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The role of the cloud
Organizations from all sectors are gearing up for their digital future. And they are doing so by investing massively in data-centric and eco-system-oriented platforms. And most of these d...
EY is orchestrating a data and AI ecosystem of partners to accelerate end-to-end enterprise transformation
PAC recently had the opportunity to attend the EY Global Data and AI Summit and was encouraged by the approach EY is taking in cultivating an ecosystem of partners. EY described this approach as being “better together”, and PAC agrees this is key to a successful data and AI strategy.
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.
La criticité des données impacte les choix sur le cloud et la cybersécurité dans le secteur public
Au cours des dernières années, le secteur public a été impacté et influencé par la pandémie qui a accéléré la tendance de transformation numérique. En effet, lors de la pandémie, les restrictions sociales et les précautions émises par le gouvernement ont mis en évidence le besoin d'infrastructures, de solutions modernes et d'applications ...
Le marché IT au rythme du «harder, better, faster, stronger» digital
Après un rebond significatif en 2021 avec une croissance de +6,5% succédant à « l’année noire » liée au covid, le marché des logiciels et services numériques en France continue sur sa lancée : notre dernière mise à jour table sur une croissance de +7,4% en 2022.
Plus que jamais, le numérique est au cœur des grandes évolutions sociétales et ...
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 ...
Le marché de la data recèlent de nombreuses opportunités
Le marché de la data recèlent de nombreuses opportunités. Le marché de la data est un marché très dynamique. Pour aider les entreprises à s’y retrouver, PAC a identifié sept tendances clés qui définiront le marché en 2022.
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 ...
Die Top 10 IT-Trends für 2020 (4) – Trend 3: IT-OT-Integration führt zu OT-Datenplattformen
Die OT-Welt und die IT-Welt waren Jahrzehnte getrennt. OT-Systeme sind proprietärer als IT-Systeme und blieben im Wesentlichen während der Lebensdauer einer Produktionsanlage unverändert. IT hingegen hatte schon immer den Ruf, häufig verändert werden zu müssen und für Cyber-Sicherheitsrisiken anfällig zu sein. Heutzutage führen jedoch ...
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.
Le 'data-driven' concrétisé au salon Big Data Paris
Quiconque doute encore de l’intérêt d’adopter une démarche « data-driven » devrait s’offrir un aller-retour au Palais des Congrès pour le salon Big Data Paris (11 et 12 mars cette année). La succession de témoignages utilisateurs rend le concept beaucoup plus concret : mieux connaître ses clients, formuler les bonnes recommandations, ...
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.