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Worldwide IT Spending and Staffing Outlook for 2020
Although IT leaders worldwide have a positive outlook for the global economy, that outlook seems a bit tinged with frustration compared to previous years. This report, based on our Q4 survey, provides data on the global and U.S./Canadian trends for IT spending and staffing in 2020. This year, our report assesses IT operational and capital spending plans, executive priorities for IT investment, and plans for hiring, outsourcing, and pay raises for IT organizations worldwide and in the U.S. and Canada. (34 pp., 24 fig.)
January, 2020
IT Leaders on Edge as Budgets Continue Only Modest Gains
Here at the end of 2019, we find that IT leaders worldwide have a positive outlook for the global economy. Nevertheless, hat outlook is tinged with frustration compared to previous years. It is not exactly that leaders fear a recession (though an increasing number do) so much as they are becoming fed up with years of modest increases and not-so-modestly increasing demands for service. This research byte summarizes the full report, Worldwide IT Spending and Staffing Outlook for 2020.
January, 2020
Redesigning business processes with AI and automation
The number of intelligent automation engagements has increased by 75% in the last 12 months, with industry-specific process automation accounting for 70% growth in the share of new automation implementations. Growth in AI-enabled hyperautomation has increased use cases for prediction, recommendation, analytics, and reporting. Other areas in order of enterprise priority were workflow integration and automation, intelligent data capture, iBPM, and process discovery. As automation tasks become more sophisticated, we would expect continued growth in this area.
December, 2020
Help Desk Staffing Ratios 2020
The help desk not only plays a key role in maintaining user productivity, it also serves as the day-to-day face of the IT organization. This report provides staffing benchmarks for the help desk (service desk), which took a significant jump this year. We look at the trend in help desk staffing over a five-year period and provide four benchmarks by organization size and sector: help desk staff as a percentage of the IT staff, users per help desk staff member, applications per help desk staff member, and first-call resolution rate.
January, 2020
Intelligent Automation Services 2020-2021 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ Report provides information to assist enterprises in charting their action plan for intelligent automation strategy. It identifies key global service providers and system integrators that can expedite their transformation journey. It also brings out detailed capability and experience analyses of leading providers to assist enterprises in identifying strategic partners for their digital transformation journeys. The 82-page report also highlights key industry trends in the intelligent automation space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
December, 2020
Service Providers Helping More Firms Cash In on Digital Finance Transformation
COVID-19 has revealed that many enterprises need to shift from in-house finance and accounting (F&A) process management to outsourcing it to F&A service providers. Technology is less and less being treated in a siloed manner, and instead it has now become an integral part of operations. As a result, F&A service providers are leveraging their existing technological capabilities and addressing enterprises’ demands, minimizing the siloes between technology and process management. Additionally, enterprises are striving for coverage of related functions, such as supply chain management, procurement, and order management, leading to a surge in multi-tower deals. To cater to diverse and emerging business needs, service providers’ offerings are playing a pivotal role in the business process transformation space. These trends are covered in Avasant’s new F&A Business Process Transformation 2020-2021 RadarView™ report.
December, 2020
Digital CX and CRM Services 2020-2021 RadarView™
The Digital CX and CRM Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ report provides information to assist enterprises in building digital customer experience (CX) and CRM related strategies and charting out an action plan for CX transformation. It identifies key global service providers and system integrators that can expedite their CX transformation journey. It also brings out detailed capability and experience analyses of leading providers to assist enterprises in identifying the right strategic partners. The 73-page report also highlights key industry trends in the digital CX and CRM space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
December, 2020
Human Capital Management Suite Adoption Surges Under COVID-19
COVID-19 has brought focus back on collaboration, automation, and security, however this time it centers around employee engagement and customer experience. Owing to the pandemic, there is sudden change in people’s habits and preferences, specifically the way they operate and interact as they embrace work-from-home culture. Progressive enterprises are adopting a “cloud-first” strategy and looking for newer digital ways of working and serving their customers. Zensar, being cognizant of this trend, has already identified and laid out a digital enterprise priority, hinged around enabling experience, business agility, and automation.
October, 2020
Transforming the Customer Experience During COVID-19 and Beyond
The pandemic resulted in changing consumer behaviors with a significant uptick in the use of digital services. As new digital channels emerge, multiple technologies and trends are reshaping the customer experience. The increased emphasis on data, personalization, and multichannel communication requires that enterprises focus on trust, empathy, and replicating the offline experience. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Digital CX and CRM Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ report.
December, 2020
Employee Centricity and Customer Experience Takes The Forefront
COVID-19 has brought focus back on collaboration, automation, and security, however this time it centers around employee engagement and customer experience. Owing to the pandemic, there is sudden change in people’s habits and preferences, specifically the way they operate and interact as they embrace work-from-home culture. Progressive enterprises are adopting a “cloud-first” strategy and looking for newer digital ways of working and serving their customers. Zensar, being cognizant of this trend, has already identified and laid out a digital enterprise priority, hinged around enabling experience, business agility, and automation.
October, 2020
Amid Changes, Communications Support Staff Increases
Corporate communications systems have become more sophisticated in recent years. As a result, it is becoming more difficult to determine how to staff the role of supporting them. As such, the size of the communications system support staff as a percentage of the IT staff has been prone to large fluctuations in recent years. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on communications support staffing ratios.
January, 2019
Covid-19 Pandemic Boosting Demand for Web/E-commerce Personnel
Web/e-commerce support personnel have been increasing as a share of the typical IT staff over the past five years. And now, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this IT staff position is getting a big boost as organizations are having to increase their digital interactions with customers, partners, and suppliers.This Research Byte summarizes the five-year trend in web/e-commerce staffing ratios.
April, 2020
Communications System Support Staffing Ratios 2019
Corporate communications systems—which include email, messaging, videoconferencing, unified communications, and other communications systems—have become more sophisticated. The communications system support headcount as a percentage of the IT staff increased in 2018, for a variety of reasons. IT organizations, therefore, can benefit from a periodic assessment of their communications system support staffing levels. This study uses three metrics to make that assessment: support staff as a percentage of the IT staff, percentage of support staff in relation to organization size, and support staff spending per user.
January, 2019
Web/E-Commerce Staffing Ratios 2020
Web/e-commerce support personnel play a critical role in organizations, and that has become even more clear in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the coronavirus, the percentage of the IT staff dedicated to web/e-commerce functions rose in 2019, spiking to the highest percentage in five years. In this report, we provide benchmarks for staffing functions related to web and e-commerce development and operations. We benchmark web staffing with two ratios: web/e-commerce staff as a percentage of the IT staff and users per web/e-commerce staff member. Benchmarks are provided by organization size. We also assess the influence of sector on web/e-commerce staffing. (21pp., 8 fig.)
April, 2020
Application Maintenance Staffing Ratios 2019
As an organization’s application portfolio grows, the application maintenance role becomes a more critical function and IT organizations can benefit from periodic assessment of their staffing levels. This report uses three metrics to make that assessment: application maintenance staff as a percentage of the IT staff, users per application maintenance staff member, and applications per application maintenance staff member.
March, 2019
Hybrid Cloud: Centerpiece to IT Modernization
Cloud has progressed from the simple migration of infrastructure and applications to a tool which improves application performance and achieves cost optimization. Hybrid cloud, in particular, is an enabler of business transformation. Hybrid cloud allows enterprises, especially in highly regulated industries, to satisfy on-premises requirements and leverage hyperscaler services from their own data centers. These trends are covered in Avasant’s Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2020-2021 RadarView™ report.
December, 2020