Latest Reports

• Agile Now for Everyone

  Organizations have been steadily increasing their investment in Agile software development. Agile helps businesses reduce development cycles and respond more quickly to changing markets and customer demands. Once considered useful only to software companies and big tech, Agile has been adopted by enterprises of all types. This Research Byte explores some reasons for the lukewarm growth of agile methodologies among corporate IT organizations.

  February, 2024

• Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services: Gen AI and Industry-specific Cloud Solutions Drive Next Wave of Growth

  As businesses delve into the possibilities that generative AI presents, cloud migration, data modernization, security, and privacy take center stage as crucial priorities. Service providers are directing investments toward integrating generative AI with traditional automation methodologies to enhance productivity within IT operations. This integration aims to reinforce hybrid cloud systems, ensuring they remain robust, secure, and sustainable. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2023–2024 Market Insights™ and Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2023–2024 RadarView™, respectively.

  February, 2024

• GCC Region: Powering GCC Region’s Future Using Digital Technologies

  Amid economic diversification through digital transformation, enterprises in the GCC region are facing the challenges of managing profitability while catering to the fierce digital talent crunch. The region is bridging the digital skills gap by training local talent and attracting foreign talent with visa schemes and easing labor laws. Enhanced focus on augmenting citizen experience, innovation through AI adoption, improved cyber posture, and a sustainable future is pushing regional authorities and firms to collaborate with leading service providers to develop digital solutions and optimize costs.

  February, 2024

• Changing Nature of QA Role Makes Right-Sizing Difficult

  The traditional IT position dedicated exclusively to quality assurance and testing (QA) is most likely a dying breed. With waterfall software development being replaced by iterative approaches such as agile, QA is getting rolled into other job positions. This Research Byte examines the reasons for the trend and provides a summary of our full report on IT Quality Assurance and Testing Staffing Ratios.

  February, 2024

• Desktop Support Staffing Is a Balancing Act

  The desktop support function has gone through significant disruption in recent years. Digital workplace technologies and the need to secure employee-owned equipment have put a strain on this function. At the same time, automation and other influences have made desktop support more efficient, and staff less necessary. This Research Byte explores some reasons for this trend.

  February, 2024

• F&A Outsourcing Evolving amid Enterprise Challenges and Tech Disruptions

  The finance and accounting (F&A) function has witnessed significant traction and has undergone several paradigm shifts over the last few years. This results from various factors, such as the rise of disruptive technologies like generative AI, worldwide pressure of declining GDP growth, high inflation, increasing risk of cybersecurity attacks, and issues with financial data privacy. This led to an over 13% growth in F&A outsourcing from July 2022 to July 2023 and an over 7% growth in active clients during the same period. To address these enterprise challenges and changing outsourcing dynamics, service providers are introducing technology-enabled solutions, especially generative AI-enabled solutions and sustainability-focused offerings, and expanding to newer service areas.

  February, 2024

• DevOps For Everyone

  DevOps has been a way of life for big tech and software companies. But now, it is gaining notable traction among corporate IT organizations. Organizations need to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape of software development and IT operations. Once believed to only be useful for large development teams, DevOps can provide increased speed and efficiency, flexibility, adaptability, security integration, and customer satisfaction for enterprises of all sizes. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on DevOps Best Practices.

  February, 2024

• Oracle Cloud ERP Services: Accelerating the Adoption of Oracle Cloud ERP Using Automation and AI

  Enterprises are migrating to Oracle Cloud ERP to consolidate their business processes, especially following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures. This facilitates the streamlining of operations across the restructured entity, leading to improved accuracy in financial reporting, enhanced governance capabilities, and increased scalability. The adoption of Oracle Cloud ERP also empowers organizations to attain deeper insights into their customers and operations, enhance operational efficiency, and expedite financial management. In response to the growing demand for the Oracle Cloud ERP system, service providers are actively channeling investments into AI-driven automation solutions, aiming to expedite implementation, optimize service costs, and automate support activities.

  February, 2024

• Acumatica Builds Success with Growing Construction Edition

  The construction industry faces many challenges—tight margins, complex projects, stressed supply chains, and labor shortages. Furthermore, the construction industry is made up of thousands of small and midsize subcontractors, which have historically been underserved by technology solutions and have historically found it challenging to share data in an effective way. Into that breach have stepped cloud-based ERP vendors, and one of the leaders is Acumatica. The company touted recent enhancements to its solutions at its annual customer conference in Las Vegas last month.

  February, 2024

• Empowering Connectivity: Why Switching to Private LTE Networks Is the Smart Move?

  The demand for private wireless solutions is increasing in response to the expanding IoT landscape and the scaling of industrial operations. Manufacturing enterprises are acknowledging the imperative to transition to private wireless networks, recognizing their distinct advantages. This research byte outlines how private wireless differs from traditional Wi-Fi, highlighting key benefits and essential factors for consideration. Additionally, it sheds light on the pivotal stakeholders driving the implementation across the private LTE ecosystem, with a focus on the role of service providers. It emphasizes the necessity of private wireless for sectors prioritizing digital transformation.

  February, 2024

• AWS Bets on Model Flexibility and Hardware Efficiency for a Distinctive Generative AI Advantage

  Major hyperscalers, including Microsoft, Google, and AWS, have embraced generative AI, offering foundation models and proprietary software and hardware accelerators. However, as the generative AI landscape continues to evolve, establishing a unique selling proposition has become challenging. Customers, too, are facing a dilemma in choosing generative AI vendors. AWS stands out strategically in this landscape where differentiation is becoming increasingly elusive, offering Amazon Bedrock’s extensive flexibility in model selection and making substantial investments in purpose-specific AI hardware such as AWS Trainium and AWS Graviton.

  February, 2024

• Generative AI: The Vigilant Watchtower for Data Centers

  Managing data centers strategically is essential to effectively navigate market hurdles in today’s dynamic economy. For an organization, taking advantage of possibilities in spite of economic obstacles is just as important as maintaining security and smooth operation. Nowadays, businesses are dealing with resource constraints, adapting to new regulations and technology, conserving energy, and scaling up or down as necessary. To overcome these hurdles, leading service providers harness generative AI to help organizations manage data centers effectively, especially in monitoring and support services. It greatly benefits customers by automating operations, improving security, and quickly resolving issues, all while supporting data-driven decision-making.

  February, 2024