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Mastering CrowdStrike Negotiations Post-Disruption
Few names resonate as strongly in the world of cybersecurity as CrowdStrike. Known for its cutting-edge technology and robust security solutions, CrowdStrike has become a go-to provider for many enterprises. However, recent incident service disruptions have cast a shadow over CrowdStrike’s reputation. For companies that use CrowdStrike for security services and are about to engage in a renewal cycle, strategic negotiation methodologies can be used to leverage these incident service issues and improve terms.
The Essential AI Skills for Procurement Professionals in 2025: Staying Relevant in a Transformative Era
Proactive Risk Management in Complex Vendor Networks
Working with multiple vendors offers key advantages, such as cost savings and quality improvements. More importantly, engaging multiple vendors helps reduce reliance on a single supplier, which protects the organization from potential supply chain disruptions, financial instability, or operational failures on behalf of one vendor. However, this benefit comes with the challenge of managing a more complex network of vendor relationships. To mitigate risks effectively in a multi-vendor environment, businesses need clear contract management, strategic vendor selection, greater transparency, and rigorous performance monitoring. Balancing risk reduction with operational efficiency is key to ensuring successful mitigation without disrupting the organization.
From Scale to Intelligence: How the Capgemini-WNS Deal Redefines the M&A Playbook for Business Process Services
Avasant Quantum Series: From Hype to Strategy — A Quantum Readiness Guide for CIOs and CTOs
Quantum technology—rooted in the principles of quantum mechanics—is poised to tackle problems far beyond the capabilities of today’s most powerful classical computers. Its potential spans computing, cybersecurity, advanced sensing, and next-generation materials. Yet, many enterprises remain on the sidelines, assuming quantum computing is still years from real-world impact. Drawing on client interactions and insights into enterprise aspirations across AI and quantum, we have developed a comprehensive framework for service providers to assess and build quantum readiness, spanning technology readiness, talent and capability, ecosystem partnerships, and investments and innovation. It also incorporates key decision-making principles that enterprises can use to evaluate and select providers for their quantum journey.
Avasant Quantum Series: The Provider Imperative — Preparing Enterprises for the Quantum Era
While many Tier 1 and Tier 2 service providers have started laying the foundation for quantum computing and adjacent technologies, progress remains inconsistent, and most are still in the early stages of true readiness. At Avasant, we recognize that service providers often require strategic guidance in navigating this complex and rapidly evolving space, particularly in understanding enterprise expectations and aligning capabilities accordingly. Drawing on deep client interactions and insights into enterprise aspirations across AI and quantum, we have developed a comprehensive framework for service providers to assess and build quantum readiness. This framework spans four critical dimensions: practice capabilities, talent development, ecosystem partnerships, and investment priorities. It also incorporates key decision-making principles that enterprises are using to evaluate and select providers for their quantum journey.
Residual Value Forecast July 2025
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.
Avasant Quantum Series: Decrypting the Quantum Threat – What Every CISO Must Know
While quantum computing could supercharge scientific discovery, materials design, and AI, it simultaneously threatens to break the foundation of today’s cybersecurity. Current encryption standards, such as RSA and ECC, which protect everything from online banking to classified government communications, rely on the near impossibility of solving certain mathematical problems with classical computers. But with quantum algorithms such as Shor’s algorithm, these problems can be solved exponentially faster, rendering today’s public-key encryption useless almost overnight. This looming threat has led to a new urgency in cybersecurity circles. Experts are calling it the Quantum Apocalypse—a scenario where powerful quantum computers could decrypt vast troves of previously secure data. Experts fear this scenario to be only decades away. The threat is not just in the future: data harvested today can be decrypted tomorrow once quantum machines are operational. The only way forward is to upgrade our cryptographic infrastructure before it is too late.
SAP SuccessFactors Services 2025 Market Insights™
The SAP SuccessFactors Services 2025 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any SAP SuccessFactors migration projects. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face.
Aligning Talent and Technology by Embedding Generative AI in SAP SuccessFactors
Enterprises are making HR more effective by combining SAP SuccessFactors with core ERP systems and introducing generative AI through SAP Joule. This integration creates a single source of truth across HR, finance, and operations, improving the accuracy of AI-driven insights. Today, over 60% of SAP SuccessFactors clients are piloting Joule to automate tasks such as resume screening, interview scheduling, and performance reviews. At the same time, many organizations are adopting industry-specific extensions to address practical needs such as managing seasonal staff in retail, tracking safety in manufacturing, and ensuring compliance in healthcare and utilities.
