Latest Reports

• What Exactly is Digital Engineering and Who is a True Digital Engineering Partner?

  Both B2B and B2C products have become smarter and more connected, requiring real-time integration and interaction between hardware and software components. To develop connected products and digitize the engineering and manufacturing life cycle, enterprises need an amalgamation of product and software engineering capabilities through digital engineering. While digital engineering is a growing domain, it is crucial that the ecosystem players, especially engineering and manufacturing companies, get the essence of digital engineering right to realize its true potential.

  June, 2023

• IT Staffing Ratios: Benchmarking Metrics and Analysis for 16 Key IT Job Functions

  The analysis of IT staffing data has been a core competency of Computer Economics since we began publishing our annual IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study in 1990. Each year, we survey more than 200 IT organizations across 10 major industry sectors, based on our sampling model, to obtain data on IT staffing levels, server counts, network infrastructure, outsourcing, and spending, among other information pertinent to the assessment of IT staffing.

  March, 2024

• IT Management Staffing Levels in Long-Term Decline

  Generally, the ratio of IT managers to the total IT staff has been decreasing over recent years. In fact, the 2022 percentage stands at the lowest this metric has been in more than a decade. While increasing cloud transformation is a major reason for this drop, there are other factors at work. This Research Byte examines the possible causes.

  June, 2023

• IT Management and Administration Staffing Ratios 2023

  When it comes to IT managers, it is important to find the “sweet spot.” Too many managers and the IT group can become top-heavy and bureaucratic; too few and IT staff members may feel unsupported and without direction. Overworked managers may be pulled in too many directions, and insufficient management resources may push management tasks on to workers who are ill-equipped to take on those roles.

  June, 2023

• Cybersecurity Services: Shifting from Horizontal to Industry Vertical-Specific Approach

  As cyber threats rise, organizations continue to secure their hybrid environments by refreshing, enabling, and standardizing security controls deployment to address trends emerging around cloudification, Industry 4.0, the convergence of 5G, and software-defined networking. This has fundamentally shifted how cybersecurity services are viewed from a general-use horizontal solution to industry vertical-specific offerings. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.

  June, 2023

• Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™

  The Cybersecurity Services 2023 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any cybersecurity projects. The report also highlights key implementation challenges that enterprises face today.

  June, 2023

• Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™

  The Cybersecurity Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for cybersecurity services by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key cybersecurity services providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, thereby supporting enterprises in identifying the right cybersecurity services partner. The 83-page report highlights top supply-side trends in the cybersecurity space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.

  June, 2023

• SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 Market Insights™

  The SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 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.

  May, 2023

• IT and Apps Managed Services Market Trends: Quarterly Report for CQ1 2023

  In this quarterly report (Calendar Qtr 1, 2023), Avasant provides key information on IT Services Solution and Pricing Trends. The report covers market (buyer) perspective, macro trends from service provider community and finally, the pricing, solution and staffing trends in the space. The report covers trends across services including Infrastructure and Cloud Services, Application Services, and Digital Services. The geographic coverage is global, with a larger share of data points from North America. The report builds on insights gathered through our enterprise interactions, ongoing market research and data collection, as well as AvaMark Price Benchmarking database.

  May, 2023

• SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 RadarView™

  The SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for adopting SAP SuccessFactors by offering detailed capability and experience analyses for service providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key SAP SuccessFactors service providers across practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation to help enterprises identify the appropriate service partner. The 55-page report also highlights the top supply-side trends in the SAP SuccessFactors services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.

  May, 2023

• Transforming HR Operations to Improve Productivity and Accountability

  Enterprises are replacing their discrete HR solutions with a unified people management platform as it helps address multiple business challenges such as workflow redundancy, data visibility issues, and process inefficiencies. Organizations leverage digital tools and accelerators with modular designs to accelerate their transition to SAP SuccessFactors and address additional use cases such as automated data migration, compliance management, and industry-specific workflow creation. Additionally, enterprises focus on improving scalability and offering employee self-service options. Companies leverage automation solutions and interactive design interfaces to optimize HR functions and improve user adoption. Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in our SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 Market Insights™ and SAP SuccessFactors Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.

  May, 2023

• Manufacturing Smart Industry Services: Empowering ER&D Through Digitalization

  Engineering and manufacturing enterprises have always had complex IT and OT environments and faced integration challenges. Concerns about security, connectivity, and customization hindered their digitalization efforts. However, due to cost pressures, changing customer demands, and rising product complexity, companies are now actively transforming their processes. This requires digitalizing IT and OT operations and investing in product and software engineering skills. To accelerate their digital transformation, enterprises are engaging with digital engineering service providers, leading to a 15% growth in manufacturing smart industry deals between December 2021 and December 2022. Both demand- and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Manufacturing Smart Industry Services 2023 Market Insights™ and Manufacturing Smart Industry Services 2023 RadarView™, respectively.

  May, 2023