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Latest Reports
Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 Market Insights™
The Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any procurement transformation project. The report also highlights the evolution of the procurement function and emerging CPO priorities.
Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 RadarView™
The Procurement Business Process Transformation 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for procurement business process transformation by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key procurement business process transformation service providers across practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 52-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the procurement space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
Capitalizing on Generative AI: The Next Big Leap for Service Providers
This article sheds light on how service providers are navigating the generative AI landscape and increasing investments to maximize revenue monetization opportunities. This has resulted in many service providers launching a dedicated suite of generative AI services, forming partnerships with generative AI vendors and hyperscalers, and setting up dedicated CoEs to support clients in their generative AI implementation journeys. Yet, before we witness its full-scale integration, there is a pressing need to establish best practices and guidelines, especially concerning ethics, bias, data privacy, and security.
Application Modernization Services: Gaining competitive advantage by modernizing applications
Enterprises are compelled to modernize applications due to the evolving digital landscape’s demands for enhanced agility, user experiences, and competitiveness. Legacy systems often hinder innovation and lack the ability to harness data-driven insights. Service providers are pivotal in aiding businesses to achieve their application modernization goals. They offer expert assessments, strategy formulation, and technology selection, ensuring seamless migration, integration, security, and compliance. Service providers also facilitate thorough testing, training, and ongoing support, enabling enterprises to transition smoothly to modernized applications while aligning with business needs and driving transformative digital shifts. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Application Modernization Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Application Modernization Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.
Application Modernization Services 2023 RadarView™
The Application Modernization Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for application modernization by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key application modernization service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right services partner. The 68-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the application modernization services space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
Application Modernization Services 2023 Market Insights™
The Application Modernization Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any application modernization projects. The report also highlights key application modernization challenges that enterprises face today.
Residual Value Forecast August 2023
Our quarterly Residual Value Forecast (RVF) report provides forecasts for the following categories of IT equipment: desktop computers, laptops, network equipment, printers, servers, storage devices, and other IT equipment. It also includes residual values for other non-IT equipment in the following categories: copiers, material handling equipment (forklifts), mail equipment, medical equipment, test equipment, and miscellaneous equipment such as manufacturing machinery and NC machines. Residual Value Forecasts are provided for five years for end-user, wholesale, and orderly liquidation values (OLV) prices.
Current Fair Market Values August 2023
Our Fair Market Value (FMV) report provides data for the following categories of equipment: (1) IBM mainframe and midrange hardware and IBM peripherals; (2) Workstations, PCs, and servers from Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo, Lexmark, Okidata, Silicon Graphics, Sony, Sun, and Toshiba; (3) Network Communication gear from Cisco, Bay/Nortel, IBM, Intel, Lucent, and others. Fair Market Values are provided for end-user, wholesale, and orderly liquidation values (OLV) prices.
Embedding Digital-First Principles in Businesses
In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of technology, businesses constantly seek innovative ways to stay ahead of their competition. One approach that has proven to be a game-changer is the digital-first principle. This approach emphasizes putting digital technologies and strategies at the forefront of an organization’s operations, paving the way for improved efficiency, customer experience, and overall profitability of the business. In this research byte, we explore the significance of embedding digital-first principles into the core of businesses, the profound impact it can have on their growth and sustainability, and how service providers are helping to facilitate this transformation. We highlight the efforts of one such service provider, Unisys, based on its recent analyst and advisor event held in June 2023.
Empowering Canada’s Innovation Nexus Through Digital Transformation
Canadian enterprises are embracing digital technologies to cater to the surging consumer demand in leisure, retail, and recreational industries while improving operational efficiency to achieve sustainability targets. They are increasingly integrating AI, automation, and cloud technologies to develop new solution offerings and have accelerated their digital transformation programs. The pandemic further pushed the integration of digital technologies. Additionally, there is a concerted effort to establish Canada as the upcoming hub for digital talent by fostering investments and strategic partnerships with technology companies and government entities. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Canada Digital and IT Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ and Canada Digital and IT Services 2023–2024 RadarView™, respectively.
