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Oracle Charging Ahead with Cerner Integration but Big Hill to Climb
It’s been almost a year since Oracle announced its costly acquisition of Cerner, a giant provider of digital systems to healthcare companies. But it’s been a difficult year with more challenges ahead. The $28.4 billion acquisition closed in June. It’s the largest in Oracle’s history, nearly three times the size of its PeopleSoft acquisition in 2005. Oracle’s mission is to rewrite the Oracle Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system, add capabilities, and give it a modern, cloud-based foundation.
October, 2022
Organizations Increasingly Looking for Outside Help with Disaster Recovery
If there were ever any questions about the need for disaster recovery planning, those doubts were dispelled over the past few years. A worldwide pandemic, power outages, wars, and cyberattacks exposed those organizations that were not fully prepared to respond to those disruptions. But what if the IT organization does not have the resources or the capability to do it all in-house? This is why many organizations are turning to disaster recovery outsourcing providers to step into the gap. This Research Byte analyzes the five-year trend in DR outsourcing.
September, 2022
From Optimization to Automation: Achieving Greater Business Value in the Cloud
IT has undergone a fundamental and permanent change over the past two years. While enterprises had already embarked on their digital journey, the rapid shift to remote working during the pandemic, and the need for digital channels for customer engagement further propelled the demand for cloud services. For many IT organizations today, any new financial investment is prioritized toward cloud spending. The two main uses of these funds are: investing in cloud infrastructure to leverage advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and the Internet of Things (IoT); and migrating legacy workloads to cloud native or (creating) modernized workloads to enhance digital engagement with customers, accommodate a remote workforce and bring agility into their operations.
September, 2022
Driving digital transformation with IT and OT convergence
Manufacturers are under constant pressure to increase automation, lower costs, and leverage smart manufacturing. But, in doing so, they face multiple challenges. These include scaling their digitalization initiatives, bridging data silos, and future-proofing systems. These goals require greater integration of data between what is commonly known as information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). This research byte outlines what manufacturers should do to integrate IT and OT to reap the full benefits of digital transformation. We also highlight one services firm, Hitachi Vantara, as an example of a service provider addressing this emerging need through its set of products and services for IT and OT convergence.
September, 2022
Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™
The Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ can help enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid companies in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation. The 70-page report also identifies key service providers and system integrators that can help businesses in their digital transformation journeys.
September, 2022
Disaster Recovery Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2022
Experiences over the past two years have revealed that many organizations were not adequately prepared for a worldwide pandemic from a business continuity perspective. But most enterprises responded by establishing remote working environments on short notice and built out the network infrastructure and security measures to support them. Now, emerging from pandemic lockdowns, most businesses are retaining these remote work capabilities, even if they are to support a hybrid work model. Businesses are now more resilient, not just in facing another pandemic but in supporting remote work in the event of other natural or man-made disasters.
September, 2022
Freight and Logistics Digital Services: Adjusting Operating Models to Align to Accelerated Demand
The pandemic and the ensuing e-commerce boom increased demand for freight and logistics (F&L) services, putting pressure on F&L providers to offer more services. There is an increasing demand for faster delivery times at lower costs. In response, the sector is accelerating digitalization initiatives to balance these increasing customer expectations while managing operational costs. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.
September, 2022
Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™
The Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IDP by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading platform providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key IDP platform providers across product maturity, enterprise adaptability, and future readiness, thus supporting enterprises in identifying the right IDP platform partner. The 58-page report also highlights top market trends in the IDP space and Avasant’s viewpoint.
September, 2022
Intelligent Document Processing: Transforming Data into Business Insights
The IDP industry is moving towards more complex types of data extraction across multiple industries. Enterprises are focusing on increased levels of straight-through processing, which has led to platform providers investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to reduce exceptions while extracting complicated objects such as logos, watermarks, and tables. These trends, and others, are covered in our Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™.
September, 2022
A Tech Paradise on Trinidad’s Near Shores
The phrase “technology hub” does not generally conjure up images of tropical islands, but that may soon change as the Caribbean region is redefining and repackaging the islands as a tech haven. More specifically, Trinidad and Tobago is at the cusp of becoming the region’s true technology hub, provided the island nation learns to effectively surf the oncoming digital technology wave.
September, 2022
Tough Times in Europe Call for IT Budget Growth
In recent years, Europe has been hit by a pandemic, double-digit inflation, and a war. The subsequent supply chain disruptions, shortages of food and fuel, and looming recession do not make anything any easier for IT organizations on the continent. Still, IT budgets are rising. Not necessarily at the pace of rampant inflation. But still more than typical in times of economic contraction. It is starting to become clear that most enterprises now view IT as a strategic resource in weathering uncertainty. IT is no longer seen as a cost center but as a strategic resource that can impact the top and bottom lines. This research byte is a brief description of some of the findings in our European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023 study.
September, 2022
European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 17: Industrial and Automotive Subsector Benchmarks
Chapter 17 provides benchmarks for industrial and automotive manufacturers. The 20 respondents in this subsector make auto parts, material handling equipment, engines, machinery, vehicles, and similar capital goods. The manufacturers in the sample range in size from €120 million to over €250 billion in annual revenue.
September, 2022