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The metaverse currently stands for the vision of a digital universe with many different virtual worlds where people can “live” an immersive, real-time experience. To bring this visionary topic down to earth, we have chosen a more basic defin...
Data transformation & integration as a cornerstone for a successful data project (2023 Prediction #8)
It has been a little over a decade since the first wave of adoption of big data solutions, when CEOs first started to talk about aspiring to become “data-driven organizations.” European businesses and public sector organizations have invested billions of euros in data analytics skills and platforms in the intervening years, and clear ...
Le marché des services autour de la data en France attirent beaucoup d’acteurs différents
PAC est en train de finaliser son panorama des fournisseurs des services data en France. Le moins que l’on puisse dire est que le marché des services de la data est en pleine croissance et que de nombreux acteurs essayent de s’y positionner. Cet écosystème n’est pas nouveau mais est en constante mutation avec de nouveaux venus qui se ...
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 ...
The German government’s data strategy – initial assessment for companies
At the end of January 2021, the German government announced its data strategy. Our analysis: the paper includes many good approaches that promote the handling of data in the German economy. Even more important is the signaling effect of the initiative.
Cognizant snaps up UK-based AI and Analytics specialist Inawisdom
IT Services firm Cognizant spent the last 12 months on one of its largest shopping sprees, with CEO Brian Humphries staying true to his pledge to build out capability in the firm's designated digital battlegrounds. Capping off the 2020 acquisition binge, Cognizant announced its latest purchase - UK-Based AWS consulting partner Inawisdom - ...
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 ...
Exploring the data gap - a guide to leveraging the value of data
The awareness of data is on the rise in companies. New technologies and applications are also finding their way into companies as part of digitization. Value creation models are being further automated, IT landscapes optimized, and business models digitized. But are strategies, IT architectures, and value chains aligned? Why is there a data ...
New study by PAC: Digital marketing is data-driven and essential to corporate strategy
The role of marketing has evolved considerably in recent years, driven by changes in customer buying behavior and digital innovation. Marketing departments are increasingly involved in strategic decisions, and marketers are tasked with contributing proactively to the growth of their company.
Die Top 10 IT-Trends für 2020 (6) – Trend 5: Anwendungsplattformen der nächsten Generation bieten digitale Innovationen
Cloud-basierte Anwendungsplattformen werden zu Schrittmachern der Software-Industrie. Reine Cloud-Plattformanbieter wie Salesforce, Workday und ServiceNow sind ins Scheinwerferlicht gerückt, und dort werden sie auch bleiben. Die Plattformen der nächsten Generation ermöglichen eine schnelle Bereitstellung von Anwendungen und nutzen dabei die ...
The top 10 most promising European AI startups
The worldwide race to take the leadership in artificial intelligence has started. And given the financial and scientific powers of the United States and China, Europe will probably not have a choice, but to show a common strategy in order to be a serious competitor. It is not an easy task as the major European countries have announced ...
What is IOWN? Impressions from the NTT R&D Forum 2019 (part 2)
Here are my impressions, part 2, from the NTT R&D Forum (for part 1, please refer to “What is IOWN? – Impressions from the NTT R&D Forum 2019 [part 1]). On Thursday and Friday, the focus was on NTT DATA’s R&D work…
What is IOWN? Impressions from the NTT R&D Forum 2019 (part 1)
I had the great pleasure to spend four days with NTT and NTT DATA in Tokyo at the occasion of NTT R&D Forum 2019. It was four days with an incredibly huge variety of innovation across all stages and technologies.
Know Data Intelligence : le Cloud, premier allié de la data science et de la BI
Le Cloud doit désormais être une composante essentielle d’une stratégie de valorisation de la donnée. C’est l’un des principaux enseignements qui ressortent de la matinée « Know Data Intelligence », événement de teknowlogy Group qui s’est tenu la semaine dernière, en présence de nombreux utilisateurs et partenaires, consacré à un marché de ...
Key takeaways from MongoDB World, New York: an increasing focus on mobile and the edge
NoSQL database firm MongoDB gathered its users and prospects to a summit in New York last month to update them on its progress: here’s what we learned.
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.
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 ?
teknowlogy´s top IT trends for 2019 – 2/10 Virtual data platforms
If processes are to be aligned to customer requirements more efficiently and with greater agility, then data from different silos must be integrated. Only then are comprehensive analyses and correlations of different data possible. In our opinion, a possible approach to solving this problem is the use of a virtual, shared data platform ...