Latest Reports

• Payroll Transformation Driven by Technological Innovation, Economic Pressures, and Evolving Workforce Models

  The payroll services market is shifting decisively toward intelligent managed services and unified platforms that bundle technology, analytics, and compliance. Four drivers accelerate this consolidation: talent shortages, technological disruption, regulatory complexity, and cost pressures. Enterprises now require predictive compliance, real-time statutory updates, and embedded audit trails that single-country providers cannot deliver. AI and Gen AI are simultaneously automating payroll operations, enabling anomaly detection, compliance tracking, and intelligent query resolution at scale. The outcome is migration toward cloud-based, harmonized payroll platforms with aggregation models that connect regional engines while maintaining centralized governance.

  December, 2025

• Payroll Business Process Transformation 2025–2026 RadarView™

  The Payroll Business Process Transformation 2025–2026 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for payroll business process transformation by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key payroll business process transformation service providers across practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby helping enterprises identify the right service partner. The 72-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the payroll space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.

  December, 2025

• Microsoft Ignite 2025: Accelerating AI Integration to Transform Operations

  This paper analyzes the major announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025 and their implications for enterprise AI adoption. It examines how Microsoft’s expanded intelligence stack—spanning multi-model orchestration, Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, Copilot integration, and Agent 365—provides a practical blueprint for building AI-first, “frontier” enterprises. Drawing on real-world examples from Mercedes-Benz, Epic, UBS, and Adobe, this paper highlights how leading organizations are operationalizing AI across workflows while navigating challenges in data quality, governance, and scalable value creation. Avasant’s perspective grounds these developments in broader industry trends and enterprise priorities.

  November, 2025

• New Healthcare Benchmark Study Highlights Digital Transformation Imperative

  Regulatory complexities and governance hurdles have long slowed technology adoption in healthcare. Today, however, organizations are gaining momentum in their digital transformation efforts. This acceleration is driven by mounting pressures that demand greater efficiency, better outcomes, and stronger competitiveness. The traditional time-and-materials model is giving way to value-based care, and hospitals are under more pressure now than ever to transform. This Research Byte provides a brief description of some of the findings from our new Healthcare Provider Performance Benchmarks 2025/2026 study.

  November, 2025

• Strengthening Margins & Resilience for Midtier Health Systems

  Smaller and midtier healthcare systems face mounting financial, regulatory, and workforce pressures amid industry consolidation. Despite these challenges, their deep community ties and operational agility offer unique advantages. The report outlines a phased road map: immediate stabilization through contract audits and workforce initiatives; midterm growth via alliances, employer partnerships, and scalable analytics; and long-term differentiation through CoEs, telehealth, equity initiatives, and policy engagement. Success depends on transparent operations and strategic investments, as well as leveraging external expertise to build resilience and sustainable margins.

  November, 2025

• Worldwide Technology Trends 2025

  This study is designed to give business leaders insights into the adoption, investment, and customer experience of 15 technologies in each category. It provides a glimpse into how quickly an emerging technology is being adopted, how deeply more established technologies penetrate the market, and how positively customers experience each of them. The study also delves into the specific types of solutions under consideration. By understanding adoption trends, investment activity, and customer experience, decision-makers are in a better position to assess the potential risks and rewards of investing in each of these technologies. They can also gain insights into just how aggressively competitors and peers are investing in them.

  November, 2025

• Strategic Evaluation of CRM Vendors’ AI Road Maps: An Executive Guide

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) has fundamentally redefined the role of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms. No longer confined to record-keeping, CRM platforms have evolved into predictive engines that drive personalization, operational efficiency, and customer loyalty. For executives and procurement leaders, the challenge is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to select CRM vendors whose AI roadmaps align with long-term business strategy, governance, and regulatory requirements.

  November, 2025

• AI in Media: Solving the Challenges of Attention and Output

  In an age where content is unlimited, but attention is scarce, media companies face a growing paradox: how to deliver stories that capture attention without drowning audiences in noise. At the same time, the pressure to produce content faster has intensified, particularly in journalism where deadlines often cut into depth. Together, these twin challenges—the demand for personalized engagement and the need for speed—have forced the industry to search for new solutions. Increasingly, the answer lies in artificial intelligence. Far from replacing creativity, AI is emerging as a tool to repurpose content, personalize experiences, and streamline production, allowing creators to focus on what matters most: telling stories that resonate. Industry leaders, including those speaking at Avasant’s “Empowering Beyond Summit,” have echoed this view—arguing that AI is becoming not a threat, but an enhancer of creativity (Avasant Summit Video, 2025).

  November, 2025

• Generative AI Services 2025 Market Insights™

  The Generative AI Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any Gen AI project. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.

  November, 2025

• The Evolution of Service Providers from AI Enablers to Ecosystem Orchestrators

  Enterprises are accelerating the adoption of generative AI to achieve measurable productivity gains, fueling growth in large-scale transformations and managed service deals. At the same time, many are developing proprietary large language models to enhance contextual accuracy, regulatory compliance, and data sovereignty. While automation-led functions are scaling rapidly, compliance-heavy areas continue to advance cautiously. In parallel, national investments in sovereign AI are strengthening domestic compute and data ecosystems, reinforcing the foundation for enterprise-grade AI maturity.

  November, 2025

• Generative AI Services 2025 RadarView™

  The Generative AI Services 2025 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for Gen AI adoption by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key Gen AI service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right Gen AI services partner. The 64-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the Gen AI space and Avasant’s viewpoint.

  November, 2025

• Digital Engineering Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™

  The Digital Engineering Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any digital engineering project. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today in the digital engineering space.

  November, 2025