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- Social Impact Institutions
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Technologies
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- Cloud
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Cybersecurity
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- Human capital management (HCM)
- Internet Of Things
- Machine Learning
- Networking
- Supply chain management (SCM)
- Virtual reality/Augmented reality
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Latest Reports
Residual Value Forecast November 2022
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 November 2022
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.
Building Competitive Advantage with Digital CX Services
CX has become a major driver of customer brand preference, purchase decisions, and behavior. It is a key differentiator contributing to enterprise growth, customer retention, and loyalty. With the rapid growth of devices and touchpoints, omnichannel and personalization are at the center of CX discussions. Enterprises are increasingly leveraging AI, analytics, and data platforms to build a 360-degree view of the customer. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Digital CX Services 2022-23 RadarView™.
Digital CX Services 2022-23 RadarView™
The Digital CX Services 2022-23 RadarView™ provides information to assist enterprises in building digital customer experience (CX) and customer relationship management (CRM) strategies for charting out an action plan for CX transformation. It identifies key global service providers and system integrators that can help expedite an organization’s CX transformation journey. It also highlights detailed capability and experience analyses of leading providers to assist businesses in identifying the right strategic partners. The 87-page report also highlights key industry trends in the digital CX space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
Property and Casualty Digital Services: Raising the Bar in Customer Experience
Property and casualty (P&C) insurers are working to meet growing customer expectations amid the increasing cost of claims, intense competition from new entrants, and a changing regulatory environment. They are leveraging digital technologies to settle claims faster, improve underwriting, and detect fraud. Leading service providers support these efforts by providing insurance domain knowledge and technological expertise. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Property and Casualty Insurance Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ can help property and casualty insurers craft a robust strategy for digital transformation based on the industry’s outlook and best practices. The report can aid businesses in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate digital adoption. The 103-page report also identifies key service providers and system integrators that can help enterprises in their digital transformation journeys.
Desktop Support Outsourcing Gains Popularity
The question of whether to turn over the desktop support function to a service provider is a critical and surprisingly complicated one. Our research shows that there is a strong cost advantage to outsourcing desktop support tasks, but many organizations have reported negative service experiences. This research byte summarizes our full report on desktop support outsourcing.
Desktop Support Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2022
The question of whether to turn over the desktop support function to a service provider is a critical and surprisingly complicated one. Our research shows there is a strong cost advantage to outsourcing the desktop support function, but other factors, including giving up control, can lead to problems. Nevertheless, 51% of IT organizations are outsourcing at least some of their desktop support function, making this one of the most popular functions to outsource, according to our annual IT Outsourcing Statistics study.
No Retreat from the Digital Workplace
Over the past two years, pandemic lockdowns led to a huge boost in the adoption of digital workplace technologies to enable remote work. But even though workers are returning to offices, organizations are not returning to old ways of working. The digital workplace is here to stay. This Research Byte summarizes our full report, Digital Workplace Technologies Adoption Trends and Customer Experience.
Digital Workplace Technologies Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2022
Digital workplace technologies are a set of tools and electronic capabilities that allow workers to communicate and collaborate virtually from anywhere. They are used to create the digital workplace, which integrates the technologies into a single environment. These tools took on additional significance during COVID-19 lockdowns but remain important as many companies have adopted more hybrid work since seeing how well it worked during lockdowns.
