Monthly Archive:: July 2018

Advice for buying or building a digital platform

As digital technologies mature and become applicable, they present a tremendous opportunity for companies to rethink and rearchitect their business to create better client experience, better quality results and lower costs. These opportunities are broad and extensive. At the core of all digital transformations is the assembling and perfection of a digital platform. But

CIOs Struggle with Gap in Digital Transformation Expectations and Delivery Capabilities

As part of our Pinnacle Model™ methodology and benchmarking, Everest Group recently conducted a study of over 200 companies on their digital transformation readiness. The study found companies’ boards of directors typically believe digital transformation is about technology, and they typically under-estimate the cost and expect results in months, not years. Those expectations are

Accenture and Genpact Making Big Plays In Supply Chain Digital Transformation

The supply chain function is an area crying out for a digital platform or utility. In fact, I believe it’s ripe for digital disruption. Digital technologies such as automation, advanced analytics, AI, cloud and the IoT can make a huge contribution to rationalizing and managing the supply chain for companies in the North American

Where Most Companies Go Wrong In Digital Transformation

Many companies’ senior leaders and board of directors believe a company can buy digital technology, implement it and get the benefit of it in a few months. That’s an illusion. Because of the depth and breadth of change required to succeed, that belief is not realistic. The record of studies on digital transformation indicate

How HCL Differentiates from Other Service Providers in a Digital World

Third-party service providers are talking a lot about digital transformation, and their strategies for rotating into digital services are well underway. HCL Technologies is quietly taking a different strategy, creating a different base of business than providers such as Cognizant, Infosys, TCS and Wipro are building. This strategy is currently rewarding HCL with higher