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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
The Open-Source Gambit: Did DeepSeek Ignite an AI Arms Race?
On January 20, 2025, DeepSeek stunned the industry with the release of DeepSeek-R1, an open-source, cost-efficient AI model that rivaled OpenAI’s GPT-4 on multiple benchmarks. DeepSeek did not just disrupt the AI industry; it sparked a geopolitical AI arms race. The battle for AI sovereignty has begun. While multiple governments have banned DeepSeek over data security concerns, its impact on AI’s trajectory is definite. Just as Sputnik’s launch in 1957 ignited the space race, DeepSeek has triggered a reckoning in AI strategy, forcing the world to reconsider the balance between accessibility, security, and sovereignty.
February, 2025
Advanced Network Services 2025 RadarView™
The Advanced Network Services 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for advanced network services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key advanced network service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right advanced network services partner. The 64-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the advanced network 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
Transforming Regulatory and Scientific Writing with Generative AI: Streamlining Compliance and Enhancing Scientific Communication
Traditionally, the creation of clinical study reports, patient narratives, safety summaries, and regulatory submissions such as CTDs (Common Technical Documents) and MAAs (Marketing Authorization Applications) has been a labor-intensive, time-consuming endeavor. These documents are not only foundational to compliance with global health authorities but also directly impact the speed at which new therapies reach patients. As operational pressures mount and the complexity of data grows, Gen AI is emerging as a disruptive force—streamlining document creation, enhancing consistency, and enabling new levels of efficiency and compliance.
August, 2025
GCCs in Europe: Trends, Challenges, and Strategic Outlook 2025
This paper explores the evolving landscape of global competency centers (GCCs) in Europe in 2025, focusing on their strategic shift from being traditional cost centers to becoming AI-driven innovation hubs. It examines key industry adoption trends, talent management strategies, geographic hotspots attracting investments, government policies and incentives, including specific initiatives and programs, and examples of GCCs set up by leading European enterprises. The analysis draws on the latest industry reports and market insights to provide a comprehensive overview of GCC dynamics in the European region and their implications for businesses and policymakers.
September, 2025
Broadcom–VMware Shake-up: Rising Costs, Subscription Shock, and Enterprise Response
Broadcom’s overhaul of VMware’s licensing and pricing models has sent shockwaves through global IT budgets. This Research Byte from Avasant examines how the shift to subscription-only models is driving cost escalation and operational challenges for enterprises, universities, and partners. More importantly, it highlights how forward-looking organizations are using this moment to realign their sourcing strategies, strengthen negotiation leverage, and modernize their virtualization environments. Backed by Avasant’s deep sourcing intelligence and client case studies, the article reveals how disruption can become a catalyst for transformation.
October, 2025
Life and Annuities Insurance Digital Services 2023–2024 RadarView™
The Life and Annuities Insurance Digital Services 2023–2024 RadarView™ can help L&A insurance 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 92-page report also highlights top market trends in the L&A insurance space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
July, 2023
Digital Commerce Services 2023–2024 RadarView™
Avasant’s Digital Commerce Services 2023–2024 RadarView assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for digital commerce services transformation by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key digital commerce services providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation to help enterprises identify the appropriate service partner. The 57-page report also highlights the top supply-side trends in the digital commerce services space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
January, 2024
Healthcare Payor Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™
The Healthcare Payor 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 project in the healthcare payor industry. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
March, 2024
Atos SE’s Bailout Decision: A Strategic Analysis
Atos, a French IT company, has chosen a consortium led by Onepoint, along with Butler Industries and Econocom, for its financial rescue plan. The consortium will inject EUR 250M in equity, provide EUR 1.5B in debt instruments, and convert EUR 2.9B of existing debt into equity. This decision aims to uphold Atos’s existing business lines while leveraging capabilities from Eviden and Tech Foundations. Founder David Layani will become CEO. The alternative proposal by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, focused on aggressive debt reduction, was not chosen. Atos now faces the challenge of executing this plan and managing its debt. In this article, we share our analytical perspectives, assessing the deal’s impact on clients and the road ahead.
June, 2024
Media and Entertainment Digital Services 2024 RadarView™
The Media and Entertainment Digital Services 2024 RadarView™ helps media and entertainment 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 830-page report also highlights top market trends in the media and entertainment space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
October, 2024
IT and Apps Managed Services Pricing and Solution Trends: H2 2024
In this report, Avasant provides key information on solutions and pricing trends for the IT and apps managed services industry within the past 6–12 months. The report covers several aspects, including market trends, pricing model trends, and pricing and staffing trends in the space. The geographical scope of the report is global, although there is an emphasis on data points from North America. The report leverages valuable insights from our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research, data collection through primary research, and the AvaMark™ Price Benchmarking database.
February, 2025
Advanced Network Services 2025 Market Insights™
The Advanced Network Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any of their advanced network projects. The report also highlights key advanced network implementation challenges that enterprises face today.
June, 2025
Charted Territories: Why Vendor Data Strategy is Now a Boardroom Issue
In today’s AI-powered economy, vendor management is no longer a back-office function—it’s a strategic priority demanding executive oversight. Leaders who master their vendor data unlock cost savings, strengthen supplier partnerships, reduce compliance risk, and prepare their organizations for AI-driven transformation. Yet many companies still treat vendor data as fragmented, tactical, or purely transactional.
July, 2025