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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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Business Process Transformation: Next Gen Sourcing and Digital Business Models
As digital technologies and automation re-shape the BPM landscape, it’s important to focus on business outcomes and strategic alignment
September, 2020
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Not Just Digital, Digital Resiliency Is Imperative For Enterprises
The COVID-19 pandemic marks a watershed moment for companies, and the need for building digital resilience has never been greater. To address business continuity and productivity, there has been a forced shift to remote work in many organizations, along with a spike in the demand for collaboration and a sudden rush to migrate applications to the cloud.
July, 2020
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Resilient Enterprise Transformation: Leveraging Data, Analytics and AI
Avasant’s digital forum, “Resilient Enterprise Transformation: Leveraging Data, Analytics and AI” addressed the key AI, Big Data and Analytics themes which are currently shaping the market and how it has empowered organizations to transform their core by leveraging these technologies.
July, 2020
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Reality Check: How to Reshape your IT Organization-A CIO Perspective
The coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact around the world, affecting every aspect of business. What do IT organizations need to do as we emerge from the pandemic? That is one of the key themes of our recent digital forum, “Reality Check: How to Reshape Your IT Organization – A CIO Perspective.”
June, 2020
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How Digital Transformation Will Drive IT Organizations in the Post-Pandemic World
What do IT organizations need to do as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic? The bottom line is that if you are operating consistent with an integrated digital operating model, the post-COVID world should not be much different from the pre-COVID world—except any further digital transformation should be accelerated.
June, 2020
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Applied AI and Analytics Services 2019 RadarView™
The Applied AI & Advanced Analytics 2019 RadarView™ report addresses the need of enterprises to identify the potential, use cases, success stories, and right action points to accelerate their AI & Advanced Analytics endeavors. It also brings out detailed capability and experience analyses of key service providers to assist enterprises in identifying the right partners for their AI journey. The report also highlights the key market trends and Avasant’s view on the road ahead for enterprises leveraging Applied AI and Advanced Analytics over the next 12 to 18 months.
March, 2019
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Intelligent Automation Services 2018 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2018 RadarView™ report addresses the dual need of the enterprises to understand both the RPA and the AI-enabled automation space and to identify implementation services providers that span both. This report focuses on assessing the implementation of services providers, and there will be a separate RadarView report to analyze the IA technology providers. Avasant evaluated 43 providers through a rigorous methodology across key dimensions of practice maturity, investments and innovation, and industry development to finally recognize 24 providers that brought the most value to the market over the last 12 months.
August, 2018
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Intelligent Automation Services 2019-2020 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2019-2020 RadarView™ report is aimed at helping enterprises transition from RPA to cognitive automation, bring forward the capabilities developed by service providers to enable AI-led automation, and Avasant's viewpoint on the future direction of the industry over the next 12 to 18 months.
December, 2019
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What Is Digital Transformation, and How Do We Get There?
In enterprise technology, digital transformation is a hot topic. But what does it really mean? This Research Byte provides a simple definition of digital transformation, breaks down the main types of digital transformation, and recommends an approach for developing a digital transformation strategy.
May, 2019
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Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Environments: Foundation for True Enterprise Digital Transformation
Enterprises need to aim beyond just cost reduction and leverage cloud as an enabler of transformation. They will necessarily need to develop a cloud-first organization, driven through central cloud teams with cloud orchestration, spend management and advanced talent management in addition to core technical skills, to ensure business alignment and cost control, while still allowing business units the freedom to leverage multiple cloud services at scale.
April, 2019
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The Digital Transformation Journey: Lessons from a CIO’s Perspective Part Two: Approach to Your Digital Transformation Journey
Avasant’s The Digital Transformation Journey: Lessons from a CIO's Perspective Part Two: Approach to Your Digital Transformation Journey discusses key characteristics of a firm which can embark on a successful implementation of digital strategy and the steps required to do so, including optimal operational efficiency, customer service improvement, disruptive capability and more.
April, 2019
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The Digital Transformation Journey: Lessons from a CIO’s Perspective Part One: The Challenges Faced by Organizations
Avasant’s The Digital Transformation Journey: Lessons from a CIO's Perspective Part One: The Challenges Faced by Organizations paper discusses challenges faced by organizations including increasing costs, siloed environments, prevalent usage of legacy applications and more.
April, 2019
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Building SMAC Strategies for Futuristic Organizations: The New Technology Foundation
Disruptive technologies like social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) are ushering in revolutionary changes into how organizations compete and engage with stakeholders. Organizations are embracing SMAC as enablers for next generation business models that are simplistic and yet impactful for the world around us.
January, 2015