Information Technology

This study looks at the impact on demand for streaming solutions in the education market since the pandemic started. Private and public educational institutions do not yet know the full impact of COVID-19 on the learning sector. While many expect a hybrid model to stay and be the norm, constant changes in student behavior will impact the solutions ...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the remote working trend by at least 20 years in most parts of the United States. To enable remote workers, digital transformation initiatives that were intended to be rolled out over a period of years instead occurred within weeks or months. In the process, security issues were initially pushed aside or ignored al...

The primary goal of this research is to establish how OTT platforms, publishers, and broadcasters think about optimizing video delivery. The study looks at which enhanced experiences are the most important and across which devices customers are most interested in deploying them. With consumers having more choices than ever when it comes to vide...

In a customer survey of 1,210 IT and telecom decision-makers around the world and across verticals (with 58% of respondents in a senior management position), improving customer experience is ranked as the top business objective in 2022, followed closely by improving brand equity. Companies recognize that maintaining brand loyalty becomes increasing...

High-speed broadband services, continued penetration of advanced mobile devices that encourage developments in the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) markets, and the resurgence of unlimited mobile plans are the top drivers of the North American mobile communications market. This tracker presents the metrics for Tier I m...

As enterprises increase their use of both cloud and physical infrastructures to support a digital business, they require tools that enable easy, efficient, and consistent management of all environments. As such, hybrid cloud management platforms have evolved to provide common functionality across infrastructures, architectures, and vendors. For pla...

A perfect storm of innovation occurs when unforeseen events or circumstances challenge human nature. Fall into a hole and you’ll find your way out. Take a truckload of lemons and go into the lemonade business. The English language is certainly peppered with colloquialisms that reflect this: “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” “...

With top tier wireless carriers making situational awareness a key component of their hugely strategic public safety initiatives and with first responder communications and guidance becoming more critical in tumultuous times, Mobile Situational Awareness (MSA) solutions are of keen interest in the North American market. This study defines MSA a...

Traditionally, the focal point of customer experience (CX) has been the contact center, but today’s contact center extends outwards across many channels, both digital and in-person. This has never been truer, as traditional brick-and-mortar establishments have been complemented by digital counterparts in the form of eCommerce and digital self-ser...