Information Technology

Even if predictive maintenance were to become widespread in the manufacturing vertical, it would impact only one area of a manufacturer’s operations. BDA has the potential to leverage data collected through IoT—and almost 40 other areas—to do much more for manufacturing companies, in almost every corner of the enterprise. This report analyzes...

The North American EMM market is in a state of flux, rapidly evolving from standalone mobile device management (MDM) and now transitioning into an expansive unified endpoint management (UEM) experience that also encompasses desktop computers, wearables, and select smart IoT (Internet of Things) devices. How providers manage this evolution will impa...

In this report, we examine the challenges enterprises face in migrating data and workloads to the cloud. We look at several approaches to handling data migration, as well as the benefits and liabilities of each approach from the enterprise customer’s perspective. Finally, we review the services offered by selected providers in the market.

This Stratecast report briefly explores why NoSQL databases came into existence in the first place; the pros and cons of these databases compared to relational DBs; how each of the two DB types is evolving to be more like the other; and how this has led to the development of SQL-based systems that can query all types of data. It then discusses two ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) market landscape has changed significantly over the past 2 years. Since the transition from machine-to-machine (M2M), the focus has changed from connecting devices to building an ecosystem to manage devices, derive actionable data, and use this data to make decisions, all while protecting data from point of capture to p...

Employing advancements in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Big Data and Analytics (BDA), and natural language processing (NLP), VAs are emerging as viable self-service options across industries. Investigating VAs as part of an omnichannel and digital transformation strategy should be a strategic imperative f...

In this report, Stratecast provides several views voiced by our analyst teams into the multiple dimensions of the communications marketplace, including those tied to: big data, business services, cloud, the connected home, consumer services, the operations & monetization functions, and secure networking. These prognostications are what form this, o...

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Digital Transformation program finds that the market for cloud contact centers continues to increase. The acceleration of omnichannel and digital transformation, coupled with the C-suite demands for stronger and swifter growth, is driving future technology acquisitions. Clear articulation of visionary perspectiv...

This paper focuses on developments in service creation and fulfillment, and explains why their openness and flow-through operation are essential for supporting agility and competitiveness. Effective open and flow-through operations management solutions can ultimately address the business needs of a new era of service provider: the Digital Services ...