SMAC

This research service aims to provide a snapshot of a small number of end users' investment attitudes towards Big Data & Analytics (BDA) technologies in order to illustrate enterprises' views on using data as an enabler for digital transformation. The study reveals that although the market is nascent, it has a surprising open-mindedness towards tra...

Global markets are still reeling from the results of the historic referendum on 23 June 2016 that are likely to result in the exit of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). The decision will create a ripple effect across industries, with a significant degree of uncertainty with regards to possible repercussions. For the cloud and dat...

Two years ago, when Interactive Intelligence announced PureCloud, I voiced concerns about how well the solution would be suited to European markets. Today, a number of my concerns have not been borne out, and Interactive Intelligence addressed others. The PureCloud product has evolved, and Interactive Intelligence has conceived a business model tha...

Frost & Sullivan strongly believes that the world is about to cross the inflection point in the progress of artificial intelligence (AI). Breakthroughs in deep learning have dramatically improved computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and robotic motion systems; AI is becoming a core part of the economy and society much more quickly th...

Web analytics have been around since 2005, when Google essentially created the category by launching Google Analytics, and technologies and solutions in this area have matured over the last decade.

On 30 March 2016, The Digital and Social Media Leadership Foundation (DSMLF) hosted the “Robots at Work” event. Speakers and panellists from Deloitte UK, IBM Watson, Vidrona, and London Futurists attracted a keen, technology-interested crowd to explore the potential impact of robotics on companies, industries, and society at large.

The world population will grow from 7.3 billion people today to 8.2 billion by 2025, and 9.7 billion by 2050. As a society, we will need to produce 70% more food than is currently produced today. The agricultural Industry requires a revolution and artificial intelligence is that revolution. Artificial intelligence will drive five use cases that wil...

It is difficult to understand what is happening in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). New developments seem to happen weekly, and vendors use different words to describe their products. Within financial services, some companies use the term Big Data analytics while others use machine learning technologies or artificial intelligent agents. T...

On 10 and 11 February 2016, London hosted the Internet of Things (IoT) Tech Expo event. Some 100 exhibitors showcased their developments around the IoT.