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Securing the Digital Frontier: Protecting Enterprises in a Hyperconnected World
At Avasant’s flagship Empowering Beyond Summit 2025, a dynamic panel discussion brought together cybersecurity leaders from academia, healthcare, government, and global technology firms to explore how enterprises can responsibly adopt artificial intelligence at scale. Moderated by Jay Weinstein, Distinguished Fellow at Avasant, the panel featured George Mansoor (Chief Security Officer, California State University), Alexandra Landeggar (Global Head of Cyber Strategy & Transformation, RTX), Manju Naglapur (SVP & General Manager, Unisys), and John Caruthers (Lead Director, BISO, CVS Health). Together, they unpacked the strategic and technical imperatives shaping AI adoption ranging from governance frameworks and privacy safeguards to post-quantum preparedness and the expanding role of cybersecurity in enabling innovation. As regulatory pressures mount and AI becomes more embedded in critical systems, cybersecurity is increasingly recognized not just as a defense mechanism, but as a foundational pillar for responsible, scalable transformation.
August, 2025
Super-Intelligence or Super-Humans? The Defining Contest of Our Age
As AI advances toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), humanity faces a paradox: driving machines toward greater autonomy while striving to preserve their own dominance. Emerging signs of AI self-preservation and behavioral manipulation highlight potential existential risks. At the same time, humans pursue their own evolution—extending life through biotechnology, personalized medicine, and brain-machine interfaces. This whitepaper explores the converging trajectories of AI and human enhancement, examining how both paths redefine competitiveness, survival, and the future balance between man and machine.
September, 2025
The Impact of Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMware: Pricing and Licensing Changes, and Strategies for Mitigation
With VMware’s customer base facing up to 800% price hikes, Broadcom’s $69B acquisition has become a strategic inflection point for enterprise IT leaders. The shift has triggered widespread reevaluation of virtualization strategies, especially as Broadcom transitions VMware’s licensing from perpetual to subscription-based models. According to Avasant’s benchmark data, over 70% of enterprises are now actively exploring mitigation strategies, including hybrid cloud adoption and alternative hypervisor platforms,to offset cost escalations and maintain operational continuity. For organizations deeply embedded in VMware’s ecosystem, understanding these changes and responding with agility is no longer optional; it’s essential.
September, 2025
Pre-Merger Contract Assessment
In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), pre-merger contract assessment is a critical step in due diligence. Before any deal is finalised, organisations must thoroughly review existing contracts to identify risks, obligations, and opportunities that could impact the transaction’s success. This process ensures that both legal and financial exposures are understood, regulatory requirements are met, and integration planning is informed by accurate information. By focusing on contract assessment early, companies can avoid costly surprises and lay the groundwork for a successful merger or acquisition.
October, 2025
Nordics Digital Services 2025–2026 RadarView™
The Nordics Digital Services 2025–2026 RadarView can help enterprises in the Nordic region craft a robust strategy based on regional 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. The 85-page report also highlights top market trends in the Nordics and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
December, 2025
Canada Digital and IT Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Canada Digital and IT 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 and IT projects in the Canadian region. The report also highlights key digital transformation challenges of today that enterprises face in Canada.
August, 2023
Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any hybrid enterprise cloud projects. The report also highlights key hybrid enterprise cloud services challenges that enterprises face today.
February, 2024
Multisourcing Service Integration 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Multisourcing Service Integration 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any MSI project. The report also highlights MSI challenges that enterprises face today.
April, 2024
State and Local Government Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™
The State and Local Government 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 state and local government space. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
July, 2024
From Chips to Apps: Driving Innovation Across the AI-integrated Cloud Stacks
Major cloud platform providers are taking the lead in reshaping productivity paradigms and reinforcing AI’s critical role in addressing modern business challenges by literally owning the entire solution stack—from hardware AI chips to middleware support, including foundation models for generative AI, to enterprise applications. In this research byte, we explore the key product developments from the Microsoft Ignite 2024 event held between November 18–November 22. We also evaluate how these developments impact enterprises amid continuous innovation in a fast-paced AI-driven market.
November, 2024
IT and Apps Managed Services Provider Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ3 2024
In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 3, 2024), 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.
February, 2025
From Complexity to Clarity: Divestitures Reshaping the Future of Retail and CPG
The retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is facing mounting pressure to adapt to rapidly evolving market dynamics with global uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, and restrictive trade policies leading to challenging environments for business. As the business landscape is evolving fast, enterprises are dynamically reshaping their portfolios to maintain a competitive edge, and divestitures have emerged as a strategic lever to unlock value and sharpen focus. The transformative power of digital technology and continued advancement in AI, shifting consumer behaviors, complying with sustainability and ESG regulatory requirements, strategic realignment, and reducing overall risk are forcing legacy retail and CPG companies to rethink their business models. This allows organizations to refocus on core brands, shed underperforming or non-aligned assets, and unlock value in businesses that may thrive better outside the parent company’s structure.
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
Beyond the Balance Sheet: ESG-Driven Divestitures
When a global consumer goods company divested its plastics-heavy packaging division last year, the move wasn’t just about cutting costs—it was about cutting carbon. This wasn’t just a business decision; it was a bold statement about priorities. In the fast-changing world of corporate strategy, ESG-driven divestitures are flipping the script, proving that letting go of the wrong assets can mean holding on to what really matters.
August, 2025
From Legacy to Leadership: How State and Local Governments Are Powering Public Services through Technology
State and local governments across the US and Europe are accelerating digital transformation to redefine public service delivery, improve governance, and boost citizen engagement. This technological evolution is integral to achieving resilient, efficient, and equitable public sector outcomes. This article examines the complexity and real-world impact of modernization across critical government functions by weaving enterprise-scale deployments and concrete numerical data into each transition stage.
September, 2025