Year: 2023
A modern-era lift and shift: Danske Bank seeks massive cost-to-income ratio improvement with the help of Infosys
As the IT services industry braces for a slowdown in 2023 with large deals taking eons to get completed, Infosys adds some renewed hope to ambitious service providers that big, meaty deals can still get thrashed out, with a 1,400 employee $450 million outsourcing engagement with Danske Bank.However, rather than basing a deal's value on tangible cost takeout from onshore–offshore employee displacement, firms like Danske have to look to other metrics to justify the cost. Those metrics are tied firmly to the technology and talent (aka “digital”) capabilities Infosys can bring to the table to make Danske a more innovative, efficient, competitive—and ultimately profitable bank.Read More
Most benefits administrators are missing the opportunity to address a multi-generational workforce
The aspirations of a post-pandemic multi-generational workforce continue to evolve, and the proliferation of technology is accelerating—yet benefits administration appears stuck in a legacy paradigm. Employers and benefits administrators are guilty of not sufficiently investing in understanding their employees’ evolving needs and not reimagining how they address their health, wealth, and professional needs beyond traditional solutions.We evaluated the 25 benefits administrators for their ability to address the cost (Horizon 1), experience (Horizon 2), and health outcomes (Horizon 3) for employees globally - the first of a kind study ever conducted for the employee benefits services industry.Read More
Ten tectonic reasons why the shift to ChatGPT-4 from ChatGPT-3.5 will change your world
Overnight, you have been gifted with software providing an incredible ability to generate human-like text, understand and respond to queries, perform simple tasks, and even hold a conversation. When you fully immerse yourself in GPT-4, you'll quickly see how rapidly the errors of the previous version have been ironed out with some significant performance improvements.Read More
Are you providing services for the Generative Enterprise? HFS is researching who’s got what it takes
HFS is launching the industry’s first competitive analysis of professional services firms and the value they are creating with enterprise clients with the adoption and experimentation of generative AI tech. Read More
Why lazy transactional lawyers should be very scared of GPT-4
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed lawyer will not be king for much longer. ChatGPT is exposing lazy people compared to smart, diligent ones, and lawyers are no exception to the rule – everyone is being held to account by their ability to use LLMs properly and professionally. Read More
Cognizant gets savvy with Ravi to resurrect its mojo at the intersection of industry and technology
In its recent past, Cognizant had achieved what most of the industry still fails at today: Everyone understood the “Why Cognizant”, versus just the “what” and the “how”. What had been the poster child for modern offshore-centric outsourcing for a decade and a half has struggled since activist investor Elliot management squeezed the life out of the firm in 2017. Can new CEO Ravi Kumar reinvigorate the firm’s culture while also setting out a new course for growth in the era of The Generative Enterprise? The bookings momentum in 2023 is indicating the firm is on the right track...Read More
AI-washing is taking over humanity…
Massive public misidentifications are making the AI term both a scapegoat for unpopular job layoffs and a magic hype-wand for vendor marketing, as literally every firm touching technology is launching their "GenAI" suite of offerings on a daily basis. The pressure is on executives, investors, public decision-makers, and influencers to skill-up fast and learn how to approach the AI craze with cunning instead of credulity.Read More
Seven Golden Recommendations to Reinvent Ourselves for the Generative Enterprise
HFS’ Generative Enterprise articulates the pursuit of AI technologies based on Large Language Models (LLMs) and ChatGPT to reap huge business benefits to organizations in terms of continuously generating new ideas, redefining how work gets done, and disrupting business models steeped in decades of antiquated process and technology. It's critical to prepare ourselves as AI becomes the interface to the Internet - and to physical business.Read More
IBM Watson missed the AI revolution, but Watsonx could become the heartbeat of the Generative Enterprise
IBM unveiled its multi-model and multi-cloud Watsonx to drive AI-first enterprises - what we are calling "The Generative Enterprise" at HFS. IBM is describing the platform as a "full technology stack" for training, tuning, and deploying AI models, including foundation and large language models while ensuring tight data governance controls. In our view, Watsonx is the first enterprise-grade offering to address the Generative Enterprise holistically. Here’s our interpretation of WatsonxRead More