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La croissance du top 10 des ESN en 2019 s’est situé au-dessus du marché avec une croissance de +5,1% alors que le marché dans son ensemble a bénéficié d’une croissance de +4,6%.
Key issues in cyber security for smart cities
Smart cities are still a pretty new approach for cities and their inhabitants and visitors and even the used technologies are cutting edge.
Öffentliche Verwaltung: Digitalisierung = Kulturwandel
Einerseits möchten sich Behörden dem digitalen Wandel nicht verschließen, andererseits gelten durch den Gesetzgeber andere Rahmenbedingungen. Gleichwohl bieten sich Gestaltungsspielräume. Veränderungen betreffen vor allem die Menschen, die Veränderungen zu vollziehen erfordert einen Kulturwandel, so der Tenor eines Thesenpapiers von ...
BCW 2019: Welcome to the Economy of Things
The key focus of the Bosch Connected World (BCW) conference, which took place in Berlin from May 15-16, 2019, was the constant evolution of IoT – the foundation of which was the spreading and integration of new technologies (sensors, connectivity, software, cloud). One example in this context are IoT platforms, which evolved to a central ...
Der deutsche Mittelstand rüstet sich für komplexere IoT-Einsatzszenarien
Das Internet der Dinge ist ohne Zweifel eines der wichtigsten Themen der Digitalisierungswelle. Dank neuer Möglichkeiten zur Vernetzung und Datenverarbeitung sowie der Verbreitung von Cloud Computing ist IoT insbesondere für den Mittelstand attraktiv und zugänglich geworden. Das birgt viel Potenzial. Allerdings bekommt der Mittelstand auch ...
Edge computing – more than a hype?!
Edge computing is often discussed as an attack against cloud computing. In fact, it’s not! Edge computing can support computing tasks which cannot be done in the cloud in an appropriate manner.
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is becoming the “new CeBIT” – MWC19 served as a stage to present many new connected devices and announce what is new around platforms
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) was initiated in 1987 by the GSMA, the global association of the telco industry. It has always been a big hardware show, especially around new smartphones, and of course it still is.
Industrial companies & IT providers cooperate to enable IoT business cases
Insights from the MWC19: Apart from the omni-present 5G buzzword (see my colleague’s sobering view on this in another blog post), we got to see an increasing trend towards IT companies, industrial companies and niche experts bundling forces to develop real IoT solutions for new business models.
Les 10 concepts qui feront buzzer l'IT en 2019
2019 sera l’année où l’on se pose les questions fondamentales. Au sens propre, d'ailleurs : quelles sont les fondations nécessaires pour mettre en œuvre de façon pérenne les programmes de transformation numérique ?
Huawei, a highly relevant IoT provider – in almost all parts of the world
In our view, Huawei and other Chinese ICT providers such as Alibaba will be gaining more and more traction in the European ICT market in the coming years, mostly due to two reasons: the company’s resilience against political risks as well as the economic interests European companies themselves have with regard to China. The first aspect is ...
Shaping smart city initiatives – who are the protagonists that need to collaborate to succeed?
If you take a look at the areas brought together by the smart city concept, you inevitably realize that smart cities is a highly interdisciplinary subject. Consequently, in order to get the best possible outcome, it is crucial to create a smart city ecosystem that involves all affected parties. But who are the major parties that want to ...
Les plateformes IoT en Europe : 12 acteurs "best in class" dans le Radar PAC
PAC vient de publier la plus grande analyse du marché des fournisseurs de plateformes IoT. Le Radar PAC « Les plateformes IoT en Europe 2018 » analyse plus de 120 plateformes, et en évalue 43 d'entre elles dans sept segments différents, afin d’identifier les meilleurs fournisseurs de chaque catégorie dans différents domaines. Sur l'ensemble ...
Oracle’s six degrees of autonomous computing, and why they matter
At its digital-transformation-focused Impact Event in Liverpool Street in London this week, Oracle outlined what it described as six levels of autonomous computing. Here's why they matter. A lot.
Hosting innovation and co-creation: IBM’s Watson IoT Center in Munich
PAC recently had the chance to visit IBM's Watson IoT Center in Munich. Discussions quickly revolved around topics like connected objects, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart cities, and took a cross-vertical perspective.
Maternas ÖV-Symposium 2018: Digitalisierung auf Nordrhein-westfälisch
Das 19. ÖV-Symposium des Dortmunder IT-Dienstleisters Materna bot interessante Einblicke in die Digitalisierungsaktivitäten im Land NRW. Aus meiner Sicht positiv: Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen kommunaler und Landesebene funktioniert gut, und auf Bürgerbeteiligung wird Wert gelegt.
Why is Munich Re paying $300m for IoT startup Relayr?
Relayr started out as an IoT middleware platform developer back in 2013. Fast forward five years: Relayr expanded its portfolio into IoT analytics and a range of supporting services around its products. Now it is being acquired by the €50bn insurance giant Munich Re for an eye-catching price tag of $300m.
The IoT Survey
The IoT survey is the first of its kind to evaluate the leading IoT platform providers based on feedback from users worldwide available to participants in English, German, French and Spanish.
Your AI Friday - 11000
Welcome to the weekly selection of links compiled by PAC's AI team. This week, we offer you some good reads connected to this new world in the making. Please note that we, the A(I) Team, will take a little break over the summer months and see you back in 2 months – in case we haven't been replaced by AI til then... Enjoy reading!
Digitalisierung in der öffentlichen Verwaltung bedeutet einen Kulturwandel
Proaktive Verwaltung, Registermodernisierung, neue Ausbildungs- und Führungsmodelle – die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung in Deutschland erfordert nicht mehr und nicht weniger als einen Kulturwandel!
Your AI Friday – 10101
Welcome to the weekly selection of links compiled by PAC's AI team. This week, we'd like to invite you to a little game: Who can define a suitable image for AI? Enjoy reading!
The top 10 trending topics in the manufacturing industry
Based on our numerous conversations and interviews held with CxOs of manufacturing companies, briefings with IT vendors, insights from various customer projects as well as a visit to the Hannover Messe 2018, we have recently published an overarching analysis of the major topics and themes that are currently trending in the manufacturing ...
