HFS' IoT Startup Landscape
HFS' first-ever startup landscape report looks at the emerging startups and SMEs defining the future and the now of the Internet of Things (IoT) space - in parallel to our IoT Services Top10 and Hot...
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REALIZE THE DIGITAL FACTORY DREAM WITH A BROAD VISION AND PHASED...
The World Economic Forum has described Industry 4.0 as the next economic growth engine. It mentioned that by leveraging Industry 4.0, countries and companies have an opportunity to counter and...
View ArticleLeidos’ public sector growth is a sign of the importance of biometrics – all...
Biometrics will play a vital role in cybersecurity. Just look at the recent appointment of Leidos to handle a project with the UK Home Office, where the firm will be transforming critical elements of...
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CIOs would be foolish to ignore Alibaba Cloud, even if it struggles to gain...
Alibaba Cloud is rapidly emerging as a leading hyperscale cloud provider in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, putting AWS and Microsoft under increasing pressure. At a global level, the firm’s revenue...
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To competitively scale future IoT projects, you must build a baseline 5G...
The internet of things (IoT) has already ingrained itself in businesses, homes, and people’s lives—from the humble smartwatch to advanced industrial sensors. However, one of the IoT’s biggest hurdles...
View ArticleInsurers must not underestimate the need to secure the data they collect...
Technology is developing at an impressive pace, and with it, so is the amount of data we generate. Insurers must leverage this growing resource. Historically, valuing risk has been very difficult—it’s...
View ArticlePrevent these three things to avoid SAP SuccessFactors Services failures
#1 Lack of communication The most common quote we hear from SaaS services clients is that “we don’t know what we don’t know”. Service providers that have hundreds of deployments under their belt can...
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The New RPA Manifesto
Exactly seven years ago, HFS launched the concept of robotic process automation (RPA) to the world via a seminal report and blog. We described a Blue Prism technology offering that “appears best...
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Developing the Hyperconnected Airport for Next-Generation Passenger Experience
The travel industry is a dynamic hotbed of complexity, where aligning the ecosystem to customer experience is remarkably complicated. Airports, in particular, have a short time frame for making or...
View ArticleRequest these five team characteristics to make your SAP SuccessFactors...
In the HFS SAP SuccessFactors Services Top 10 Report, we spoke with 31 client references. They shared their experience of working with service providers. Based on this feedback, we provide...
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Is OVH the cloud market’s best-kept secret? You need to know about this...
To many of us, the hyperscale market looks sewn up. AWS has taken the lion’s share of the market with Azure and Google Cloud fighting tooth and claw to build out their share (see Exhibit 1). CIO...
View ArticleHFS Top 10 Industry 4.0 Service Providers 2019
What this Top 10 Report covers HFS Top 10 Industry 4.0 Service Providers 2019 report examines the role service providers play in the evolving Industry 4.0 landscape. We assessed and rated the service...
View ArticleThe Decade to Deliver: Service providers must take advantage of CEOs’ drive...
Sustainable change must be nothing short of complete business re-engineering. It must happen at an industry level—with enterprises, governments, and all third-party sectors—and not be sidelined into...
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To harness data throughout your business, transition finance from the classic...
Reflections from the HFS F&A Leadership Roundtable, Stockholm In October 2019, HFS held a Capgemini-supported executive roundtable in Stockholm’s Grand Hotel. It brought finance and...
View ArticleState of Operations and Outsourcing 2019
Outsourcing needs to find a way forward as enterprise operation leaders seek business services that are customer first and straight to digital. The IT and business services has struggled for some...
View ArticleHFS Top 10 Retail and CPG Services 2019
What this Top 10 Report covers The HFS Top 10 Retail and CPG (consumer packaged goods) Services 2019 report examines the competitive landscape of the top 17 providers of industry-specific...
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Industrial execs must embrace disruptive innovation through providers and...
Non-traditional disruptors are increasingly dictating the present and future of the industrial sector (encompassing the manufacturing and energy industries). Incumbent executives know this, and they...
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Are your IT systems working against you? BFS firms must address creaking IT...
Despite the ongoing emergence of new nimble disruptors, incumbents in the banking and financial services (BFS) industry have remained unphased, continuing to operate on the same legacy systems,...
View ArticleFocus your diversity efforts on retention—not just hiring—to avoid losing talent
While companies’ recruitment processes must give diversity a platform, hiring is not the only problem. There’s constant talk around diverse hiring and whether “token hiring” or quotas work or are...
View ArticlePrivacy on public blockchains: EY clients and the blockchain curious must...
For years, blockchain has been labeled “a solution looking for a problem.” Combined with intense hype, it has been considered for every problem ranging from the world hunger crisis to the mystery of...
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