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IT Asset Management Adoption and Best Practices 2019
IT organizations often find it difficult to track all of the information about IT assets, such as hardware and software licenses, along with critical data such as location, configuration, and renewal dates. In response, companies have worked to set up IT asset management and configuration management systems, and processes to bring IT assets into a common management framework. In this report, we describe why IT asset management is an important process and the challenges it faces.
August, 2019
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IT Quality Assurance Staffing Ratios 2020
Staffing levels for IT quality assurance personnel are in a state of flux for several reasons, including the new ways in which software is being developed and the varying needs of industry sectors. In this report, we first evaluate recent changes in IT QA staffing levels. We then provide three benchmarks by organization size and by sector: QA staff as a percentage of the IT staff, QA staff as a percentage of the Application Group, and applications per QA staff member.
October, 2020
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Blockchain Services 2020–2021 RadarView™
The Blockchain Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ report provides information to assist enterprises in charting out their action plan for blockchain adoption. It identifies key global service providers and system integrators that can expedite their blockchain journey. The 69-page report also highlights key industry trends in the blockchain space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
December, 2020
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Three Ways to Benchmark IT Spending
Benchmarking is a time-tested way for IT executives to justify their IT budgets and focus on continuous improvement. Whether it is to compare their IT spending levels with industry peers, defend current spending levels, justify new spending requests, or identify opportunities for cost improvement, benchmarking is the only way to objectively measure an organization’s IT budget against industry standards.
February, 2013
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Intelligent Automation Tools 2020 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Tools 2020 RadarView™ report is designed to help enterprises identify the right tool vendor for implementing and scaling their automation engagement. It assesses the tool vendors basis their hyperautomation capabilities across the entire automation toolkit, flexibility in the pricing model, efforts to reduce TCO, maturity and scale of operations, and initiatives to increase citizen development and democratize RPA.
October, 2020
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Enterprise Security Orchestration Platforms 2020 RadarView™
The Enterprise Security Orchestrion Platforms 2020 RadarView™ report is designed to help enterprises make strategic decisions to identify the best security orchestration platform to build their SOC. It assesses the platform providers based on automation capabilities, the number of predefined playbooks, built-in integrations, flexibility in the pricing model, efforts to reduce TCO, and the maturity and scale of the operation.
October, 2020
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ITIL Adoption Unlikely To Show Significant Growth
Although large IT organizations are continuing to embrace the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the number of organizations committed to full ITIL implementation remains relatively small. When practiced correctly, ITIL should have a deep impact on an IT organization’s core processes. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on ITIL adoption and best practices.
April, 2019
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Intelligent Platforms Changing the Automation Landscape
The RPA industry has shifted toward hyperautomation, which leverages AI, ML, and NLP to enable end-to-end automation. Tool vendors have evolved their solutions into enterprise-class suites covering the entire automation lifecycle by bundling process discovery, workflow orchestration, prediction and recommendation, document processing, analytics, and unified dashboards. Software vendors such as SAP, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle have also entered the AI-led automation marketplace by embedding automation in their applications and platforms, organically or inorganically.
October, 2020
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Computer Economics: Revisiting the Impact of COVID-19 on IT Organizations in 2020
Computer Economics: Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on IT Budgets in 2020 At the beginning of 2020, IT organizations were poised for another year of strong IT operational budget growth—and then the global coronavirus pandemic struck. IT leaders are changing their priorities for new projects as a result of COVID-19. Based on the results of the 31st annual Computer Economics IT spending survey just completed, Avasant’s digital forum “Computer Economics: Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on IT Budgets in 2020” discussed how companies are responding to the crisis.
October, 2020
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Information Technology Infrastructure Library Adoption and Best Practices 2019
Although large IT organizations are continuing to embrace the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), the number of organizations committed to full ITIL implementation remains relatively small. This report begins with a brief explanation of ITIL’s history and current framework for IT service management, including its relationship with new approaches to change management, such as DevOps.
April, 2019
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Penetration Testing Just the Beginning of Good Security
Penetration testing is just one part of a comprehensive security program that needs to be taken seriously long before the white hats are called in. This consistent, formal process is what is missing many penetration testing efforts. This Research Byte looks at the process to make penetration testing most effective.
February, 2020
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Big Blue bets big on Cloud-First Enterprise
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna’s announcement about a strategic move to spin off their managed infrastructure services business on October 8, 2020 is reverberating across the business and technology landscape. However, keeping the magnitude of the announcement aside, this is in line with IBM’s time-tested modus operandi of divesting slower growth and maturing businesses, such as their exit from the PC business. While this strategic shift is considerably late compared to other players, it is the right move that leverages their Red Hat acquisition to target the fast growing multi-cloud market.
October, 2020
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Penetration Testing Adoption and Best Practices 2020
Penetration testing is an important element of IT security best practices. However, by itself, penetration testing is insufficient. It needs to be part of a robust and iterative process, in combination with the other security best practices to make it a formidable defensive weapon. In this report, we look at the maturity of penetration testing as an IT discipline. We assess current adoption trends by organization size and sector.
February, 2020
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Retail IT Spending Needed for Digital Transformation
The retail sector is going through a major transformation. Brick-and-mortar stalwarts are filing for bankruptcy or disappearing entirely. E-commerce and the digital customer experience are taking an increasing part of the shopping dollar. And all of that was happening before the COVID-19 pandemic forced major restrictions on brick-and-mortar shopping. Traditional retail is in a “change or die” mode, and the transformation of IT is going to decide who survives. This Research Byte is a brief summary of our special report on IT spending trends in the retail sector, which is available for free download.
October, 2020
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Agile Not for Everyone
After a steady rise in recent years, the growth in agile development is starting to taper off. Adoption was flat year over year, and we may be closing in on the ceiling for agile. Agile development is an important tool for organizations with high-level development needs, such as software and cloud providers. However, for companies that do little custom development, agile might not be right for them. This Research Byte explores some reasons for the lukewarm growth of agile among corporate IT organizations.
March, 2020
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