IT & Business Transformation

Design and implement technologies to transform both IT and the business

Technology Modernization
Enterprise Cloud Strategy & Enablement
Business Process Transformation
Network Transformation / SD-WAN

IT Spend Optimization
Organization Transformation
Insights

An integrated vision for your organization involves alignment of business, technology, and operational processes. Avasant clients realize a more customer-centric and business-driven operating model by integrating transformative technology. Our approach to business transformation prioritizes initiatives based on business impact and lays the roadmap for actionable steps towards managing a more efficient technology footprint.

Client Case Study

It may seem challenging to revitalize the Arctic Tundra. After all, what potential benefits could be derived from two million square kilometers of barren land? Avasant created opportunities for the government to offer citizen-centered programs and services in a highly decentralized geography. While the region is rich in natural resources, it lacked the infrastructure necessary to reap the benefits of their environment and modern technologies. After months of on-site experience and assessment, our IT and business transformation consultants developed Corporate Information Management and Communication Strategic Plans. Our recommendations focused on guiding the development and deployment of information management, enterprise architecture, telecommunications technologies and mobility infrastructures. These implementations defined their introduction into the modern world.

Technology Modernization

Define a future-state technology architecture and integration framework that is agile, cost-effective, and business aligned.

Avasant’s Technology Modernization Services identify key gaps and risks in current technology environments. Our comprehensive assessment evaluates an environment’s ability to scale, integrate, and support long-term technology and business goals in order to lead the client’s IT transformation process.

Identify alternative technology models and solutions that address key risks
Assess the impacts on end-to-end process orchestration for each solution
Create a consolidated business case that highlights the cost impact, savings, and feasibility of each option
Create a phased road map for migration to the future state technology environment

Enterprise Cloud Strategy & Enablement

Address cloud migration performance, integration, agility and cost considerations and create your transformation road map.

Avasant’s Enterprise Cloud Strategy & Enablement Services analyze current workloads to determine suitability for digital process transformation and cloud migration based on technology, architecture/integration, dependencies, market maturity, process maturity, and lessons learned from previously successful cloud migrations.

• CONDUCT A CLOUD READINESS ASSESSMENT AND DEFINE CLOUD MIGRATION STRATEGIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LOGICAL APPLICATION BUNDLES, TECHNOLOGIES INVOLVED, EASE OF MIGRATION, AND THE IMPACT ON INTERIM OPERATIONAL STATES
IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY/SERVICES PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THE TARGET-STATE SOLUTION
DEVELOP A DETAILED BUSINESS CASE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOUD MIGRATION
DEVELOP AN EXECUTION ROAD MAP THAT OUTLINES THE KEY TASKS, DEPENDENCIES, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CLIENT, CLOUD PROVIDER, AND INTEGRATOR

Business Process Transformation

Define future-state processes, workflows and user experience to guide the planning and execution of transformation initiatives.

Avasant’s Business Process Transformation Services shape future business requirements by redefining processes that maximize efficiencies and leverage new technologies.

Benchmarking current business processes to industry standards
Identify targeted workflows for efficiency and automation opportunities to enhance business process management
Define functional and performance requirements and develop process models for potential transformation solutions
Identify potential technology solutions, assess potential impact on current technologies and cost
Prioritize initiatives for execution

IT Spend Optimization

Optimize IT spend management based on advanced spend and category management strategies.

Avasant’s IT Spend Optimization Services analyze spend across categories and vendors to create an enterprise-wide baseline of technology spend across IT and the business.

Identify strategic goals such as improved demand management, standardization and simplification, support model optimization, service level warranty right-sizing, consolidation of vendor spend, and elimination of the tail
Identify business and technology drivers to discover key areas of savings based on strategic goals
Develop a road map for cost optimization
Define procurement and negotiation strategies, target pricing, and contract terms
Restructure contracts and renegotiate as necessary

Organization Transformation

Evaluate your business service strategy, Human Resources capabilities, CCM strategy, and governance strategy

Avasant’s Organization Transformation Services evaluates a business using 4 independent tracks supported by a common plan and followed by a launch and optimization phase.

Business Service Strategy Assessment
Assess the current service strategy and design and implement tools and technology to improve and stabilize the service
Human Resources Assessment
Conduct a readiness assessment, design an organizational strategy and plan, and execute on an organization and Human Resources plan
CCM Strategy
Create a CCM plan, foster internal executive alignment and consistent messaging, create a feedback loop and response process, and execute on CCM activities
Governance Strategy Development
Develop governance scope and functions, define the governance mechanisms, define processes and tools, and assign roles and responsibilities
Launch and Optimization
Steps for launch and optimization will be executed specifically for each track above to ensure that the organization reaches its target-state

Network Transformation / SD-WAN

Develop and design a future-ready enterprise network architecture that is software driven, scalable, secure, configurable, and ready for future innovation and transformation.

Avasant’s network transformation services help customers reimagine their networks and make them highly configurable through use of Software-Defined Networking (SD-WAN). SD-WAN solutions can significantly reduce asset-heavy network capital expenditure.

Through our network advisory services, we help enterprises achieve their IT transformation objectives of moving to cloud-ready networks with increasing virtualization and higher security.

Optimize Efficiency of Enterprise Network Through Usage of Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)
Analysis of Current Network Spend and Development of Business Case for ROI Justification
Enhanced WAN Optimization and Network and Applications Performance Management (NPM/APM)
Perform a Network Readiness Assessment to Support Organizational Transformational Requirements, such as IPv6
Improved Security, Managing Network Access Controls and Segmentation with Existing VRF and VPN
Create Phased Implementation Roadmap and Support Sourcing Transaction for Procuring Managed Services