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Communications System Support Staffing Ratios 2023
Hybrid work is making communications support more complicated, as workers move beyond email and texting to video conferencing and enterprise social media groups. Because of the rise of consumerization, employees and customers are demanding more immersive experiences, even virtual reality. Cloud-based communication and the rise of artificial intelligence are also changing the role of the communications support staff members. All of this is set to put greater demands on corporate communications in 2023.
June, 2023
Contact Center Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Contact Center Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any contact center services project. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
January, 2024
Contact Center Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 RadarView™
The Contact Center Business Process Transformation 2023–2024 RadarView™ provides information to assist enterprises in building a contact center service strategy and charting an action plan for customer service transformation. It identifies key global contact center service providers that can help expedite this transformation. It also brings out detailed capability and experience analyses of leading providers to assist businesses in identifying the right strategic partners. The 81-page report highlights key industry trends in the contact center space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
January, 2024
Creating a Connected Ecosystem to Speed Innovation and Growth
IoT technology has become mainstream, as evidenced by the steady rise in the adoption of connected devices. The share of production-grade projects increased from 68% in 2021 to 73% in 2022. Across three key segments—Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), connected infrastructure, and Consumer IoT—IIoT continues to lead in adoption driven by smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 use cases, including digital twins. The connected infrastructure segment saw significant growth pushed by smart city initiatives, including urban mobility, energy management, and waste management. Sustainability has emerged as a new growth lever in IoT services. These and other trends focused on the demand-side and supply-side are covered in our Internet of Things Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Internet of Things Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.
May, 2023
CRM Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2023
Customer relationship management systems are one of the most widely adopted categories of enterprise applications, and investment in new CRM capabilities continues to grow. Although cloud-based CRM offerings have allowed the capabilities to move down-market to smaller companies, the need to adopt a CRM system signals that a company has reached a milestone in the building of its application portfolio, similar to when a company first moves from spreadsheets to a real accounting system. Modern CRM systems are essential for companies looking to improve their productivity and effectiveness in sales, marketing, and customer service.
October, 2023
CRM Necessary but Hard to Manage
CRM systems are one of the most widely adopted categories of enterprise applications. Modern CRM systems are essential for companies looking to improve their productivity and effectiveness in sales, marketing, and customer service. However, investing in a new CRM system can be a messy business. At the core, a CRM system needs to interact with data across the entire business. Business processes should change to match the new capabilities, and people need to be trained on the new system. Hidden or unexpected costs can quickly add up, and missteps can result in a major setback, or worse, project failure. This Research Byte summarizes our full report on CRM Adoption Trends and Customer Experience.
October, 2023
Current Fair Market Values April 2024
The Computer Economics Market Value Reports provide information on the most commonly traded machines and systems at the time the report is published. The values shown are the composites of a range of quotes acquired from sources within the industry deemed reliable, accuracy of the information presented is not guaranteed. Resources are eBay, Insight, NewEgg, CDW, ETB-Tech, Amazon, Savemyserver, TheServerStore, LoadBalancer, NetworkOutlet, Netsyst-Direct, TigerDirect, and others as well as online sales companies and appraisals.
April, 2024
Current Fair Market Values December 2023
The Computer Economics Market Value Reports provide information on the most commonly traded machines and systems at the time the report is published. The values shown are the composites of a range of quotes acquired from sources within the industry deemed reliable, accuracy of the information presented is not guaranteed. Resources are eBay, Insight, NewEgg, CDW, ETB-Tech, Amazon, Savemyserver, TheServerStore, LoadBalancer, NetworkOutlet, Netsyst-Direct, TigerDirect, and others as well as online sales companies and appraisals.
December, 2023
Current Fair Market Values February 2024
The Computer Economics Market Value Reports provide information on the most commonly traded machines and systems at the time the report is published. The values shown are the composites of a range of quotes acquired from sources within the industry deemed reliable, accuracy of the information presented is not guaranteed. Resources are eBay, Insight, NewEgg, CDW, ETB-Tech, Amazon, Savemyserver, TheServerStore, LoadBalancer, NetworkOutlet, Netsyst-Direct, TigerDirect, and others as well as online sales companies and appraisals.
February, 2024
Current Fair Market Values January 2024
The Computer Economics Market Value Reports provide information on the most commonly traded machines and systems at the time the report is published. The values shown are the composites of a range of quotes acquired from sources within the industry deemed reliable, accuracy of the information presented is not guaranteed. Resources are eBay, Insight, NewEgg, CDW, ETB-Tech, Amazon, Savemyserver, TheServerStore, LoadBalancer, NetworkOutlet, Netsyst-Direct, TigerDirect, and others as well as online sales companies and appraisals.
December, 2023
Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™
The Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any cybersecurity projects. The report also highlights key implementation challenges that enterprises face today.
June, 2023
Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™
The Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for cybersecurity services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key cybersecurity services providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right cybersecurity services partner. The 83-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the cybersecurity space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
June, 2023
Cybersecurity Services: Shifting from Horizontal to Industry Vertical-Specific Approach
As cyber threats rise, organizations continue to secure their hybrid environments by refreshing, enabling, and standardizing security controls deployment to address trends emerging around cloudification, Industry 4.0, the convergence of 5G, and software-defined networking. This has fundamentally shifted how cybersecurity services are viewed from a general-use horizontal solution to industry vertical-specific offerings. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.
June, 2023
Dare to Compare: Getting Value from IT Spending Benchmarks
Benchmarking is the key to measuring an organization’s IT budget against industry peers. Whether the goal is to compare the organization’s IT spending levels, defend current spending levels, justify new spending requests, or find opportunities for cost reduction, benchmarking is an effective way for IT executives to optimize their IT budgets and better focus their efforts to achieve a state of continuous improvement. This Research Byte summarizes the full report, Best Practices for Benchmarking Your IT Budget Ratios.
December, 2023
Data and Cloud: The Silent Soldiers of the Gen AI Revolution
Generative AI is the talk of the town and there is a lot of hyperbole about its capabilities and use cases. However, the true value will be derived by organizations that are able to build the right data and cloud environments that can enable Gen AI applications. In this research byte, we explore the actual maturity of generative AI and what its foundational elements are. We also discuss how service providers need to focus on building services and offerings for helping their customers build the data and cloud environments required to derive Gen AI value. We highlight the efforts of one such service provider, Infosys, based on its recent annual conference, Americas Confluence 2023, held in September.
October, 2023
Data Center Managed Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™
The Data Center Managed Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any data center management projects. The report also highlights key data center management challenges that enterprises face today.
November, 2023