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For Corporate’s Sake: Know Your Procedures for Global Systems Access

By Sharon D. Richards

Over the past two decades, IT teams have been adopting practices from agile development methodology – or at least a hybrid-agile approach – in which rapid software development and delivery methods rule supreme.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Digital Case Studies

Shaping the Digital Future of Business: 12 Stories of Successful Enterprise-Provider Partnerships, a new book that profiles 12 organizations that represent the best examples of achieving digital transformation.

Categories: Research

ISG Provider Lens Germany 2018 - Digitale Services bringen die Old Economy ins Wanken

Die digitale Transformation steht auf der Prioritätenliste von Unternehmen ganz oben.

From Applications to Data Centers, Digital is Driving the Global Sourcing Market

By Steve Hall

The data center is going digital. Not in the binary-code sense, but from the standpoint of being based in the cloud.

Categories: Research

Neuer großer ISG-Vergleich der Social-Business-Anbieter für Deutschland: Social Business im ChatBot-Zeitalter

Das Beratungs- und IT-Marktforschungshaus ISG Information Services Group hat seinen neuen großen Social-Business-Anbietervergleich veröffentlicht.

Automation: It's Not Hard, and It's Not Easy

By Keri Smith

Robotic process automation (RPA) is quick and cheap to implement, so why do some organizations struggle to get the benefits they expect?

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

SAP Licensing Molds to Digital Business

By Bill Huber

It will be important for each organization that uses SAP to embark on a careful strategy review – including discovery, scenario modeling, financial analysis and risk/reward decisioning – before determining its licensing path.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

The Automation Journey: From No, to Know, to Now

By Todd Lavieri

How much difference can automation make?

Categories: Banking Consulting Financial Services Industries Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Does Automation Heighten Compliance Risks?

By Mark Davison Ray Shehata

Insurance and financial services firms everywhere are flocking to robotic process automation (RPA) for obvious reasons.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Connected Manufacturing Forum 2018

ISG is attending the Connected Manufacturing Conference.

How Should a CFO Think about the Potential for Blockchain in Finance & Accounting?

By Scott Furlong David Houston

Blockchain is an emerging technology that allows data to be stored in a distributed ledger and continuously verified by network nodes that secure and process block transactions.

Categories: Blockchain Business Advisory Services Consulting

Bye-Bye “Classic” Windows PC

By Louis Pellegrino

The backbone of the Microsoft machine, PC-based Windows, is entering the twilight of its existence.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

ISG Provider Lens™ Study – Engineering Services 2019 (Overview)

Engineering Service though is a traditional market but is seeing a lot of transitional changes and major shifts are happening in this space.

ISG Provider Lens™ Study – Engineering Services 2019 (Study)

ISG Provider Lens™ Research (Archetype & Quadrant) are dedicated studies of relevant offerings related to specific IT or BPO topics or service lines over multiple regions

ISG Provider Lens™ Study – Engineering Services 2019 (Research & Methodology)

ISG Provider Lens™ Research (Archetype & Quadrant) are dedicated studies of relevant offerings related to specific IT or BPO topics or service lines over multiple regions

Digital Transformation Must Empower CFOs

By Namratha Dharshan

Technologies such as automation, analytics and cloud platforms have fundamentally changed how finance and accounting (F&A) services are delivered today.

Categories: Research

Best Practices for Managing Risk through Automation

By Mark Davison

Finance leaders face continuing challenges in measuring and managing risk.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Does Your Software Buy/Sell Model Feel Like a Tenant/Landlord Relationship?

By Louis Pellegrino

You must have noticed that most, if not all, of your enterprise software suppliers have moved aggressively away from traditional software licensing models to hosted, service-based subscriptions.

Categories: Consulting Network Advisory Services Software Advisory Services

Paving the Cow Path: Automating As-Is Can Pay Off Quickly

Organizations have a choice to make when it comes to automating business processes.

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

The Foundation of Successful Enterprise Agility – Strong DevOps Teams

Whether you are actively building a more agile enterprise with DevOps, lean and Agile methodologies or are just purchasing and implementing DevOps-enabling tools, investing in the capabilities of your people is key to the success of any DevOps initiative.

Categories: Consulting Operating Model Design and Implementation