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What Exactly is Digital Engineering and Who is a True Digital Engineering Partner?
Both B2B and B2C products have become smarter and more connected, requiring real-time integration and interaction between hardware and software components. To develop connected products and digitize the engineering and manufacturing life cycle, enterprises need an amalgamation of product and software engineering capabilities through digital engineering. While digital engineering is a growing domain, it is crucial that the ecosystem players, especially engineering and manufacturing companies, get the essence of digital engineering right to realize its true potential.
June, 2023
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
Ethical Hotline Systems 2023 RadarView Scan™
Avasant’s Ethical Hotline Systems 2023 RadarView Scan™ helps enterprises in evaluating key vendors providing ethical hotline services. The 16-page report also highlights how vendors leverage their capabilities to provide ethical hotline services to address these challenges.
September, 2023
Orange Cyberdefense Reports Changing Trends in Cyber Extortion and Ransomware
Ransomware and cyber extortion are not only becoming more common but more damaging to enterprises. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, often supported by nation-states, they are leading to high-profile and embarrassing releases of customer data. Orange Cyberdefense, which held an analyst event in Antwerp, Belgium, followed a few days later by a customer and partner event in London, England at the end of November 2022, is countering these threats by providing new managed security services offerings, including increased threat intelligence, and supporting secure access service edge (SASE).
March, 2023
The Future of Customer Experience: Automation, Analytics, and Agent Enablement
The customer experience landscape is rapidly changing, and businesses must keep pace to exceed customer expectations. With customers becoming more demanding and switching providers when service deteriorates, call centers are evolving into contact centers and ultimately into customer experience (CX) centers, central to driving customer experience (CX). This report—coauthored by Avasant and HCL Technologies—explores how CX centers have evolved into the next frontier of customer experience, and it defines strategies to ensure a positive and seamless customer experience. We conclude with ways in which organizations can reimagine their relationships with CX outsourcing service providers to create the right incentives for themselves and their partners.
July, 2023
Embedding Digital-First Principles in Businesses
In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of technology, businesses constantly seek innovative ways to stay ahead of their competition. One approach that has proven to be a game-changer is the digital-first principle. This approach emphasizes putting digital technologies and strategies at the forefront of an organization’s operations, paving the way for improved efficiency, customer experience, and overall profitability of the business. In this research byte, we explore the significance of embedding digital-first principles into the core of businesses, the profound impact it can have on their growth and sustainability, and how service providers are helping to facilitate this transformation. We highlight the efforts of one such service provider, Unisys, based on its recent analyst and advisor event held in June 2023.
August, 2023
Generative AI: A Catalyst for Transforming the Manufacturing Industry
Generative AI is reshaping the future of AI and gaining momentum across various industries, including manufacturing. This whitepaper explores the use cases and enterprise applications of generative AI to utilize previously unexplored data sets and address industry challenges. It also highlights five key areas where generative AI is gaining traction within the manufacturing sector, such as accelerating product design, optimizing production processes, and so on. Finally, it discusses implementation challenges that hinder manufacturing enterprises from adopting generative AI at scale. By proactively investing in the right resources and addressing challenges, manufacturers can accelerate generative AI adoption while mitigating its potential risks.
September, 2023
Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IA by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key IA service providers across the dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thus supporting businesses in finding the right IA service partner. The 77-page report also highlights top market trends in the IA space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
March, 2023
Business Process Services Pricing and Solution Trends: H1 2023
In this report, Avasant provides key information on pricing and solution trends for the Business Process Services industry from the past 12 months. The report covers various aspects, including market demand and provider solution trends, commercial engagement trends, emerging location trends, and pricing and staffing trends in the space. The geographic coverage is global, with a large share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research, data collection, and the AvaMark™ Price Benchmarking database.
June, 2023
Application Modernization Services 2023 Market Insights™
The Application Modernization Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any application modernization projects. The report also highlights key application modernization challenges that enterprises face today.
August, 2023
SD-WAN Managed Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The SD-WAN Managed Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for network transformation by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key service providers for SD-WAN managed services across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thus supporting enterprises in identifying the right workplace transformation partner. The 75-page report also highlights top industry trends in the SD-WAN outsourcing space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
March, 2023
Leveraging Generative AI in Human Capital Management
This article explores how integrating generative AI solutions in human capital management (HCM) platforms is improving HR processes. Leading HR platform providers, such as SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, UKG, ADP, and Workday, are embracing generative AI to enhance job posting, candidate screening, employee upskilling, and personalized employee experiences. By automating tasks like job description creation and resume screening, generative AI solutions save time and improve accuracy. Moreover, employees can benefit from tailored learning recommendations and receive personalized experiences based on their preferences and career goals. However, although this integration brings a great potential, it is important to address data privacy, algorithmic biases, and transparency in decision-making to ensure the ethical and responsible use of generative AI in HCM solutions.
June, 2023
Application Modernization Services 2023 RadarView™
The Application Modernization Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for application modernization by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key application modernization service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 68-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the application modernization services space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
August, 2023
Multisourcing Service Integration 2022–2023 Market Insights™
The Multisourcing Service Integration 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 MSI projects. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
April, 2023
Salesforce Services 2023 RadarView™
The Salesforce Services 2023 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 74-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the Salesforce space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
June, 2023