A collection of the latest views from the HFS analyst team on Industrial manufacturing.
September 25, 2025An assessment of the leading service providers in the semiconductor industry.
October 24, 2025This is Hitachi Digital Services Vietnam delivery center capabilities, and strategy in IT-OT-ET convergence with client outcomes.
October 24, 2025Physical AI is an effective approach for automation, avoiding glitches, for efficient implementation, and meeting the objectives.
October 17, 2025Co-innovation is no longer optional so build outcome based ecosystem or fall behind.
Point of View
January 24, 2020A recent HFS roundtable in New York City supported by Wipro discussed the “straight to digital” trend from a Why? What? and How? perspective
Market Analysis
January 17, 2020HFS Research’s first-ever IT/BPO outsourcing contract renewal report. In this report, we analyze outsourcing contracts that are up for renewal in 2020.
Point of View
January 10, 2020HFS examines what Google is doing to increase its chances of success with Google Cloud platform and some recent developments in its services partner ecosystem.
Point of View
January 07, 2020Integrated automation can enable a OneOffice experience by breaking down silos across an enterprises’ customers and employees
Point of View
January 02, 2020Do you have the expertise and systems to assess your own cybersecurity? Can you afford to miss out on the wider benefits of providers’ cyber ranges?
Point of View
December 31, 20193D printing, for now, remains small scale and complex—but manufacturers can’t be complacent: find the right providers and partners for your firm.
Point of View
December 23, 2019Embrace industrial innovation while it’s booming via partners and providers, or realize too late that you can’t transform quickly enough to catch up.
Top 10 Report
December 13, 2019The HFS Top 10 Industry 4.0 Service Providers 2019 report examines the role that the service providers play in the evolving Industry 4.0 landscape.
Point of View
December 05, 2019One of IoT’s biggest hurdles is existing 4G infrastructure. If enterprise want to scale their IoT projects, they must recognize 5G is essential.
Point of View
December 05, 2019Alibaba Cloud may be a regional player now, but the firm is investing heavily to take the battle to the major cloud giants. We examine why CIOs must include in
Point of View
December 04, 2019This PoV explains pointers that manufacturers should keep in mind for Industry 4.0 success and provides an example of how TCS is enabling a large Indian to the
Point of View
November 25, 2019We're delighted to share with you our 2020 Research Agenda, as we continue our mission to define business operations and their technology enablement in the next
Point of View
November 21, 2019As the Industrial IoT expands, cybersecurity's importance must be translated across IT and OT departments, and new and legacy devices.
Point of View
November 20, 2019Cognitive technology must be brought into holistic industrial strategies – it’s getting attention, but no priority, and investments are confused.
Point of View
November 12, 2019Use AR, VR, and MR technologies to make your physical operation environments more efficient and create meaningful, immersive experiences
Point of View
November 08, 2019SAP is set on a migration deadline to S/4HANA by 2025; the official line is that SAP will no longer support its legacy software afterward.
Point of View
October 17, 2019Insurers are left to burden expensive payouts, but they can protect profit margins by moving towards a predict-and-prevent model leveraging IoT.
Point of View
September 23, 2019The sustainability services space is not mature. Providers must build capability now before they miss out on a huge strategic opportunity.
Point of View
September 19, 2019Gone are the days of wearing wristwatches to actually tell the time. Smart connected devices have made a huge public impact, becoming widely accepted as a part
Point of View
September 19, 20192D has reached its limits in mimicking 3D. True “holography” and AR are reinventing customer and worker experiences, minus the historical barriers.
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