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Nov 06, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
We recently caught up with Infosys to discuss where its Infosys Validation Solutions (IVS) testing practice is currently investing. This is a follow-up to a similar discussion we had with Infosys back in July 2016 that centered on applying AI and making sense of the data that client organizations have (see here).
Our most recent discussion looked at technologies such as AI, chatbo[...]
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Nov 03, 2017, by Gary Bragar
Sevenstep RPO held its second annual analyst event last week. In addition to analysts, advisors, vendor leadership, and key service providers, practitioners/buy-side clients also attended for the day, including Commonwealth of MA, Amazon, and CVS. Here I discuss a few key take-aways.
Sevenstep RPO overview
With ~300 employees, Sevenstep RPO has global delivery centers in three [...]
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Nov 02, 2017, by Rachael Stormonth
NelsonHall recently attended a TCS analyst event in Boston, the theme of which was Business 4.0: Intelligent, Agile, Automated, and on the Cloud. A few months ago, soon after Rajesh Gopinathan took over as CEO, TCS undertook its first major service line revamp for many years (we provided details of this in our Quarterly Update on TCS – see here). As such we were keen to learn more about [...]
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Oct 31, 2017, by Nikki Edwards
Last week’s HRTechWorld in Amsterdam, or UNLEASH as it now known, did not disappoint, my only regret being that two days wasn’t enough time to see everything and meet everyone I wanted to. As well as the established vendors being present, sharing their new product updates, there were plenty of start-ups showing how they are changing the face of HR/payroll. Analytics, auto[...]
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Oct 30, 2017, by Ivan Kotzev
Post-sales support functions are typically cost centers: large, labor-intensive operations with significant overheads and no financially attributable benefit to the bottom line. This environment is changing, with organizations gradually understanding the revenue generation opportunities in support services such as technical support and afterlife maintenance. I recently had a co[...]
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Oct 25, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Over the last few years, developments around the participant experience for benefits administration services have been focused on helping employees become more effective consumers as they make their benefit selections (the “consumerization” era). In 2016, the next stage of evolution of the participant experience emerged as suppliers shifted their focus to utilization (the[...]
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Oct 25, 2017, by Andy Efstathiou
In this blog, I look at Capgemini’s Blockchain initiatives and what segments they are focusing on for further development with their financial services clients.
Initially, Blockchain engagements were focused on:
Using POCs to develop an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of distributed ledger technology (DLT)
Developing business use cases, trying POCs to d[...]
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Oct 24, 2017, by Elizabeth Rennie
For many organizations today, technology, and more specifically the internet, has changed the way business is conducted, and having the agility to pivot with the change is critical to remaining competitive and surviving.
While the introduction of next generation technology has created a critical inflection point for many businesses, it is also providing HR leaders with n[...]
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Oct 20, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Nvidia faces stiff new competition for the leadership position in the AI processing chip market. But the firm has a significant competitive advantage: a culture of innovation and production efficiency that was developed to address the demanding needs of a wholly different market.
Intel and Google have been making waves in the AI processing chip market, the former with the acquisit[...]
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Oct 19, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
NelsonHall recently attended the SE2 Partnership Forum, entitled ‘Future-proof: From Here to Digital’, in Washington D.C., where the main focal point of discussion was the challenge of digital transformation in the life insurance and annuity sector.
Here I look at a number of developments in SE2’s offerings that are helping clients to address the challenge of dig[...]
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Oct 19, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
As part of NelsonHall’s series of reports focusing on the business priorities and digital initiatives of IT services buyers, we found that buyers in the transportation industry have a significant focus on improving the customer experience. Eighty-five percent of transportation companies are pursuing an operational objective of increasing average revenue per customer to a high e[...]
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Oct 18, 2017, by Ivan Kotzev
The traditional (and now universally accepted as outdated) model for multi-channel support looked something like this, with differences primarily between the types or number of channels:
However, as customers became digital and mobile, the model has shifted to something like this:
This model originated with marketers and retailers, where omnichannel means the ability to purchase in t[...]
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Oct 16, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
DXC Technology recently held an analyst day in the U.K., its first since being ‘born’ on April 1. It is still early days for this young organization and the integration continues (though there was little mention of this at the event). In its recent investor calls, DXC Technology has emphasized actions to strip out costs, apply financial discipline, and invest in next[...]
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Oct 13, 2017, by John Willmott
HCL has undertaken ~200 use cases spanning finance & accounting, contact, product support and cross-industry customer onboarding, and claims processing, using products including Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, UiPath, WorkFusion, and HCL’s proprietary AI tool Exacto.
This blog summarizes NelsonHall’s analysis of HCL's approach to Business Process Automation coveri[...]
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Oct 12, 2017, by Mike Smart
In this, the first of two articles on GDPR, I look at how the regulation is set to impact companies, and at the benefits of compliance beyond simply avoiding penalties.
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was adopted in April 2016 and will be put into force on 25 May 2018. The unified and enforceable laws contained in the regulation replace the o[...]
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Oct 12, 2017, by Rachael Stormonth
I have just looked back at a blog I wrote last May when the news broke of the DXC/HP ES tie-up. Here is an extract: “There is the question of the U.S. federal business that HPE ES will bring in, a market that CSC has only just exited. Will it play a part in the newco? Overall, U.S. public sector would account for around 11% of the newco, way below CSC’s non-compete threshold.[...]
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Oct 10, 2017, by Gary Bragar
Last week, Ceridian held its annual customer forum, Ceridian INSIGHTS, in Las Vegas, where it showed its support for the victims of the recent shooting, and demonstrated its commitment to people as the mainstay of its philosophy.
Ceridian established a website at the conference where attendees were able to make donations to a victim support fund, with Ceridian making the first contribution,[...]
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Oct 06, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
In a surprise transaction, Office Depot announced the acquisition of U.S.-based CompuCom, an end-user computer specialist. The price is significant: ~$1bn, including $750m in cash and 45m shares of Office Depot, with the seller, PE Thomas H. Lee Partners, owning 8% of the share of Office Depot. Despite revenues of $10.6bn, Office Depot has a market cap of just ~$2bn.
With the acqu[...]
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Oct 05, 2017, by NelsonHall Analyst
Fast Data is the emerging hot topic of discussion for business leaders seeking to get ahead of the next wave of data utilization. But Fast Data isn't just an evolution of Big Data; it's a market force unto itself that's asking more of traditional and start-up vendors in both traditional DBMS and AI.
I spent a (surprisingly snowy) morning this week talking with AI and B[...]
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Oct 04, 2017, by Dominique Raviart
I recently talked with Wipro about its crowdtesting capabilities. Here, Wipro has a different positioning and service portfolio from crowdtesting pure-plays, with a stronger focus on automation frameworks (with its mobile website and app testing framework), and access to mobile device labs.
QaaS: an aggregation of testing offerings at scale
QaaS is an aggregation of s[...]