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Startups In India are Addressing Key Issues Using Blockchain Technology across Different Industries infographic
A comprehensive analysis of India's Blockchain adoption across states and industries has noted key trends in startups. Learn more from the full report. This report provides the better understanding of what the roadmap for blockchain looks like and what different industry participants, such as enterprises, governments, regulators, service providers and startups, are doing to leverage the global and Indian blockchain related opportunities.
March, 2019
Robotic Process Automation Showing Early Encouraging Success
Early adopters of robotic process automation (RPA) are finding positive return on investment and cost certainty, according to the Computer Economics Technology Trends 2019 study. RPA, along with IT security technology and enterprise asset management, is the newest technology to be added to the study, and it appears that despite current low adoption and investment rates, RPA will have a growing role in business in the years to come. This Research Byte provides an overview of RPA adoption trends and economic experience in the context of our full study.
March, 2019
How Does IT Spending Vary by Industry and Company Size?
Some IT benchmarking metrics are more influenced by the size of the company than by the industry sector. On the other hand, there are some IT spending ratios that are more dependent on the industry sector than the size of the company. This Research Byte aids in understanding the differences in IT budget metrics and how they correlate to industry sector and organization size. We review these factors for IT spending metrics, IT budget ratios, and IT staffing ratios.
January, 2019
Cybersecurity Revenue Distribution Across Industries
Avasant's comprehensive analysis of Cybersecurity adoption and revenue distribution across industries has revealed key insights. Learn more in the full report.
January, 2019
Desktop Support Outsourcing Continues Slow Rise
The question of whether to turn over the desktop support function to a service provider is a critical and surprisingly complicated one. Although there is a moderate cost-and-service advantage to outsourcing desktop support, other factors, including giving up control, can lead to problems. That may be one reason why today only 22% of IT organizations are outsourcing at least some of their desktop support function, making this one of the least popular functions to outsource. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report.
October, 2018
IT Security Policies: A Necessary Foundation
Nearly every IT organization has IT security policies to some extent, but too often they are not formally established, comprehensive in their scope, or followed consistently. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on IT security policies adoption and best practices.
October, 2018
Too Few Companies Formally Plan for Disaster Recovery
The range of disasters, natural and otherwise, that can cripple a company are staggeringly wide. At the extreme, a flood of Biblical proportions takes out scores of Houston-area businesses. Or mission-critical IT systems fail at Delta Airlines, resulting in thousands of canceled flights and $100 million in lost business. But, sadly, not enough companies are taking disaster recovery planning seriously.
February, 2018
A Rapid Implementation of ERP Financials at BLD Brands
The implementation of any complex, enterprise-wide system can be fraught with difficulties. Installations can take more than a year and, in some cases, never work as advertised. So it was encouraging to hear about BLD Brands, a company of 3,700 workers and 134 locations, implementing a suite of financial modules in less than three months.
February, 2018
DBA Outsourcing Rebounds But Demand in Question
This year, database administration (DBA) outsourcing increased but has not rebounded to recent historic levels. Demand for database administration – whether delivered through internal resources, or outsourced – has fallen for several years running and that may be capping DBA outsourcing growth, despite good service and cost success.
January, 2018
IT Steering Committees Are Vital for IT Governance
IT decisions have become too important to be left solely to the IT department. IT is one of the few functions within a business that touches virtually all other areas of the business. Because decisions that an IT organization makes can vastly enable or hinder other business functions, and because of budget constraints, there are often tradeoffs among competing business demands placed on the IT organization. Therefore, IT priorities should be set in partnership with business leaders, and the means to do that is the IT steering committee.
November, 2017
Moving from Cost Optimization to Value Realization through Managed Governance Services
While there is a shift toward automation and digital business solutions, the truth of the matter is that many organizations are still dealing with legacy operating systems and contracts. By transforming the way, you look at governance with your suppliers, governance can enable greater value realization and transformation than many realize. This session will address governance services trends, strategies and examples of what is being done by leading organizations.
October, 2017
IT Sector Strategic Roadmap Development for Moldova
Avasant has been engaged with Ministry of ICT in Moldova since January 2017 to identify the best approaches to globally position Moldova as the next innovative IT destination. Avasant created an export-oriented industry roadmap for Moldovan ICT products and services with target markets around the world including the US, Europe and Africa.
October, 2017