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Latest Reports
Torc Brings a Targeted, Cloud-Native Approach to Tech Talent Acquisition
Torc is a software development talent marketplace that leverages an AI-driven engine to match developers and companies worldwide. It’s a Tech Innovator to watch, the first in a new Avasant series on Tech Innovators.
DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality
On March 8th, our esteemed panel held a high-level discussion on the unified, gender-responsive approach to innovation, technology, and digital education needed to achieve a sustainable future. The discussion brought together thought leaders, industry pioneers for equality, innovators, and activists for an hour of revolutionary conversations to provide guidance and solutions to enact real change.
Strategies for Enterprises in Response to Tech Industry Layoffs
The recent spate of layoffs in the technology industry should raise questions in the mind of customers who have these vendors as essential elements of their IT landscape. These concerns also extend to service providers, who are also seeing a pullback in business and undergoing staff reductions. This Research Byte explores these issues and how business leaders should mitigate risks and take advantage of opportunities during such uncertain times.
IT and Apps Managed Services Market Trends: Quarterly Report for Q4 2022
In this quarterly report (Calendar Qtr 4, 2022), Avasant provides key information on IT Services Solution and Pricing Trends. The report covers market (buyer) perspective, macro trends from service provider community and finally, the pricing, solution and staffing trends in the space. The report covers trends across services including Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Application Services, and Digital Services. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research and data collection, as well as AvaMark Price Benchmarking database.
Leveraging New Healthcare Technology and Platform Strategies for Operational Success
Healthcare digital platforms are increasingly showing the way ahead – through integration of applications and emerging technologies to provide a tailored healthcare solution that drives business outcomes. To better understand the role of digital platforms and emerging technologies in achieving business objectives, the impact of these on healthcare payer KPIs, and the relative attractiveness of healthcare platforms
IT Spending Rising Despite Recession Fears
Despite most of our survey respondents agreeing that the economy will be worse in 2023 than in 2022, they also report IT spending increases that are broad and strong. How can this be? It is because business leaders no longer see IT as a cost center but as a strategic driver of growth. As a result, they are giving their IT departments greater resources to help plan for a possible coming recession rather than asking them to tighten their belts. This Research Byte summarizes the full study.
Worldwide IT Spending And Staffing Outlook 2023
Despite most of our survey respondents agreeing that the economy will be worse in 2023 than in 2022, IT spending increases are broad and strong. However, in this annual report of the IT spending and staffing outlook for 2023, we believe there is another major factor at play. We find that IT is no longer seen as a cost center but as a strategic driver of growth. Because of this, business leaders are giving their IT departments greater resources to help plan for the coming recession rather than asking them to tighten their belts.
Simplifying the Adoption of SAP S/4HANA
Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA is a challenging process involving multiple business processes, complex data structures, and numerous customizations. Existing SAP customers transitioning to SAP S/4HANA and new customers considering SAP S/4HANA adoption need to evaluate the business case and define a road map for this transition with minimum risk and disruption. Service providers can help enterprises see a quicker ROI through industry-specific solutions and specialized processes. This RadarView provides an analysis of the service providers who assess enterprise landscape and business requirements and recommend a suitable approach for SAP S/4HANA adoption.
SAP S/4HANA Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The SAP S/4HANA Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ helps organizations in defining their approach for SAP S/4HANA adoption and identifying the right implementation partner to support them in their journey. It assesses SAP S/4HANA service providers based on their ability to offer implementation and managed services with limited disruption. The 73-page report also provides our point of view on how SAP S/4HANA service providers cater to enterprises’ changing needs through a wide portfolio of accelerators and preconfigured solutions, thus, delivering a general ranking based on key dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation.
E-commerce Staffing Flat Despite Growth of Omnichannel
Social media, mobile devices, multimedia, and even the prospects of the metaverse, are increasing the ways customers and suppliers interact. The omnichannel experience will pressure organizations to build larger web and e-commerce footprints. With that increasing pressure, we expect web/e-commerce staffing to also increase. This Research Byte summarizes the five-year trend in web/e-commerce staffing ratios.
