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AI Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption has been traditionally difficult to track, as AI was mostly embedded in software. As such, end users did not typically perceive it as AI as much as a function of the product. However, a recent round of consumerization of AI tools has changed the landscape and use of AI in the enterprise. AI’s ability to automate complex tasks and produce high-quality content efficiently has popularized these tools, but when it comes to enterprise adoption, the use of the technology is still in its infancy.
January, 2025
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Encryption Best Practices 2024
Encryption best practices protect sensitive or confidential information, both in storage and in transit. Data encryption software and algorithms translate data into another form or code so that only those with access to a secret key—a decryption key—can read it. Banking details, health records, financial information, or other sensitive personal information must be encrypted so it cannot be intercepted, accessed, or read.
March, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 17: Nonprofits and Charitable Organizations Sector Benchmarks
Chapter 17 provides benchmarks for nonprofits and charitable organizations. The sector includes local and national charity organizations, conservation groups, youth development organizations, organizing bodies, and other nonprofit organizations. We do not include organizations where the nonprofit status only reflects the entity type, such as nonprofit hospitals, where for all intents and purposes they operate from an IT perspective in a way that is not significantly different from for-profit hospitals. The 24 respondents in the sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to $700 million in annual revenue.
July, 2023
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 28: Brick-and-Mortar Retail Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 28 provides benchmarks for brick-and-mortar retailers. This subsector includes department stores, clothing stores, convenience stores, pet stores, pharmacies, hardware stores, nonprofit retailers, furniture retailers, agricultural retailers, and other retailers. The 26 respondents in this sample have annual revenue ranging from about $95 million to over $100 billion.
July, 2023
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European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 3C: Large Organization Benchmarks
In these chapters, we provide a complete set of benchmarks for organizations within the specified size classification. IT operational budgets €25 million or greater.
September, 2023
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Talent Acquisition Business Process Transformation 2024–2025 Market Insights™
The Talent Acquisition Business Process Transformation 2024–2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any talent acquisition transformation project. The report also highlights the evolution of the talent acquisition function and emerging priorities of talent acquisition professionals.
January, 2025
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European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2023/2024: Chapter 19: Chemicals Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 19 provides benchmarks for chemicals manufacturers. Chemicals manufacturers are by definition process manufacturers that produce chemical products. The sector includes manufacturers of chemicals, petrochemicals, and other chemical products. The 14 respondents in the sample range in size from a minimum of about €50 million to around €40 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2023
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IT Spending Trends in Construction and Trade Services 2024
The construction and trade services sector plays a critical role in the global economy. It serves nearly every other industry sector by developing physical infrastructure and providing various kinds of support services to maintain those physical assets and ensure their ongoing operation. This report analyzes the IT characteristics of this sector. Based on our latest benchmarking survey, it provides key metrics for this sector.
May, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 12: Professional and Technical Services
Chapter 12 provides benchmarks for professional and technical services organizations. The 58 respondents in the sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to about $40 billion in annual revenue. The sector includes firms that provide professional and technical services, including engineering, legal, accounting, financial advice, consulting, marketing, research, and other services.
September, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 20: Media and Information Services
Chapter 20 provides benchmarks for the media and information services sector. This sector includes publishing, broadcasting, entertainment, and digital media organizations, as well as other media and information services companies. The 20 respondents in the sample have annual revenues ranging in size from about $50 million to around $50 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2024
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IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 5: Discrete Manufacturing
Chapter 5 provides benchmarks for discrete manufacturing organizations. Discrete manufacturers are defined as those where the production process adds value by fabricating or assembling individual (discrete) unit production. This category includes manufacturers of consumer products, athletic equipment, industrial equipment, telecommunications equipment, aerospace products, furniture, auto parts, electrical parts, medical devices, and electronic devices, among other products. The 79 respondents in this sample range in size from a minimum of about $50 million to over $300 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2024
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SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 RadarView™
The SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for adopting SAP SuccessFactors by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key SAP SuccessFactors service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation to help enterprises identify the appropriate service partner. The 55-page report also highlights the top supply-side trends in the SAP SuccessFactors services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
May, 2023
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European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2024/2025: Chapter 11: Healthcare Services Sector Benchmarks
Chapter 11 provides benchmarks for healthcare services companies. The 17 respondents in this sector include community hospital groups, multiregional hospital systems, healthcare systems, dental service organizations, university hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare organizations. These organizations range in size from a minimum of about €50 million to over €15 billion in annual revenue.
October, 2024
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Generative AI Augmenting Digital Procurement Tools
Digital transformation of the procurement value chain has been growing for years. With the advent of generative AI, enterprises can further automate transactional procurement processes and improve decision-making for strategic sourcing processes. Specialist procurement tool vendors have already started to integrate large language models and GPT technology into their solutions to facilitate digital procurement transformation. This research byte explores the potential of generative AI in the procurement value chain and how specialist procurement tool vendors are leveraging this technology to improve the potential of their tools.
September, 2023
