Category: The Generative Enterprise
2025 is the breakthrough year for Generative Enterprise — and partnering with a capable services partner is critical
Prepare for a breakthrough year in the Generative Enterprise—powered by the potential of agentic AI to deliver end-to-end, self-improving, cross-silo processes to achieve business outcomes, the promise of deregulation, and greater access to infrastructure of the Stargate program, and a new wave of LLM innovation exemplified by China’s DeepSeek. Our Generative Enterprise Services Horizons report 2025 identified several trends: how service providers are meeting enterprise needs, effectively training people, what enterprises need more of from their service partners, and what customers and partners have to say about their service experiences.Read More
Services-as-Software presents a $1.5 Trillion Opportunity for both Software and Services firms
Enter Services-as-Software—an AI-first, automated service layer that’s coming to obliterate everything in its path. No more billable hours. No more clunky SaaS. Services-as-Software is not a death knell for service providers and software vendors. It’s the $1.5 trillion opportunity of our lifetime. Read More
To assure the journey toward the Generative Enterprise™, organizations must show humility for the unknown
Quality assurance (QA), or simply “testing,” as it was called in the old days, can no longer be a reactive afterthought coupled with an unwillingness to invest in quality. Instead, it must become an integral part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and take on a much more holistic responsibility for assuring transformational outcomes.Read More
Can Cognizant shape the technology arbitrage era with Thirdera?
Cognizant made the most significant move in the ServieNow ecosystem to date by acquiring pureplay Thirdera, the largest independent consultancy that adds significant muscle in the US and also expands Cognizant's presence in Europe and APAC. Cognizant has a significant opportunity with Thirdera to differentiate its broad transformation capabilities, but must learn lessons from its previous Linium acquisition to preserve and build on Thirdera's unique culture.Read More
Cliff riffs on GenAI’s Edison moment…
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Cliff Justice, KPMG’s US head of Enterprise Innovation, to delve into the transformative power of AI and its implications for individuals and businesses.Read More
Ravi explores this emerging jagged technology frontier enhanced by GenAI
Phil Fersht talks Ravi Kumar on how he is shaping things up at Cognizant in light of the opportunities and potential threats posed by GenAI.Read More
Entering a decade of Total Enterprise Reinvention… Julie Sweet on creating value in the Generative Enterprise
As part of our GenAI Leaders Series, we got time with Accenture CEO Julie Sweet to talk about how the $64 Billion dollar corporation is approaching GenAI.Read More
Service providers are investing ahead of the curve in GenAI, but are enterprises truly ready to partner with them?
Which of today's leading service providers have the real chops to provide GenAI value at scale? Who's actively backing up their big rhetoric with real know-how and capability? Well... after an exhausting process of researching the 35 market leaders, their customers and partners, we can provide the industry's first real view of how the GenAI services landscape is shaking out.Read More
Azeem Azhar: Will bad processes kill your GenAI revolution?
In a fireside conversation with HFS Research CEO and Chief Analyst Phil Fersht, AI evangelist Azeem Azhar offers evidence that LLMs are already helping people do their work quicker, at higher performance levels – and with greater employee satisfaction.Read More
The hegemony-obsessed platform economy is scouting for credible provider partners
The last decade-plus has seen the ascendancy of platform businesses like Uber, Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Spotify and today, six of the top 10 global businesses by market capitalization are platform businesses. The Services for the Platform Economy, 2023 Horizons report covers seven notable providers helping their platform clients efficiently run operations, expand business, and realize value.Read More