Latest Reports

• A Rapid Implementation of ERP Financials at BLD Brands

  The implementation of any complex, enterprise-wide system can be fraught with difficulties. Installations can take more than a year and, in some cases, never work as advertised. So it was encouraging to hear about BLD Brands, a company of 3,700 workers and 134 locations,  implementing a suite of financial modules in less than three months.

  February, 2018

• Driving Disruption in Legacy Organizations- Innovating through Digital Transformation

  For companies that were fundamentally founded on traditional models, the move toward digital is critical. However, these companies typically face more challenges than their digital native counterparts. Some are even digital skeptics that still view IT as a supporting and back office function, even as data shows that companies farthest along the on the digital maturity curve are 8 times more likely to have gained share than the 15% of companies that are least mature.

  January, 2018

• DBA Outsourcing Rebounds But Demand in Question

  This year, database administration (DBA) outsourcing increased but has not rebounded to recent historic levels. Demand for database administration – whether delivered through internal resources, or outsourced –  has fallen for several years running and that may be capping DBA outsourcing growth, despite good service and cost success.

  January, 2018

• Solving Cross Functional RPA Scaling Issues with an Automation Center of Excellence Webinar

  This webinar was about solving Cross Functional RPA Scaling Issues with an Automation Center of Excellence, to learn how CoEs provide a foundation for scaling RPA. Viewers of Solving Cross Functional RPA Scaling Issues with an Automation Center of Excellence will learn: How workforces are leveraging RPA as part of their digital transformation ways a center of excellence can help lay the foundation for RPA scalability key components of an automation center of excellence including the people and process components.

  January, 2018

• IT Steering Committees Are Vital for IT Governance

  IT decisions have become too important to be left solely to the IT department. IT is one of the few functions within a business that touches virtually all other areas of the business. Because decisions that an IT organization makes can vastly enable or hinder other business functions, and because of budget constraints, there are often tradeoffs among competing business demands placed on the IT organization. Therefore, IT priorities should be set in partnership with business leaders, and the means to do that is the IT steering committee.

  November, 2017

• Moving from Cost Optimization to Value Realization through Managed Governance Services

  While there is a shift toward automation and digital business solutions, the truth of the matter is that many organizations are still dealing with legacy operating systems and contracts. By transforming the way, you look at governance with your suppliers, governance can enable greater value realization and transformation than many realize. This session will address governance services trends, strategies and examples of what is being done by leading organizations.

  October, 2017

• Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Adoption and Best Practices

  The proliferation of smartphones, mobile applications, and desktop virtualization is spawning a surge in BYOD policies. Many IT organizations have such policies, although there is room for growth with this best practice. In this study, we first look at BYOD adoption trends by organization size and sector. We also discuss the elements that every BYOD policy should contain, critical steps required to keep the organization protected for enabling BYOD, and some of the solutions available for managing and securing mobile devices. To date, our research shows adoption of the practice is immature, but interest is high and adoption is rising. (18 pp. 6 fig.)[Research Byte]

  October, 2017

• IT Sector Strategic Roadmap Development for Moldova

  Avasant has been engaged with Ministry of ICT in Moldova since January 2017 to identify the best approaches to globally position Moldova as the next innovative IT destination. Avasant created an export-oriented industry roadmap for Moldovan ICT products and services with target markets around the world including the US, Europe and Africa.

  October, 2017

• Cost, Satisfaction Constraining CRM Success

  Adoption of customer relations management (CRM) systems is high, but the outcomes of CRM implementations certainly could be better. CRM systems are designed to be the source of all customer knowledge within the organization. They should facilitate sales, marketing, forecasting, business intelligence, social media, and internal collaboration. They should be a vital tool for maximizing the success of any company. However, despite their import, maturity, and high adoption rate, there is room for growth.

  September, 2017

• Building the Automation Roadmap: Lessons Learned and Success Strategies

  Automation has rapidly gone from a hyped up magical tool to a real solution that can enable an organization’s transformation to a digital operating model. Organizations have taken different paths to embed Automation and RPA into their operational DNA, but there are a few common threads that ensure successful enterprise-wide deployment and alignment with the overall digital strategy. This panel of experts who have implemented Automation across their organization share lessons learned and success strategies leveraged during their Automation journeys.

  September, 2017

• Ranks of IT Security Professionals Rise Again

  In the wake of high-profile cyberattacks, the number of IT security staff members as a percentage of the total IT staff has risen for the second year running. In this Research Byte we look at this trend over the past five years.

  August, 2017

• Desktop Virtualization Adoption Trends and Customer Experience

  Desktop virtualization is a mature business technology that is facing challenges from related technologies, which has caused the adoption rate to fluctuate in the past few years. This report provides an overview of key concepts and vendors in this space. We then examine desktop virtualization adoption and investment trends, providing data on how many organizations have the technology in place, how many are in the process of implementing it, and how many are expanding implementations. We also look at the return on investment experience, total cost of ownership experience, and which virtual desktop solutions are the most popular. (18 pp., 9 fig.)[Research Byte]

  August, 2017