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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
Streamlining Supplier Qualification Processes During M&A Integration: A Unified Qualification Model
Supplier qualifications are a cornerstone of supply chain management, especially during M&A integration. It ensures that suppliers align with the organization's strategic goals, regulatory requirements, and operational standards. Failure to establish a robust qualification process can lead to supply chain disruptions, compliance violations, and reputational damage.
September, 2025
Blockchain Services 2025 RadarView™
The Blockchain Services 2025 RadarView™ helps enterprises identify key use cases and develop a strategy for blockchain adoption. The report highlights service providers who can accelerate business transformation and offers detailed analyses of leading providers’ capabilities to help select the right partners. The 61-page report also covers key industry trends and Avasant’s insights on the blockchain space.
October, 2025
Nordics Digital Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™
The Nordics Digital Services 2025–2026 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 Nordics. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
December, 2025
End-user Computing Services 2023 Market Insights™
The End-user Computing Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any end-user computing projects. The report also highlights key end-user computing challenges that enterprises face today.
September, 2023
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
Business Process Services – Provider Trends CQ1 2024
In this quarterly report for CQ1 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.
June, 2024