Information Technology

Frost & Sullivan strongly believes that the world is about to cross the inflection point in the progress of artificial intelligence (AI). Breakthroughs in deep learning have dramatically improved computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and robotic motion systems; AI is becoming a core part of the economy and society much more quickly th...

On 14 May 2016, Dr. Amnon Eden gave a lecture at London Futurists on the controversy around the potential of a singularity event. Eden is a computer scientist who specialises in software design and architecture, machine learning, and superintelligence.

Web analytics have been around since 2005, when Google essentially created the category by launching Google Analytics, and technologies and solutions in this area have matured over the last decade.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a vision for the future of the world in which a huge number of devices are connected to the Internet through embedded computer chips. On the consumer side this involves products such as smartphones, drones, cars, televisions, wearables, and even refrigerators collating data in unprecedented volume and granularity.

At the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York from 2 to 4 May 2016, some of the greatest minds and businesses in blockchain came together to discuss some of the most exciting applications, opportunities, and challenges of blockchain technology. Everyone from the largest incumbent industry leaders through to hackathon-fresh start-ups had a presenc...

An event on 3 May 2016, organised by Messaging Bots London under the title "Forget apps, now the bots take over," provided inspiration for this short thought piece. It looks at the emergence of bots as an increasingly popular mode of interaction for users with services through app-based messages as their user interface.

Frost & Sullivan has identified key trends for the European software industry based on its recent study “The Top 16 Predictions for 2016.” The dramatic shifts highlighted throughout the prediction categories all involve a key theme—change driven by Mega Trends. The study provides a trend analysis on each prediction in the market that is expe...

On 30 March 2016, The Digital and Social Media Leadership Foundation (DSMLF) hosted the “Robots at Work” event. Speakers and panellists from Deloitte UK, IBM Watson, Vidrona, and London Futurists attracted a keen, technology-interested crowd to explore the potential impact of robotics on companies, industries, and society at large.

On 5 April 2016, The Norwegian Computer Society hosted an evening event in Oslo on smart cities. Guro Røed of Link Mobility and the Mobile Strategy Working Group of the Norwegian Computer Society kicked off the event.