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Meet our engineering genie… and her name is Nandini
Anyone tracking HFS will have noticed some terrific new brains join us over the past couple of years from all over the world, but one area we have been really keen to bolter is engineering services. And we were lucky enough to hire a smiling insomniac in Nandini Tare, who's helped us grow our practice and coverage significantly, especially with her recent flagship Horizons report on Digital Engineering Service Providers. So let's hear from her directly what makes her tick and her views in the industry...Read More
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The Metaverse: Reports of ‘meh’ are greatly exaggerated
The Metaverse is so much more than Zuckerburg's stumbling business model; it's the complete immersion of augmented experiences enabled by AI and, ultimately, by Web3. Enterprise leaders should not allow knee-jerk headlines to distract them. The Metaverse is not going away, as proven by the investments continuing to be made and the practices, products, and services being established by leading service providers and consultancies. Your rivals are increasing their investment in the Metaverse. Your choice is between joining them now or scrambling to catch up later. Read More
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HFS Horizons: Digital Engineering Service Providers, 2023
The HFS Horizons: Digital Engineering Service Providers, 2023 report examines service providers’ roles in digital engineering aligning enterprise objectives with service provider value. We assessed 25 service providers across their value propositions (the why), execution and innovation capabilities (the what), go-to-market strategy (the how), and market impact criteria (the so what) to best understand and plot the value they offer to their digital engineering clients.Read More
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HFS launches large language search capability to revolutionize research access
HFS Research, the leading analyst firm focused on the autonomous enterprise, today unveiled the first analyst search capability based on Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) to search the HFS Web.Read More
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One clear process intelligence market leader emerges
The 'HFS Horizons Process Intelligence Products 2023' evaluates leading process mining and task mining vendors’ capabilities. Process intelligence products have the potential to help enterprises significantly impact operations and tackle technical and process debt.Read More
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New HFS Horizons Report! Retail banks aggressively pursue new forms of value
The HFS Horizons Report: The Best Service Providers for Retail Banks, 2023 assesses how well service providers are helping their retail banking clients embrace innovation and realize value across three distinct horizons: Digital, Experience, and Growth.Read More
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Which providers lead sourcing and procurement services in 2023?
The latest Sourcing and Procurement Horizons report is a snapshot of leading procurement service providers' sourcing and procurement services capabilities. The aim of CPOs is to realize the value of procurement beyond costs and savings. We assessed 10 service providers on their capabilities across a defined series of value propositions, execution and innovation, go-to-market strategy, the voice of the customer, and alignment with the HFS OneOffice criteria.Read More
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Who’s leading the pack for strategic finance services?
The HFS Strategic Finance Horizons report analyzes services provider capabilities shaping the financial planning and analysis industry and their proven capabilities to help their enterprise customers access critical financial data at speed. HFS assessed 13 major service providers' prowess in the strategic areas of FP&A. Read More
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Sustainability in 2023: Business continues to outpace politics. But not by enough
We’re still clueless about sustainability. Key people, in key organizations, in key rooms, still need help with contextualizing their roles and where to best spend their time and energy. Here we run over some musing across the global context, sustainability services, the energy and utilities industries, and the supply chain. If you make it to the bottom, you’ll find the last sources of optimism in the hand of both services firms and the increasingly powerful coalitions of the willing hoping to overcome the failures of politics and apologize later.Read More
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New HFS Horizons Report! Healthcare Payer Service Providers are all about the right fit
In October 2022, HFS said goodbye to the Top 10s and welcomed HFS Horizons, a forward-looking construct to evaluate service providers. Our first industry focused horizon report is the healthcare payer service provider report that was published in November 2022. This report helps healthcare enterprise buyers make high-confidence buying and partnering decisions in the context of the specific challenges they are attempting to address. Read More