Information Technology

In previous articles, Frost & Sullivan described how open innovation (OI) means that Innovation Has Left the Lab: A Primer and First Step on an Open Innovation Journey and how ICT Takes Open Innovation to the Rest of the Economy.

The energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is on the verge of smart grid transformation. Smart metering remains the key focal point, and smart grid technologies are deployed in pilot projects. This study provides a market analysis of smart energy development in CEE and presents key characteristics of the fast growing IT market in the reg...

In 2013, network access control (NAC) entered a hot market stage. Frost & Sullivan estimates that NAC global revenues grew 40.5% year-over-year. Continuing strong demand for NAC functionality is expected over the next five years. The primary reason is that NAC is an essential last line of defense against cyber-attackers that see network-connectin...

The total number of North American residential broadband subscribers grew by 330,000 in 3Q 2014, to a total of nearly 104.7 million. Compared to 3Q 2013, total subscriber numbers increased by 3.9% in the US, and by 3.5% in Canada.

The landscape for choosing a hosted/cloud contact center solution has become complex because of the variety of offerings from traditional contact center vendors, pure-play software as a service (SaaS) providers, telecom service providers, outsourcers, and system integrators. The purpose of this buyers guide is to provide enterprise organizations an...

On 9 September 2014, the iPhone 6 and the long-anticipated Apple Watch were unveiled at Apple’s keynote address. The most surprising development, however, was Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a mobile wallet technology that enables contactless payment from an array of cards stored on a single iPhone.

Professional cyber security services are value-added security advisory, implementation services, and technical services, such as assessment, benchmarking, design, planning, configuration, and incident response services. Key professional security services segments include security advisory, implementation services, and technical services. This repo...

Despite significant challenges, the Internet economy is to remain a growth hotspot in Russia’s economic landscape—that is the easiest but most important conclusion one can make from this year’s press conference related to the results of the annual study of the Russian Internet Economy (2013–2014).

Choosing a contact center solutions partner is complex and poses dozens of options across systems, on-premise/cloud deployments, and business process outsourcers (BPOs). This Buyers Guide provides enterprise organizations with a fundamental assessment of contact center systems providers and their capabilities. The guide is divided into two section...