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Large Language Model Operations Platforms 2024–2025 Market Insights™
This report identifies key demand-side trends in the large language model operations space, helping enterprises improve their AI operations management capabilities. It provides an overview of key observations and business challenges that Avasant considers important to highlight in this space.
March, 2025
From Energy to Intelligence: Saudi Arabia’s Next Big Export
Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN initiative, backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), marks a bold and distinctive leap in the global AI race, positioning the country as a serious contender in sovereign AI development. What sets HUMAIN apart is its centralized governance model, distinct from the more decentralized or private sector-led models in countries such as the UAE and the US.
May, 2025
SAP Sapphire 2025: A Turning Point for AI-driven Enterprise Operations
At SAP Sapphire 2025, SAP unveiled a cohesive strategy to transform enterprise operations through embedded AI and unified data infrastructure. Central to this is the SAP Flywheel model, which allows applications, data, and AI to reinforce each other, enabling context-aware automation via Joule, SAP’s AI copilot. Joule extends across SAP and non-SAP systems, improving decision-making in users’ daily workflows. Supporting this is the Business Data Cloud, a unified, open data platform designed to eliminate fragmentation and fuel intelligent applications. With partnerships including Palantir and Adobe, SAP is aligning its architecture for the AI era, turning siloed data into real-time, cross-functional intelligence.
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
Beyond Automation: AI as the Catalyst for Connected Travel and Transport
The travel and transportation industry is at a pivotal moment. As global supply chains grow more complex and customer expectations rise, organizations must evolve beyond traditional models to remain competitive. Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and real-time analytics are no longer emerging technologies—they are essential tools for driving integration across customer experience, operations, and supply chains.
August, 2025
Enhancing Project Success through Effective Onboarding
Starting a new job can be both exciting and challenging, especially when it comes to understanding the specifics of a new project. A well-structured project-specific onboarding process is essential for ensuring new hires are adequately prepared and confident in their roles. This article explores the importance of project-specific onboarding and how it differs from general company-wide onboarding. It details our approach to creating a dynamic and engaging onboarding experience, which includes comprehensive orientation, interactive training sessions, mentorship, gradual integration, and regular feedback. By prioritizing project-specific onboarding, we aim to foster a positive and productive work environment that benefits both the individual and the team, ultimately driving the project's overall success.
August, 2025
Internet of Things Services 2025 Market Insights™
The Internet of Things Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any IoT projects. The report also highlights key IoT challenges that enterprises face today.
IT and Apps Managed Services Provider Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ2 2025
In this quarterly report (calendar quarter 2, 2025), 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.
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
SAP S/4HANA Services 2025–2026 RadarView™
The SAP S/4HANA Services 2025–2026 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for SAP S/4HANA adoption by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key SAP S/4HANA service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right SAP S/4HANA services partner. The 74-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the SAP S/4HANA space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
December, 2025
Applied AI Services 2022–2023 Market Insights™
The Applied AI Services 2022–2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact in the future for any applied AI projects. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
May, 2023
Integration Platform as a Service 2022 RadarView™ Scan
Avasant’s Integration Platform as a Service RadarView Scan helps enterprises in evaluating key vendors supporting enterprise adoption of integration platforms. It compares the capabilities of these vendors by conducting an in-depth analysis of the solutions developed, enterprise use cases addressed, and developments made. The 17-page report also highlights key business challenges and how iPaaS vendors mitigate these challenges with their offerings.
July, 2023
Data Management and Advanced Analytics Services 2023 RadarView™
The Data Management and Advanced Analytics Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for data management and advanced analytics by offering detailed capability and experience analyses of service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key data management and advanced analytics service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right data management and advanced analytics services partner. The 58-page report also highlights top market trends in the data management and advanced analytics space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
October, 2023
AI for Profit: How Generative AI is Reshaping Revenue Strategies
Most enterprises are leveraging generative AI for its exponential productivity gains across departments such as marketing, operations, and IT and for better alignment with user expectations. However, some innovative enterprises have initiated the use of generative AI to unlock new monetization prospects, allowing companies to strategically boost revenue streams and profitability. Enterprises across sectors such as high-tech, telecom, banking, and healthcare are leading the charge by introducing generative AI-powered solutions and services or adding new features as a service with a focus on policy, people, and partnerships. This, in turn, is driving other organizations to seek similar monetization opportunities.
December, 2023
F&A Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 RadarView™
The F&A Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for F&A outsourcing services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses of service providers in this space. It provides a 360-degree view of the service providers across practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right F&A outsourcing partner. The 67-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the F&A outsourcing space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
February, 2024