Category: Analysis

Exponential progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, fueled by the combination of cloud, big data and new algorithms, is transforming the retail industry. As AI leverages big data to automate, predict and personalize, retail is testing and implementing these applications to garner robust competitive advantages. The key focus for AI in retail is customer relationships. In times of concerns for the retail sector in the UK where sales posted biggest quarterly fall since 2010, the refashioning of this industry comes as a breath of fresh air with many…

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The Worldwide Semiannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide update, recently released by International Data Corporation (IDC), forecasts Western European revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market to reach $2.5 billion in 2017, showing a 131% increase over the $1.1 billion spent in 2016. AR/VR spending will further accelerate in the coming years, achieving a compound annual growth rate (2015-2020 CAGR) of 210% and totaling $25.7 billion in 2020. “These kinds of devices have been around for a while; but now we are seeing the right combination of content, components, investment and…

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According to the recently issued Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts a stable consumer and enterprise mobility market in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region over the 2016-2020 period. Total CEE market revenue is expected to increase from $60.9 billion in 2016 to $64.7 in 2020, reflecting a 1.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Connectivity services will represent the largest category of mobility spending over the forecast period, with a slightly decreasing share of the overall market. Hardware investments will contribute over 36% to mobility spending,…

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Big data is an idiom which describes the huge volume of data (includes both structured & unstructured) that engulf a business during its various operational transactions. It has long been a buzzword in various IT strategic discussions & board rooms of many organizations. Big data can be analysed for making various strategic decisions (i.e. E-commerce companies making the availability/optimization of their stocks based upon the prophecy from social media), improving health care (i.e. Apples health App, by which one can collect data from users phone to study the health related…

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According to the Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Industry and Company Size published by International Data Corporation (IDC), overall IT market spending is forecast to grow in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with the government and finance sectors showing the greatest year-on-year spending increase. IDC forecasts that IT spending (hardware, software, and services combined) in the CEE region will reach $62.58 billion in 2017. By 2020, it is expected to exceed $70.58 billion. In the public sector, growth is being driven by digital transformation projects such as egovernment and smart cities solutions.…

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According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 14.5% year over year to $7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), ahead of renewed hyperscale growth expected in the second half of 2016. The overall share of cloud IT infrastructure sales climbed to 34.9% in 2Q16, up from 30.6% a year ago. Revenue from infrastructure sales to private cloud grew by 14.0% to…

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Application delivery controllers are a key component within enterprise and cloud data centers to improve application availability, performance and security. However, the market is in a state of flux, with a growing divergence between the needs of traditional I&O and application-centric personnel. Strategic Planning Assumptions By the end of 2018, more than 30% of enterprises will use containerized ADC form factors in their environments, up from less than 5% today. By the end of 2017, enterprises will be able to obtain lightweight “container friendly” ADC instances from 90% of the…

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If you haven’t already checked out the update for Microsoft Dynamic CRM Spring 2016 Wave the company announced in May 2016, you might want to have a look, especially if the Internet of Things (IoT) or machine learning is important to your customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Here are the top three improvements Microsoft introduced with this update, although there are many more that you may find useful, as well. 1. Connected Field Service The Connected Field Service solution is designed to continuously monitor IoT-enabled devices. For service companies, this…

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Successful digital transformation comes not from implementing new technologies but from transforming your organization to take advantage of the possibilities that new technologies provide. Major digital transformation initiatives are centered on re-envisioning customer experience, operational processes and business models. Companies are changing how functions work, redefining how functions interact, and even evolving the boundaries of the firm. 1) Companies face common pressures from customers, employees and competitors to begin or speed up their digital transformation. However they are transforming at different paces with different results. 2) Successful digital transformation comes…

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Telenor releases Digital Frontrunners study The Facebook family is strengthening its position amongst digital frontrunners globally. While most time is spent on messaging apps, today’s young consumers still rate SMS and mobile calls as intrinsic to their communication habits. And there’s a new challenger on the market: watch out as internet calls gain momentum in Asia.  (Fornebu, 20 June 2016): In a Telenor Research study conducted in November-December 2015, mobile users aged 16-35 years in Telenor Group’s markets in Asia and Europe were interviewed about their mobile communication habits. The…

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