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Latest Reports
Virtual and Augmented Reality Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2022
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are emerging technologies with the potential to change the nature of work as more use cases emerge for training, collaborating, and interacting with customers. These technologies are not only emerging but disruptive.
The Quantum Revolution in India: Betting Big on Quantum Supremacy
In the last decade, quantum technologies have transitioned from science fiction to real-world enterprise trials. Quantum computing has evolved, providing real-time analytics, faster decision-making, better forecasting, quicker prototyping, and new products creation. India aims to address issues concerning national priorities using quantum technologies. The government has planned an over USD 1B outlay to build a quantum-enabled infrastructure. The infrastructure will focus on converting theoretical aspects of quantum into commercial prospects.
SD-WAN a Pillar for Business and Digital Transformation
The network serves as the backbone for the success of any digital transformation strategy. Incorporating SD-WAN as part of an organization’s digital strategy will improve the agility and flexibility of the network. But despite these benefits, adoption and investment levels for SD-WAN are low. On the other hand, early adopters are experiencing high ROI and TCO success rates. This Research Byte summarizes our full report, SD-WAN Adoption Trends and Customer Experience.
SD-WAN Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2022
Software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) has evolved from a technology designed to reduce costs and enhance operational efficiency to being a crucial element in business sustainability. It is a fundamental pillar for business and digital transformation. This study quantifies the current adoption and investment trends for SD-WAN as well as the benefits driving companies to expand their SD-WAN implementations. We assess these trends by organization size and sector. We also look at the ROI and TCO experiences of adopters along with current investment levels. We conclude with practical advice for planning new investments in SD-WAN and associated services.
Avasant Digital Forum: Defining Leadership in Today’s Business World – Session #1: Leadership Foundations
Redefine your approach to leadership, with subject matter experts as they share their perspectives of fostering a culture of innovation. Explore the personal leadership journeys with those of Avasant’s Distinguished Fellows program—a program that brings together seasoned C-level executives from across industries, selected from a pool of over 500 nominations.
Current Fair Market Values February 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.
Wipro’s Edgile Acquisition: Another Step in the Right Direction for Wipro’s Cybersecurity Aspirations
IT service providers are looking to own the end-to-end cybersecurity adoption cycle and be part of the executive decision-making. This implies going beyond regular implementation and managed security services and offering consultancy and advisory services. Through Edgile, Wipro aims to achieve the following two goals: move up the value chain by playing an influential role in the initial stages of deals, which involve decision-making at the board or CXO leveland position itself as an end-to-end service provider by augmenting its cybersecurity consulting capabilities and covering the entire value chain.
Strategic F&A Outsourcing Evolving into Higher-Level Processes
The finance and accounting (F&A) industry is evolving amid the ongoing pandemic as outsourcing of processes requiring professional judgment outpaces outsourcing of routine transactional processes. Enterprise preference for multitower F&A outsourcing deals is increasing, and they are looking for providers who can leverage platform strategy and business process outsourcing capabilities together to effectively transition from legacy systems to their modern counterparts, powered by emerging technologies. These trends are covered in Avasant’s F&A Business Process Transformation 2021–2022 RadarView™.
F&A Business Process Transformation 2021–2022 RadarView™
The F&A Business Process Transformation 2021–2022 RadarView™ aims to help enterprises identify the correct finance digital transformation partner by detailing service capability and offering a portfolio of leading providers in the F&A space. It provides an all-encompassing view of key F&A service providers under three broad parameters of practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation. The 72-page report also highlights key industry trends in the F&A outsourcing space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
Preventive Care Investments Help Healthcare Payors Reduce Costs and Improve Quality of Care
With the rise in healthcare spending, payors are evaluating different methodologies to contain costs and improve care delivery. Major strategic goals for payors include incorporating Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in policy calculation, shifting to a value-based care model with price transparency, and adhering to interoperability laws. However, the most critical goal is to invest in preventive care and facilitate the shift from reactive to proactive care. Payors can achieve up to 42% ROI over three years by implementing preventive care measures such as promoting lifestyle modifications, building digital health platforms, and launching apps. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Healthcare Payor Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
