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From Fugaku HPC to Quantum: Fujitsu’s Leap into Next-Gen Supercomputing
The quantum era is here, and it is compelling enterprises to act. Once seen as a distant tech milestone, quantum computing is now reshaping strategies, accelerated by generative AI’s rapid ascent in 2022. Companies realize the risk of unpreparedness as quantum promises to disrupt industries from logistics to cybersecurity. Fujitsu is demonstrating a rapid transition from research to real-world applications. At its recent Executive Analyst Day 2024 in Pune, India, Fujitsu showcased a groundbreaking 64-qubit superconducting quantum chip and an audacious road map to a 256-qubit system by 2025 and over 1,000 qubits by 2026. Its scalable hardware, HPC legacy, multi-architecture approach, and qubit efficiency solidify its edge in this race.
December, 2024
Avasant SAP S/4HANA Services 2024–2025 RadarView™
The SAP S/4HANA Services 2024–2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for adopting SAP S/4HANA 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 to help enterprises identify the appropriate service partner. The 70-page report also highlights the top supply-side trends in the SAP S/4HANA services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
December, 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
Tech-Enabled Sustainability Services 2025 RadarView™
This RadarView helps enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation in the tech-enabled sustainability services domain. It begins with a summary of key trends shaping the supply side of the market. It continues with a detailed assessment of 20 providers offering digital services in tech-enabled sustainability services. Each profile gives an overview of the service provider, its industry-specific solutions, and a list of representative clients and partnerships, along with brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s practice maturity, investments and innovation, and partner ecosystem.
April, 2025
Supply Chain Operations Services Business Process Transformation 2025 Market Insights™
The Supply Chain Operations Services Business Process Transformation 2025 Market Insights™ assists enterprises in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any supply chain operations services transformation engagement. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
May, 2025
Responsible AI Platforms 2025 RadarView™
The Responsible AI Platforms 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for RAI solutions by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for platform vendors. It provides a 360-degree view of key RAI platform vendors across the dimensions of platform maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right platform vendors. The 43-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the RAI space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
June, 2025
From Field Agents to AI-Powered Advisors: How Generative AI and Agentic AI Have Redefined Insurance Distribution
The insurance landscape has long relied on the expertise and reach of field agents to drive customer acquisition, foster relationships, and build trust. In many regions, particularly across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, field agents have served as the lifeblood of insurance distribution for decades. However, this traditional model is undergoing a rapid, foundational transformation.
July, 2025
Bridging Sourcing Cultures in Mergers: A Roadmap to Sustainable Integration
When organizations merge, sourcing functions often become a hidden fault line—not due to systems or spend categories, but because of deeply embedded cultural differences. Avasant’s Six-Pillar Organizational Change Management (OCM) Framework enables successful cultural integration in sourcing, turning potential friction into a platform for growth.
August, 2025
Data Lakehouse Platforms 2025 RadarView™
The Data Lakehouse Platforms 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for data lakehouse solutions by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for platform vendors. It provides a 360-degree view of key data lakehouse platform vendors across the dimensions of product maturity, enterprise adaptability, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right platform vendors. The 49-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the data lakehouse space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
August, 2025
Salesforce Services 2025 RadarView™
The Salesforce Services 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for Salesforce adoption by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key Salesforce service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right Salesforce services partner. The 81-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the Salesforce space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
September, 2025
Unlocking Efficiencies for AI Implementation in Procurement Optimization
By the end 2025, over 60% of procurement decisions will be influenced by AI, yet most organizations still struggle to implement it effectively. Procurement leaders face a paradox: Artificial Intelligence promises transformation, but only when implemented with surgical precision. The hype is over—AI is now a board-level mandate actively reshaping how procurement functions, but turning promise into performance demands more than interest; it requires executive clarity. In our last article, we explored how AI creates value. This time, we’re focused on how to unlock it. From fragmented data and compliance constraints to change resistance and misaligned processes, the road to AI success is lined with pitfalls. What separates the leaders is a practical, people-first approach—one that aligns technology with business goals, ensures stakeholder trust, and delivers measurable impact.
October, 2025
AI-Enabled CRM: Redefining ESG and Strategic Sourcing Resilience in Procurement
As procurement leaders face rising Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) mandates and supply chain volatility, over 60% of enterprises now prioritize AI in sourcing strategies. CRM platforms like HubSpot’s Breeze ecosystem are evolving into strategic sourcing engines, delivering real-time intelligence, automated compliance workflows, and embedded ESG oversight. These capabilities illustrate how AI-enabled CRMs are being applied to procurement, equipping teams with enhanced supplier visibility and data-driven decision-making. While HubSpot’s Breeze ecosystem exemplifies this evolution, other CRM platforms including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Zoho CRM, are also expanding into procurement intelligence, offering similar AI-driven capabilities that support supplier visibility and strategic decision-making.
November, 2025
Business Process Services – Provider Trends Q3 2025
In this quarterly report for CQ3 2025, 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.
December, 2025
Manufacturing Smart Industry Services 2023 RadarView™
The Manufacturing Smart Industry Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for engineering and manufacturing transformation by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key manufacturing smart industry service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 58-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the manufacturing smart industry space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
May, 2023
Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 RadarView™
The Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for procurement business process transformation by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key procurement business process transformation service providers across practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 52-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the procurement space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
August, 2023