• NEW
    Blog
    June 05, 2026

    A new phase in AI-era enterprise networking  For years, telecom providers focused on connectivity, while hyperscalers controlled cloud platforms, that separation is now fading.    Lumen’s acquisition of Alkira is more than a cloud networking deal; it signals a broader shift in…
  • Provider Compendium
    Oct. 21, 2024

    Enterprises struggle to define, measure, realize, and refine value from their cloud investments, leading to increased dissatisfaction among cloud-consuming businesses. The gap between cloud promises and reality highlights fragmented cloud cost management and misaligned strategies. Consequently,…
  • PEAK Matrix®
    Aug. 09, 2024

    Enterprises today struggle to define, measure, realize, and refine value from their cloud investments, leading to increased dissatisfaction among cloud-consuming businesses. The gap between cloud promises and the reality highlights fragmented cloud cost management and misaligned…
  • Blog
    July 26, 2024

    Global Business Services (GBS) must evolve and, as the iconic Queen song references, “break free,” from outdated practices. This blog explores how GBS organizations should move beyond their comfort zones when it comes to managing hybrid…
  • Event
    March 13, 2024

    The GBS model has become a multifunctional platform with finance among the oldest of the capabilities established. However, our research shows that the overwhelming level of activity performed by both Finance Shared Services (FSS) and GBS…
  • Viewpoint
    March 20, 2020

    As the world’s attention has increasingly turned towards the COVID-19 virus over the course of 2020, most shared services organizations have already triggered their business continuity plans and adjusted their operations. The uncertainty associated with a…