Information Technology Insights

Enterprise Technology

Three Takeaways on the Future of AI From the Nvidia Conference

AI is becoming core enterprise infrastructure, re-architecting how companies compete.

Vector℠

AI Raises the Stakes for Product Model

AI technology gives businesses a chance to rethink how product model creates value.

Enterprise Technology

Nvidia GTC 2025: AI Matures into Enterprise Infrastructure

Companies are changing the architecture for how they compete.

Vector℠

A Focused Tech Strategy Leads to Better Business Outcomes

Too many companies try to do “everything, everywhere, all at once,” and end up executing their plans inefficiently.

Wealth & Asset Management

Driving Productivity and Profitability With Next-Gen Wealth Management

Winning with experience, integration, and AI.

Financial Services

Four Ways to Improve Performance in Financial Services

Smart technology choices alone won’t fuel change. True adoption requires a culture shift.

Higher Education

Five Functions Where AI Is Already Delivering

Spurred on by early success, companies of all sizes are increasing their spending on generative AI.

Technology

To Deploy Generative AI Successfully, Look to Earlier Automations

The most experienced firms are widening their lead in cost savings and productivity.

Technology

Updating Enterprise Technology to Scale to “AI Everywhere”

The rapid adoption of generative AI has CIOs managing significant changes in the ways that work gets done.

Insurance

Insurers Can Parlay Technology into a Competitive Edge

Data management and analytics have become essential for carriers looking to tap emerging opportunities.

Financial Services

Are You Organized to Reap Value from Generative AI?

The right operating model can speed up return on investment.

AI, Insights, and Solutions

Top Digital Use Cases by Industry

Bain’s research identifies the most useful digital applications, including those that offer the best opportunities for competitive advantage.

Enterprise Technology

Digital Transformations: Six Actions that Lead to Success

Bain’s research identifies key strategies underlying how digital leaders invest in technology and manage continuous disruption.

Vector℠

Automation Scorecard 2024: Lessons Learned Can Inform Deployment of Generative AI

The most experienced firms are widening their lead in cost savings and productivity.

Digitalization in CPG

Capturing the Future of Digital in Consumer Products

Digitization’s third wave is the most vexing, but it will determine the industry’s leaders.

Digitalization in CPG

How Consumer Product Companies Are Adopting AI

The industry has yet to fully embrace the vast opportunities for real benefits.

Sustainability

Achilles’ Heel to Accelerator: How Digital Can Create Sustainability Leadership

Companies need to upgrade their technology to meet sustainability goals, but few believe that they have the capabilities to do so today.

Enterprise Technology

Three Use Cases That Are Working in Generative AI Today

Leading companies demonstrate the use cases that are already delivering value and the technology required to implement them.

Financial Services

After Years of Customer Loyalty Programs in Insurance, What Works, and What’s Next?

Based on Bain’s 10 years of research, five themes describe the progress and challenges of earning customers’ advocacy in an increasingly digital experience.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

How Can AI Be Used in Machinery & Equipment?

Explore the use cases with the highest potential.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

An Overlooked Ace: Finding Value in Your Installed Base

Digital models of installed machinery can improve product performance and predict necessary maintenance.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

Digital Solutions in Machinery: Don’t Be Left Behind

The industry has reached a turning point in the shift from products to solutions.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

The Feedback Machine: The Magic of Closed-Loop Product Life Cycle Management

Leaders use data from every stage of a product’s life to increase speed to market and reduce costs.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

Artificial Intelligence Rockets to the Top of the Manufacturing Priority List

Increased adoption of artificial intelligence significantly boosts productivity and improves performance.

Advanced Manufacturing & Services

The Factory of the Future Could Boost Productivity by 30% or More

The key is integrating lean, digital, artificial intelligence, and sustainability measures.

Retail

Technology in Retail: Escaping the Complexity Trap

Simplifying and modernizing tech is getting even harder, but industry leaders show a path forward.

Financial Services

How Bank CIOs Can Build a Solid Foundation for Generative AI

A comprehensive approach, not siloed proofs of concept, will allow a bank to serve customers better and improve its economics.

Financial Services

Five Themes That Will Fundamentally Change Wholesale Banking

Slower growth raises new challenges around technology, talent, and environmental issues.

Enterprise Technology

Harnessing the Value of Cloud

Cloud isn’t just more technology; it’s a critical business enabler

Retail

The State of Unified Commerce: A Bain and Aptos Study

Retail execs say it’s important to have a single view of customers across channels, but only about half believe they have the right investment strategy to deliver.