Latest Reports

• F&A Business Process Transformation 2022–2023 RadarView™

  The F&A Business Process Transformation 2022–2023 RadarView™ aims to help enterprises identify the correct finance digital transformation partner by detailing service capability and offering a portfolio of leading providers in the F&A space. It provides an all-encompassing view of major F&A service providers under three broad parameters: practice maturity, domain ecosystem, and investments and innovation. The 79-page report also highlights top industry trends in the F&A outsourcing space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them.

  January, 2023

• Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Driving Long-Term Business Value

  Finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing grew between 13% and 17% from June 2021 to June 2022. F&A outsourcing is expanding as enterprises entrust service providers with more strategic processes, such as tax and treasury. Additionally, companies want to deal with fewer service providers, leading to an increase in the number of multitower deals. For F&A outsourcing service providers combined, 50%–75% of their F&A revenue comes from providing end-to-end services, compared to function-specific projects. These trends are covered in Avasant’s F&A Business Process Transformation 2022–2023 RadarView™.

  January, 2023

• Hybrid Enterprise Cloud Services 2022–2023 RadarView™

  The Hybrid Enterprise Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ provides information to assist enterprises in charting out their action plan for developing a hybrid cloud environment. It identifies key global service providers and system integrators that can help expedite their cloud transformation journey. It also brings out detailed capability and experience analyses of leading providers to assist organizations in identifying strategic partners. The 85-page report also highlights top industry trends in the hybrid cloud space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them. It delivers a general ranking across the key dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investment and innovation.

  January, 2023

• Leveraging the Hybrid Cloud for Faster Time-to-Market

  Enterprises want to improve customer experience of their cloud-based solutions and applications, and they are looking for faster rollout of features and upgrades to deliver personalized products and services. They are leveraging hybrid cloud environments to quickly modify their applications according to client requirements while ensuring the stability and reliability of the underlying cloud infrastructure.

  January, 2023

• Study: IT in PJs on the Rise

  In the aftermath of the pandemic, one thing appears to be here to stay: working from home. Today, a much higher percentage of IT personnel are working from home, compared to pre-pandemic numbers. Our annual IT salary study finds that almost half of IT workers now ply their trade from home.

  December, 2022

• IT Wages to Rise 4.0% at the Median in 2023, Salary Study Finds

  With current high levels of inflation and relatively low levels of unemployment, we would expect IT salaries to be rising strongly. But in the IT job market right now, that is not the case. The job market is being influenced by a series of competing tensions, which will continue in ’23. This Research Byte summarizes the executive summary of our IT Salary Report 2023.

  December, 2022

• IT Salary Report 2023

  This report provides total compensation for 80 IT job functions for more than 400 US metro areas and 20 industry sectors. The executive summary also provides our forecast for pay raises and hiring in 2023 and includes job descriptions for each job function. The salary tables are provided as a downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook, with total salaries reported at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentiles.

  December, 2022

• Transforming the Utilities Industry Through Digital Technologies

  Electric, gas, and water utilities are facing regulatory pressures. For example, governments expect gas and electric utilities to support global sustainability and energy transition goals. They also require water utilities to ensure water quality and availability. While an increasing number of electrical customers also become energy producers, their expectations have changed. Furthermore, utilities are facing growing challenges in terms of skilled worker shortages, high investment and maintenance costs, and heavy asset losses due to the rising number of natural disasters. To address these issues, utilities globally are investing in digital technologies to transform their day-to-day operations, enable predictive maintenance, reduce human dependency, automate repetitive and tedious tasks, and reduce costs. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Utilities Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.

  December, 2022

• Utilities Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™

  The Utilities 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 them in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation. The 85-page report also highlights top market trends in the utilities digital services space and Avasant’s viewpoint.

  December, 2022

• Hitachi Vantara Addresses the Data Elephant in the Room

  Hitachi Vantara CEO Gajen Kandiah will be the first to admit it. Hitachi Vantara has struggled to get its identity across to the market. He compared the problem to the old proverb about blind men coming across an elephant. As one man grasps the trunk, he decides it is a snake. Another feels the elephant’s sides and decides he is touching a wall. Each of the men touch a different part of the elephant, and none see the big picture. If you want to know what the whole Hitachi Vantara elephant looks like, data is what holds together all of its parts.

  December, 2022

• Global Disruptions Show Value of Cloud Infrastructure

  The need for agility continues to drive investment in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). And the global pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions have only increased this trend. Cloud infrastructure makes it easier for companies to respond to fluctuations in demand, changes in business requirements, and the need to optimize costs over time. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on IaaS adoption trends and customer experience.

  December, 2022

• IaaS Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2022

  The need for agility continues to drive investment in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). And the global pandemic and subsequent supply chain disruptions have only increased this trend. Cloud infrastructure makes it easier for companies to respond to fluctuations in demand, changes in business requirements, and the need to optimize costs over time. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on IaaS adoption trends and customer experience.

  December, 2022