Information Technology

Companies that leverage the huge amount of information available today and in the near future will improve decision making and enable the accurate delivery of advanced functionality such as predictive insights. Pervasive, or ubiquitous, computing is gradually helping technologists worldwide to realize the IoT vision. This study offers five examples...

As the proliferation of wearable devices increases, newer market applications emerge. The smart home market is an attractive opportunity for employing wearable devices. A nascent market, it is important for smart home and wearable vendors to understand the market potential and prepare for the evolution of the smart home ecosystem. In this report, F...

The information technology and mobile phone revolution is bringing much needed economic change to emerging countries. However, the pace of growth requires rapid acceleration. As of 2014, 60% of the global population did not have access to the Internetwith 56% out of this 60% living in emerging countries. The study examines the need for a collabor...

Blockchains are a new data structure that is secure, cryptography-based, and distributed across a network. The technology supports cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and the transfer of any data or digital asset. Spearheaded by Bitcoin, blockchains achieve consensus among distributed nodes, allowing the transfer of digital goods without the need for...

Bitcoin is the first successful digital currency. Its success lies in its ability to create consensus for a transaction database, a blockchain, between a large number of independent sources, or nodes. Bitcoin has a number of unique and powerful properties. Envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s consensus allows transaction between mutually unk...

Emerging "game-changing" technologies are reshaping industries, providing the foundation for widespread digital transformation. Frost & Sullivan’s Digital Transformation team tracks developments that hint at fundamental shifts in the way we will live and do business—developments to keep on your radar to ensure you capture future growth opportun...

As of 2014, 60% of the global population did not have access to Internet, of which, 56% belonged to emerging countries. As a positive correlation between Internet proliferation and economic development has already been established, bridging this digital divide has become a pressing challenge for the emerging economies. Greater Internet adoption aff...

The expansion of the Internet can help governments drive transformational growth for their economies, leading to better healthcare outcomes. The Internet can expand access to education, improve the environment, and drive sustainable and inclusive growth. While bridging the digital divide is one pressing challenge predominantly for emerging economie...

The Frost & Sullivan analysis of the global public vulnerability research market in 2014 is part of a series of studies compiled from various public sources to analyze the public vulnerability landscape from 2013 to 2014. Vulnerability data is collected, queried, and segmented, resulting in a wealth of information that is intended to provide qualit...