HFS on Artificial Intelligence

A collection of the latest views from the HFS analyst team on artificial intelligence.

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Treat infrastructure as the AI control plane or watch transformation stall

Infrastructure must become the AI control plane - governing cost, trust, and performance across the enterprise.

Point of View

AI is not the end of work, but the start of a new chapter

We are already so invested in AI that there is no turning back. The impact on our personal lives is no longer up for debate.

Point of View

How wide is your firm’s AI Velocity Gap?

Agentic AI will revolutionize individual productivity within 18 months, but your enterprise transformation is about to hit a wall.

Point of View

CPOs must unite enterprise processes, platforms, and people for AI-enabled outcomes

This S2P Horizon POV explaining the enterprise CPO challenges, how the service providers resolving with AI-driven solutions.

Take 5 Report

Vibe coding in UK&I firms: Success hinges on embracing new ways of working and open governance

Move fast to achieve vibe coding productivity gains. More grads and early career technologists hold the key.

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Sonata’s Agentbridge turns process blueprints into multi-agent automation

Sonata's Agentbridge responds to the multi-stakeholder enterprise challenges of accelerating agentic AI.

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Fleet COOs should invest in truck autonomy before the driver shortage impact

Fleet operators must collaborate with truck manufacturers and roll out autonomous trucks to address labor shortage, safety issues.

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GCCs, stop chasing costs and start monetizing innovation with Services as Software™

ER&D GCCs are moving towards services-as-software model to drive software defined vehicles, file patents, and monetize in India.

Point of View

Why the US is currently ceding the AI arms race to China

We lay out why the balance is tipping in China’s favor, and what the US must urgently rethink if it wants to regain the initiative.

Point of View

CIOs must adopt the AI-ready governance RUNWAY to make growth fly

Unlock the bounty of the AI era with HFS ‘RUNWAY'- a governance framework for unbounded ideation paired with bounded execution.

Take 5 Report

Recast BPO as AI stewardship: The new mandate for enterprise reinvention

HFS Research, in partnership with Cognizant, surveyed 100 US enterprises to illuminate prevailing AI dynamics in BPO.

Point of View

Legacy modernization is a competitiveness issue, and CIOs must own the fix

CIOs must accelerate modernization using platforms as AI won’t deliver exponential value if it’s layered on top of legacy.

Challenger Series

HFS Challenger: Quantiphi

The latest firm to receive the coveted HFS Challenger accolade is Quantiphi for its AI-first digital engineering approach.

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CTOs must leverage enterprise context to deliver always-on modernization

Make the challenge of agentic AI your cue to fast-track a new foundation for continuous change - ontologies as enterprise context.

Point of View

Stop waiting for budget: How enterprises are funding transformation from within

Self-funded transformation models have emerged as a pragmatic path toward funding modernization through existing savings.

Take 5 Report

Business and process owners: Operationalize context for scalable, enterprise-grade AI

AI value will remain stalled until enterprises operationalize an industry- and business-context-first operating model.

Point of View

Services are starting to scale beyond headcount, signaling an early pivot to SaS

Early but meaningful signals of the IT and business services industry beginning its shift toward Services-as-Software economics.

Highlight Report

HCLTech’s silicon stack investments show why ER&D must “shift left” to thrive

Products are becoming software-defined while ER&D is getting commoditized, pushing service providers to shift left toward silicon.

Highlight Report

You won’t reap AI rewards until you fix your people problem

HFS recently hosted a Roundtable, in partnership with Cognizant, hosting almost 20 senior enterprise leaders.

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CIOs must pay for outcomes, not hours, on modernization programs

Enterprises must shift from effort to outcome and value-based commercial models to stop overpaying for modernization programs.

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