Category: OneOffice

  • Can Manish reinvent Accenture to deliver reinvention?

    July 02, 2025 |

    I am personally excited for my good friend Manish Sharma taking on the challenge of bringing together Accenture’s crown jewels of Strategy, Consulting, Song, Technology, and Operations to spearhead its Reinvention Services capability. Today's services playbook is changing radically and all the leading providers have no choice but to practice what they preach and take themselves through painful bottom-up change, where they need to focus on repaying their legacy debts of the last two decades to reinvent their own cultures, break down their silos and create distinct value for their clients.  Being a true services-as-software provider necessitates a completely integrated company operating under one mission, one culture, one brand and one united leadership team energized by working together.  But if anyone can pull this off, Manish can...Read More

  • How Generative and Agentic AI are Supercharging the OneOffice Data Cycle

    June 10, 2025 |

    We finally have an injection of rocket fuel from Generative and Agentic AI to create intelligent agents that can sense, decide, and act with autonomy... as long as we have our data strategy right. To be a truly autonomous organization, the principles of OneOffice hold truer than ever: workflows executed in real-time between customers and employees that engage partners right across our business ecosystems.Read More

  • Services-as-Software threatens to kill off BPO specialists as WNS eyes Capgemini as a strategic exit partner

    As speculation of a Capgemini takeover of WNS hots up, you have to question the future of BPO specialist firms as the worlds of services and software continue to blend together in a rapidly emerging $1.5 trillion market, which HFS last year termed "Services-as-Software".Read More

  • Services-as-Software presents a $1.5 Trillion Opportunity for both Software and Services firms

    February 07, 2025 | ,

    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

  • Welcome to the era of Services-as-Software… where the lines between services and software are blurring

    December 22, 2024 | ,

    Two very different worlds, one based on humans and the other on technology, are becoming one blended, scalable solution we are calling Services-as-Software. In short, the line between services and software is blurring and eventually vanishing, and this progression has become more crucial than ever.Read More

  • From Physical to Digital Labor: Will Salesforce’s AgentForce 2.0 replace traditional jobs and outsourcing?

    December 18, 2024 | ,

    Salesforce’s AgentForce 2.0 signals a new era of digital labor, redefining how enterprises manage productivity, outsourcing, and internal workforce models. By integrating AI-driven Digital Workforce Equivalents (DWEs) into its platform, Salesforce positions itself as a cornerstone of the agentic AI revolution, challenging traditional IT and outsourcing paradigms. We believe this release signals a clear path toward the services industry’s shift toward Services-as-Software.Read More

  • Happy one-year birthday, Microsoft Copilot. Now, can you be more than a quick AI win for the lazy CIO?

    November 23, 2024 | ,

    It’s been exactly two years since ChatGPT 3.0 hit the streets and dramatically changed the AI conversation.  One of the key beneficiaries has been Microsoft Copilot, which, in barely one year, has generated a remarkable $1 billion in revenues and created a vehicle for CIOs to claim early “AI victory” to their corporate leaders hungry to exploit the delights of this AI revolution. So, with Microsoft positioning Copilot as the new "UI for AI," what do CIOs and their C-Suite counterparts need to do to achieve more value than a glossy AI veneer?Read More

  • GenAI or Die

    We've finally reached the point in our careers when we need to learn new and more ingenious ways of doing things. No more papering over the cracks, no more passing the problems onto someone else to fix. YOU are the problem that now needs fixing. Generative AI is your secret weapon. It tears down barriers, fuels innovation, and keeps you ahead of the curve. Adapt or perish – the choice is yours.Read More

  • Why actions will eat code

    March 07, 2024 | ,

    After a remarkable journey through the era of computerization and its remarkable contributions, we stand at a pivotal moment of innovation. It's time to bid farewell to a core element that has been instrumental in its success:  We must undertake a comprehensive reevaluation of our enterprise application suites and the ecosystem of coding that has been central to their development and support. Our future is all about visible actions and invisible technology...Read More

  • Francis chances with HFS!

    January 31, 2024 |

    We are thrilled to announce a significant addition to the HFS Research team, as we welcome Francis Carden as our new Chief Technology Evangelist. Francis brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise that will undoubtedly enhance our capabilities and benefit our clients. Francis brings four decades of invaluable experience in the realm of software automation, having co-founded successful companies such as Pixel Innovations and OpenSpan. In 2016, Pega acquired OpenSpan to launch its RPA capabilities, and Francis led Pega's digital automation and robotics business.Read More