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IT and BPO outsourcing contract renewal analysis—2020

HFS Research’s first-ever IT/BPO outsourcing contract renewal report. In this report, we analyze outsourcing contracts that are up for renewal in 2020.

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IT needs to invest more in cloud 2.0 – with service partners playing a vital role

HFS looks at maturity in cloud computing. Which industries are betting big, the choice between containers and serverless, and where multi-cloud fits in.

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Blockchain offers a solution to solve cross-border trade issues, but stakeholders must come together

Stakeholders must put their differences aside and come together if they hope to solve cross-border trade issues.

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Microsoft is saying “Game on!” to RPA vendors with Power Automate in its Power Platform–get ready

Microsoft recently announced the extension of Power Platform with robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities in Power Automate.

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Utilities’ customer experience is the digital battleground—legacy firms must prioritize it alongside

The utilities industry must give CX the attention it deserves, in amongst its focus on reducing operating costs, and growing top and bottom lines.

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Big energy consumers must visualize and take control of their usage: smart meters and IoT platforms can

A smart meter-IoT platform combination is a ticket to visualizing and controlling energy usage, cost-saving, and promoting a renewable energy market.

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Calling SIs, MSPs, and IT consultants: Google needs your domain expertise. Ramp up, engage, and build

HFS examines what Google is doing to increase its chances of success with Google Cloud platform and some recent developments in its services partner ecosystem.

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Focus on making cognitive assistants understand human behavior, not mimic humans

Cognitive assistants must be able to handle queries and form responses with precision, yet maintain social and cultural boundaries between humans and

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Vendors: It’s time to cut the crap out of your marketing strategy

For too long, service providers have focused on being everything to everyone - We take a look at how product-minded software development firm Nexient is taking

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Unisys’ investment in security, automation and cloud capabilities moves the firm to stable growth, and

At a recent analyst event, we discovered how Unisys' strategy is paying off and helping the firm move back to stable growth.

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Drive meaningful customer experiences with equally meaningful employee experiences

Integrated automation can enable a OneOffice experience by breaking down silos across an enterprises’ customers and employees

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Market Analysis

ITMS and BPO Contract Analysis—Q3 2019

This report analyses publicly announced ITMS and BPO contracts in Q3 2019 by region, service types, key verticals, main vendors and digital services.

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Cyber ranges: Pick a provider to wargame your cybersecurity—it’s unlikely that doing it in-house is

Do 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?

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Blockchain exploration efforts: accelerate and reduce costs in partnership with academia

You may have doubts about academia, but it can offer talent, infrastructure, and real benefit when piloting complex, untested blockchain use cases.

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Don’t let a few cool 3D printing use cases make it Industry 4.0’s poison chalice

3D printing, for now, remains small scale and complex—but manufacturers can’t be complacent: find the right providers and partners for your firm.

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Drone adopters must choose between providers’ “mature” offerings and co-developing solutions for

Despite the promise of drone technology, mature services are few and far between – but crucially, there are some, and far more in the build-up phase.

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Novartis partners with Microsoft to build AI solutions—showing pharma firms why they must look to for

The race for AI prowess in the new age of pharma will center on partnerships—but the competition is fierce and fraught with challenges.

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Top 10 Report

HFS Top 10 Insurance Services 2019

This report analyzes and rates 19 service providers serving the Insurance industry across innovation, execution, and voice of the customer criteria.

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Privacy on public blockchains: EY clients and the blockchain curious must leverage this “best of both

While the debate between public and private blockchains rages on, EY is moving its gaze towards public blockchains that leverage ZKPs.

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Focus your diversity efforts on retention—not just hiring

It doesn’t matter how many diverse hires you have if none are promoted and everyone leaves after a year.

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