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...

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.

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).

Despite many economic challenges, a steady increase is being witnessed in the adoption of hosted contact center services in the EMEA market. The competitive landscape sees a mixed range of service providers, sharing a common goal of achieving greater market penetration. The changing landscape of the modern consumer (digitally connected, social medi...

In the connected age, the flow of data through cities is becoming a key contributor to global competitiveness. European cities are taking advantage of public funds to experiment with open access to data and to assess the monetization potential for selected sources. Although estimating the full value of data in the public sector is difficult, govern...

Networking provider Cisco launched a new next generation firewall (NGFW) product on 16 September 2014, as part of its portfolio of Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls. The release marks an interesting development in a market where the convergence of NGFW and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) is gathering momentum

As the smartphone market matures in developed countries, the two most important companies recently outlined their growth strategies. Apple is targeting the high-end smartphone with larger screens and the wearable category with Apple Watch.