BENGALURU, India, December 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
- Innovating new business models and maximizing revenue and profits are the next set of priorities for data
analytics
- Finance and accounting, marketing and operations are key functions that leverage analytics extensively
- When combined with data analytics; allied technologies like AI, IoT & Cloud perceived to be the
most effective in delivering better business outcomes
Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services
and consulting, today published a global research on data analytics from the Infosys Knowledge Institute. The survey titled,
'Endless possibilities with data: Navigate from now to your next', reveals
that a majority of organizations are deploying analytics to enhance customer experiences and mitigate risk.
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This research tries to understand how data analytics is becoming core to driving digital transformation for enterprises and
makes an assessment of enterprise expectations in a world of endless possibilities with data. It also explores a range of
challenges, opportunities, and the role of new technologies in the analytics world.
Highlights of the survey
- 31% of respondents identified the use of analytics with experience enhancement. This includes using intelligence generated
by listening to internal and external stakeholders to drive extreme personalization and high quality customer service
- 28% respondents were interested in leveraging analytics for risk mitigation - predicting risk to enable better decision
making, and detecting anomalies that could disrupt business effectiveness
- Developing new business models by unearthing the latent needs of customers and offering innovative products and services
was seen as the primary analytics requirement of 23% of respondents.
- Revenue and profit maximization through increasing channel effectiveness and thereby enhancing profitability across
processes, channels and stakeholder ecosystems was the analytics priority for the remaining 18%.
- The majority of respondents in the U.S. (32%) and Europe (34%) stated they would like to
use analytics for experience enhancement whereas in ANZ about 31% respondents consider it for risk mitigation
Functions across organization are benefiting from the possibilities of data. Finance and accounting was found to use analytics
the most at 32%, followed by marketing and operations at 20% and 17% respectively. In terms of emerging technologies, Artificial
intelligence was perceived to deliver increased outcomes when combined with analytics at 37% followed by IoT and Cloud
Technologies at 19% and 16% respectively.
The survey found that enterprises in every industry encountered several challenges that prevented them from implementing their
analytics initiatives fully. The biggest challenges stemmed from a lack of expertise in integrating multiple datasets (44% of
respondents) and failure of understanding in deploying the right analysis techniques (43%). This is where enterprises are
looking up to their partners to help industrialize their analytics capabilities by creating an analytics strategy, build an
operational framework, and define a process for executing and governing analytics initiatives.
Satish H.C., EVP and Head, Data Analytics, Infosys, said, "In the world of endless possibilities that data provides,
being data native is core for enterprises to being digital. As enterprises work with limitations of siloed systems, data
integration issues, resources and skills, harnessing the possibilities with data will be essential to navigating their
next. We believe that the findings of this survey will help our clients to fast-track their journey into a data-native
enterprise by industrializing their analytics capabilities and ultimately monetize data."
For a full copy of the report, please visit: http://www.infosys.com/endless-possibilities-with-data
Methodology
Infosys commissioned independent market research company Feedback Business Consulting to undertake a study to understand how
companies are using data analytics today and their expectations in a world of endless possibilities with data. The study was
carried out by interviewing 1062 senior business and technology executives from organizations with annual revenues exceeding
US$ 1 billion and 1000+ employees. Overall the respondents represented 12 industry groups from
the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
About Infosys Knowledge Institute
As enterprises navigate the path to being digital, Infosys Knowledge Institute offers thought leadership to guide their
transformation. With decades' worth of business and technology experience we help enterprises strategize how they reinvent
themselves from the core: their people, processes, and proposition.
About Infosys Ltd.
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to navigate
their digital transformation. With over three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises,
we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that
helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented
levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building
and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.
Visit http://www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your
enterprise navigate your next.
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