatile compute availability, energy costs, and rapid hardware refresh cycles. Traditional cloud-based pricing models are being replaced by dynamic contracts that secure throughput, align with energy indices, and guarantee upgrade paths. This new economic landscape demands strategic negotiation moves, including capacity reservations, energy-indexed pricing, and portability safeguards. By adopting these practices, organizations can protect their AI investments, ensure scalability, and avoid vendor lock-in as use cases expand.
August, 2025
Solving the Security Puzzle in Enterprise AI: Insights from Google Cloud Security Summit 2025
The paper captures key insights from the Google Cloud Security Summit 2025, highlighting how enterprises can unlock AI’s full potential securely. It explores Google’s “Secure by Design” approach, focusing on two pillars: AI for Security—empowering security operation centers (SOCs) with intelligent automation for faster, smarter defense—and Security for AI—protecting models, agents, and ecosystems from emerging threats. It also outlines practical strategies to balance innovation with compliance, resilience, and trust, enabling organizations to confidently scale AI initiatives and accelerate digital transformation.
September, 2025
When the Giant Learns from the Neighbor: How Global IT Providers Are Adopting Local Agility in the Nordics
The Nordic IT-services market is booming—expected to climb from US $47.9 billion in 2025 to US $57.5 billion by 2030. Yet price alone no longer wins deals. Nordic customers now want two things at once: local know-how (language, regulations, user insight) and global delivery power (large teams, round-the-clock support). This article argues that competitive advantage is shifting from pure labor-arbitrage to “local intimacy”—the ability to pair Nordic-specific domain fluency with industrialized global delivery. It outlines 4 ways multinationals are borrowing from regional champions: rapid-prototyping labs, hyper-local go-to-market tactics, near-shore GCCs, and “front-plus-scale” alliances exemplified by Tietoevry–Accenture on Google Cloud’s Arek Oy project. A side-by-side matrix reveals how global and local providers now meet in the middle on delivery footprint, governance, pricing, and scale strategy. Buyers should look for proven partnerships and speed-to-value metrics, while providers must blend proximity, ESG readiness, and global reach to stay competitive.
September, 2025
From Connected Devices to Intelligent and Secure IoT Ecosystems: How AIoT and Cybersecurity Are Redefining IoT Services in 2025
The Internet of Things (IoT) is entering a new era. IoT began by linking devices and collecting data, but now plays a key role in digital transformation. Enterprises across various industries, including manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, retail, and smart cities, are realizing that simply connecting devices is no longer sufficient. The true value lies in how intelligently data is processed and how securely it can be scaled in mission-critical environments.
October, 2025
Digital Workplace Services 2025 Market Insights™
The Digital Workplace Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying key demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on digital workplace projects. The report also highlights key workplace modernization challenges that enterprises face today.
November, 2025
Internet of Things Services 2023 Market Insights™
The Internet of Things Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact in the future for any IoT projects. The report also highlights key IoT challenges that enterprises face today.
May, 2023
Canada Digital and IT Services 2023–2024 RadarView™
The Canada Digital and IT Services 2023–2024 RadarView™ can help Canadian enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid them in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation in this space. The 67-page report also highlights top market trends in the Canadian region and Avasant’s viewpoint.
August, 2023
Cloud Platforms 2023 RadarView™
The Cloud Platforms 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for cloud adoption by providing a detailed analysis of key cloud platform providers across product maturity, enterprise adaptability, and innovation road map. The 32-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the cloud platforms space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
October, 2023
Intelligent ITOps Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Intelligent ITOps Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any intelligent ITOps projects. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
November, 2023
F&A Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The F&A Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any F&A outsourcing project. The report also highlights key challenges enterprises face today while outsourcing F&A processes.
February, 2024