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IT Outsourcing Statistics 2023
IT leaders are expecting to increase their outsourcing budgets this year, and they expect to reap outsourcing benefits of streamlined processes and reduced operational costs. The study profiles outsourcing activity for 11 IT functions. For each IT function, we measure the frequency and level of outsourcing. We also look at the current plans of IT organizations to increase or decrease the amount of work they outsource. Finally, we examine the customer experience to assess whether organizations are successfully lowering costs or improving service through outsourcing.
April, 2023
IT Outsourcing Surges Amidst Global Uncertainties
Organizations are accelerating their strategic plans in response to the continued economic uncertainty and social instability. In response, IT leaders expect to increase their outsourcing budgets this year, according to our new IT Outsourcing Statistics 2023 study. This Research Byte summarizes the factors behind the upward trend in IT outsourcing.
April, 2023
Two-Factor Authentication Again Ranks as Least-Mature Best Practice
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a powerful way to improve IT security. But at the same time, workers—and even their managers—often resist it, because it creates an additional step to access systems. As a result, many organizations are inconsistent or informal in their practice of 2FA. This Research Byte highlights some of our findings on the least-mature practices, along with an overview of the contents of the full study on IT management best practices.
April, 2023
Server Support Staffing Dips as IT Infrastructure Gets Easier to Administer
The demand for server support administrators has been on a downward trend for a decade. Virtualization, automation, DevOps, and the cloud have made IT infrastructure easier to administer. As a result, the IT infrastructure support burden is lessening, although there are factors also working in the other direction. This Research Byte examines the reasons for the trend and provides a summary of our full report on Server Support Staffing Ratios.
April, 2023
Server Support Staffing Ratios 2023
The demand for server support administrators has been on a downward trend for a decade. Virtualization, automation, DevOps, and the cloud have made IT infrastructure easier to administer. As a result, the IT infrastructure support burden is lessening, although there are factors also working in the other direction. We examine those factors in this new report, part of our IT staffing series.
April, 2023
Navigating Network Transformation with the Convergence of SD-WAN and Security
The adoption of managed SD-WAN services has steadily increased in the past couple of years across geographies and industries, driven by a rise in remote work. SD-WAN managed services outsourcing grew by about 40% from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, the enterprise need for network security, effective application, and user and policy optimization is driving joint SD-WAN and SASE implementations. However, businesses still face challenges, such as migration from existing legacy networks, vendor management, and lack of skilled resources, while implementing SD-WAN. These trends, and others, are covered in Avasant’s SD-WAN Managed Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
March, 2023
SD-WAN Managed Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The SD-WAN Managed Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for network transformation by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key service providers for SD-WAN managed services across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thus supporting enterprises in identifying the right workplace transformation partner. The 75-page report also highlights top industry trends in the SD-WAN outsourcing space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
March, 2023
Intelligent Automation Services: Intuitive Automation for Real-Time Decision-Making
Enterprises face challenges in extracting, organizing, and processing high volumes of unstructured data. However, the advancements in AI have significantly expanded the scope of automation by providing new capabilities such as deep learning and generative AI to automate complex, data-driven tasks with high accuracy. Cognitive bots can now process unstructured data, recognize patterns, and make more informed decisions regarding workflows previously considered too complex for automation. By leveraging automation technologies such as RPA, ML, process mining, and AI, organizations can unlock new levels of productivity, innovation, and growth for increasing customer satisfaction and revenue, and gaining a competitive advantage. These trends, and others, are covered in Avasant’s Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
March, 2023
Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Intelligent Automation Services 2022–2023 RadarView assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IA by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key IA service providers across the dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thus supporting businesses in finding the right IA service partner. The 77-page report also highlights top market trends in the IA space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.
March, 2023
Enterprise Architecture Tops List of Most Mature Best Practices
Avasant has released its major annual study on 35 IT management best practices, with enterprise architecture topping our list of most mature practices. This Research Byte highlights some of our findings on the most mature practices, along with an overview of the contents of the full study. The full study analyzes the growth and maturity of all 35 best practices, which are grouped into five major categories: IT governance, IT financial management, IT operational management, IT security and risk management, and application development.
March, 2023
The Questions to Ask About Telecommuting Before Someone Else Does
Whether allowing work from home is a good idea depends on the organization, the role, how centralized your business is, the strength of your management team, and many other variables. But if you are going to allow more telecommuting, you need certain ducks in a row.
March, 2023
Orange Cyberdefense Reports Changing Trends in Cyber Extortion and Ransomware
Ransomware and cyber extortion are not only becoming more common but more damaging to enterprises. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, often supported by nation-states, they are leading to high-profile and embarrassing releases of customer data. Orange Cyberdefense, which held an analyst event in Antwerp, Belgium, followed a few days later by a customer and partner event in London, England at the end of November 2022, is countering these threats by providing new managed security services offerings, including increased threat intelligence, and supporting secure access service edge (SASE).
March, 2023