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Fortifying Generative AI: Microsoft’s Vigilance on Security, Trust, and Governance
As businesses increasingly experiment with generative AI solutions to streamline their processes, it becomes clear that the risk environment is growing. Since threats change constantly, CIOs and CISOs are realizing more and more that AI and generative AI models need to be trusted with some decision-making to stay up with new threats. In line with this, cloud service providers and managed security service providers have made major investments in large language models for security applications during the past year. In this article, we highlight the efforts of Microsoft, focusing on the Microsoft AI Tour Mumbai event held in January.
February, 2024
Business Process Services – Provider Trends CQ4 2023 and CY 2023
In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 4, 2023) and annual report (calendar year, 2023), Avasant provides key information on trends in the business process services (BPS) space. It covers facts and figures about service providers (including revenue and resource trends), macro trends, and executive sentiment from the service provider community. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report 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 sourcing data.
April, 2024
The Rise of Agentic AI: Salesforce Leads the Charge with Agentforce
The market for enterprise-ready, generative AI-driven CRM solutions is rapidly transforming with the emergence of agentic AI. This evolution, from predictive bots to responsive copilots, has culminated in agents that not only generate responses but also take action. At Dreamforce 2024, Salesforce introduced Agentforce, an autonomous AI agent that automates every customer interaction and integrates seamlessly across platforms such as Slack, offering an upgrade over Einstein Copilot. While Salesforce currently leads the way in agentic AI, competitors are swiftly closing the gap. As Gen AI rapidly evolves, enterprises stand to gain from the innovations and advancements made by leading platform vendors.
October, 2024
Embracing the Potential of Advanced Technologies for the Life Sciences Sector
The life sciences sector, encompassing biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device manufacturers, is experiencing a transformation driven by rapid advances in AI and data technologies. These innovations can significantly enhance research, drug development, and patient outcomes.
February, 2025
Avasant Quantum Series: The Provider Imperative — Preparing Enterprises for the Quantum Era
While many Tier 1 and Tier 2 service providers have started laying the foundation for quantum computing and adjacent technologies, progress remains inconsistent, and most are still in the early stages of true readiness. At Avasant, we recognize that service providers often require strategic guidance in navigating this complex and rapidly evolving space, particularly in understanding enterprise expectations and aligning capabilities accordingly. Drawing on deep client interactions and insights into enterprise aspirations across AI and quantum, we have developed a comprehensive framework for service providers to assess and build quantum readiness. This framework spans four critical dimensions: practice capabilities, talent development, ecosystem partnerships, and investment priorities. It also incorporates key decision-making principles that enterprises are using to evaluate and select providers for their quantum journey.
June, 2025
Business Process Services – Provider Trends CQ4 2024
In this quarterly report for CQ4 2024, Avasant provides key information on trends in the business process services (BPS) space. It covers facts and figures about service providers (including revenue and resource trends), macro trends, and executive sentiment from the service provider community. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report 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 and market interactions.
April, 2025
Intelligent Sourcing to Autonomous Sites: How AI is Redefining Construction
The engineering and construction (E&C) industry has historically lagged in digital adoption, ranking among the least digitized sectors globally. While industries such as manufacturing built robust digital backbones, construction remained anchored in legacy systems and labor-intensive practices. Avasant’s IT Spending Trends in Construction and Trade Services 2024 highlights that IT budgets in construction are not only smaller in proportion to revenue but also stretched thin across fragmented organizations and project-based models. For small and mid-sized contractors, the industry’s backbone, these constraints often limit investment in next-generation platforms.
September, 2025
A Global AI Governance Decalogue for Procurement
With over 70 jurisdictions racing to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, procurement leaders face a compliance minefield that could derail innovation and vendor agility. The European Union’s AI Act spans over 140 pages. The U.S. Executive Order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI” adds over 30 pages. Brazil, China, Canada, Singapore, and numerous others are releasing their own legislation — creating a rapidly diversifying global mandate.
October, 2025
AI Governance and Ethical Adoption: A Roadmap for Enterprises
With over 60% of enterprises integrating generative AI into core operations, the urgency for responsible governance has never been greater. Generative AI is revolutionizing how businesses operate, make decisions, and engage with customers—unlocking new efficiencies, innovations, and competitive advantages. But with this transformation comes risk.
October, 2025
Higher Education Digital Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Higher Education Digital Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any digital projects in the higher education space. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
July, 2023
Intelligent Automation Services 2023–2024 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2023–2024 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IA services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for 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, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 70-page report highlights top supply-side trends in IA space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
February, 2024
Applied AI Services 2024 Market Insights™
The Applied AI Services 2024 Market Insights assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on their AI projects. The report also highlights the key challenges enterprises face today in this space.
April, 2024
Optimizing Power Consumption in Data Centers in the age of AI
As companies increasingly repatriate their data centers, optimizing power consumption has become a crucial priority for enterprise buyers. This shift offers opportunities for improved operational efficiency while also presenting challenges related to energy management, sustainability, and resource utilization. The demand for power in data centers, is further augmented by the rising energy needs of high-performance chips. This exponential data growth and increased compute power requirements are further stressing the existing power infrastructure. As the use of large data becomes more widespread, optimizing power within datacenters will become crucial to the enterprise spend and operational efficiency.
October, 2024
Redefining Humanity: The Next Evolutionary Leap?
In an era dominated by discussions on technology and automation, a deeper, more existential question is emerging: What does it mean to be human? This conversation is shifting beyond the confines of traditional tech discourse to explore the intersection of society, spirituality, medicine, space, and the forces that will shape the next 15 years of civilization. The recent Synapse Conclave, a two-day conference featuring over 40 thought leaders from various walks of life, explored the forces shaping the future, challenging long-held assumptions and posing urgent questions about the trajectory of human identity.
February, 2025
Avasant Quantum Series: From Hype to Strategy — A Quantum Readiness Guide for CIOs and CTOs
Quantum technology—rooted in the principles of quantum mechanics—is poised to tackle problems far beyond the capabilities of today’s most powerful classical computers. Its potential spans computing, cybersecurity, advanced sensing, and next-generation materials. Yet, many enterprises remain on the sidelines, assuming quantum computing is still years from real-world impact. Drawing on client interactions and insights into enterprise aspirations across AI and quantum, we have developed a comprehensive framework for service providers to assess and build quantum readiness, spanning technology readiness, talent and capability, ecosystem partnerships, and investments and innovation. It also incorporates key decision-making principles that enterprises can use to evaluate and select providers for their quantum journey.
June, 2025