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For 2022 PAC chose 5G as one of the key topics to survey 596 European CxOs across 14 countries. From the survey data highlighted in this blog, it is evident to PAC that 5G presents a significant opportunity ...
Connected worker platforms – market evolution and the current vendor landscape
To understand the present, it is always very helpful to have a look at the past. We started to evaluate platforms for connected workers back in 2019 and have adapted the scope of our evaluation over time to keep up with market evolution. The starting point of our evaluation was pretty simple - we asked ourselves: “What does augmented reality ...
Le numérique, principal moyen d’optimiser les coûts du secteur des transports
Dans l'ensemble, la pandémie a frappé plus durement le secteur des transports que la plupart des autres secteurs.
TeamViewer joins forces with Siemens to realize the industrial metaverse
In late July 2022, TeamViewer held a press event on the topic of “industrial metaverse” at its headquarters in Göppingen, Germany. At the event, TeamViewer announced a new strategic partnership with Siemens Digital Industries Software. The two companies share a joint vision to realize the industrial metaverse. In a first step, the two ...
Adjusted market scenarios
We have just started publishing adjusted market scenarios, which reflect the current market situation in May 2022. In the end, we maintain our overall growth scenario for 2022 for the time being. However, we have made slight adjustments in some industries and countries, and we will closely monitor the situation and make further adjustments ...
AR/VR market consolidation and big new visions go hand in hand
In the past, the evolution of markets would happen in sequences, in waves of consolidation and innovation. In today’s high-speed markets, these waves of consolidation and innovation arrive faster and increasingly happen simultaneously. One example in this context is the market for AR/VR solutions.
Le risque et la volatilité des SPACs dans le numérique mis au grand jour ces dernières semaines
Les SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company), également connus sous le nom de "sociétés à chèque en blanc", ont fortement gagné en popularité ces dernières années.
PAC INNOVATION RADAR Open Digital Platforms for the Industrial World in Europe 2021: agile and efficient scaling is key
Today PAC published its seven-part PAC INNOVATION RADAR “Open Digital Platforms for the Industrial World in Europe 2021”. It is the broadest analysis of the vendor landscape for open digital platforms for use in industrial contexts.
5 key takeaways from Hannover Messe 2021
Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 took place from April 12-16, 2021. Here are my personal key takeaways after following many sessions during that week.
PAC Predictions 2021: Automatisierung in der Smart Factory – mehr Agilität bei der Produktionseffizienz
COVID-19 hat im Bereich Fabrikautomatisierung zu einer völlig neuen Denkweise geführt. Neben der Produktionseffizienz gewinnt Agilität zunehmend an Bedeutung. 2021 werden wir mehr Investitionen in Technologien sehen, die diese Agilität ermöglichen, darunter IoT, KI, Robotik, 5G, AR...
PAC Predictions 2021: Smart factory automation – more agility around production efficiency
COVID-19 has triggered a shift in mindset in factory automation. In addition to production efficiency, agility is becoming much more relevant. In 2021, this will lead to more investments into agility-enabling technologies...
PAC Predictions 2021: Neuausrichtung der Lieferketten – von Effizienz hin zu mehr Ausfallsicherheit
Firmen in der Fertigungsindustrie und im Einzelhandel haben in den vergangenen Jahren hart an der Optimierung ihrer Lieferketten gearbeitet. 2020 warf COVID-19 ein Schlaglicht darauf, dass viele globale Lieferketten nur in einer „perfekten Welt“ ohne größere Störungen reibungslos laufen...
PAC Predictions 2021: Rebalancing supply chains – from efficiency to more resiliency
In 2020, COVID-19 made obvious the fact that many global supply chains only work well in a ‘perfect world’ without major disruption. Companies have come to realize that major external shocks are no longer theoretical; our highly connected and globalized world is much more vulnerable and fragile than many thought. This is why, in 2021, we ...
Impressions from AWS re:Invent 2020 - Part 1: “the right tool for the right job“
Many things were different this year at AWS’ global customer event. It was extended from one to three weeks, with five key notes and more than 500 technical sessions. And instead of hosting 65,000 attendees onsite in Las Vegas as last year, AWS welcomed over 500,000 registered attendees at their virtual event.
But many things also felt ...
DevOps, container technology, and cloud-native are shaping the future of industrial platforms and applications
PAC has published the PAC INNOVATION RADAR “Open Digital Platforms for the Industrial World in Europe 2020”. It is the broadest analysis of the vendor landscape around newly emerging topics in the context of digital platforms. PAC evaluated 61 in seven different segments, around specific focus areas.
The C&SI vendor landscape for digital factory use cases in Germany: a heterogeneous picture ranging from generalists to specialists
teknowlogy | PAC's Digital Factory - C&SI Vendor Landscape in Germany 2020 illustrates that relevant C&SI players range from global to local C&SI players. Three of them are capable of addressing all 36 of our predefined use cases.
Digital Factory – C&SI Vendor Landscape in Germany 2020: key enablers, maturity, and adoption
When it comes to implementing such digital factory use cases, very often we see manufacturers facing the challenge of lacking own in-house capabilities and know-how – in particular related to the usage of new digital technologies – to drive development and implementation on their own. That was the trigger for us to start building a vendor ...
The challenge to protect industrial systems
Operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) used to be separate for decades as there was simply no reason to integrate these two areas. Stable OT systems were basically left untouched during the lifetime of a production plant, while IT has always had a reputation for needing frequent changes and being vulnerable to cyber ...
How manufacturers can obtain value from connected products
The more key technology enablers such as IoT and advanced analytics will mature, the more this will drive investments of manufacturers related to making their products smart and to connecting their products in order to gain value from it.
The top 10 IT trends for 2020 (8) – Trend 7: RPA & automation increasingly integrate AI
First, companies can only automate processes that are well-known, documented, and already working. In many cases, companies need to reengineer their processes before they can apply any kind of automation. They should not take the risk of automating faulty processes and then...
Die Top 10 IT-Trends für 2020 (8) – Trend 7: RPA und Automatisierung integrieren zunehmend KI
Automatisierung steht bereits weit oben auf der Liste bei IT-Dienstleistern und Anwenderunternehmen, da sie Geschwindigkeit und Qualität verbessert und gleichzeitig eine Vergrößerung der Belegschaft überflüssig macht. Zwei Faktoren bremsen diesen Markt jedoch noch immer aus. Zum einen können die Unternehmen nur...