Avanade's David Carmichael explains the three pillars of Avanade's New Economics of IT: liquid applications, intelligent platforms and connected ecosystems.

Has IT become a commodity? And if so, is this new state of play beneficial to businesses? These were the questions we debated in the latest of our Reality Exchange Debates between Avanade and CloudTalent experts around topical IT issues. Technologists have been writing about the commoditisation of IT since Nicholas Carr said that ‘IT doesn’t matte...

Most organizations realize that to elevate current service levels and accelerate change, they need to engage a managed services partner.

A good managed services partner operates as part of the same family as its clients, but is also separate enough to provide a broader perspective of the business, in turn adding value.

Avanade's Vishal Sarkar says rightsourcing, as it relates to managed services, means taking into account skill set, location, strategy and ability to scale.

At Avanade, we recognize that our clients are unique. We therefore design behavioral change management services around their specific needs.

IDC's latest research reveals that organizations using Avanade's application and infrastructure Managed Services are creating significant business value.

The term, Managed Services is growing in significance since it is a more descriptive term for solutions that go beyond just cost savings.