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Once again, the global telecoms ecosystem will converge in Barcelona from 2-5 March for Mobile World Congress, the industry’s most influential annual gathering. The event will bring together telecom operators, device manufacturers, SaaS providers, hyperscalers, network equipment vendors, and enterprise customers to shape the tech agenda for 2026 ...

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Network APIs Help Drive Better Customer Experiences

Network APIs Help Unlock Richer, More Secure, And More Personalized Experiences Network APIs should matter to any manager and developer shaping products, services, and digital strategy. In competitive markets, growth depends on solving customer pain points with highly relevant, frictionless experiences. Relevance is driven by context—who the ...

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Identity & Access Management as an Enabler of Digital Transformation

Organizations across all sectors must rethink how they handle identities and access in a world driven by rapid digitalization, growing security threats, and increased regulatory pressure. Identity and Access Management (IAM) has moved beyond traditional IT origins to become a strategic pillar of modern digital business models. But IAM is more than ...

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Accenture buys UK AI Challenger Faculty

Accenture has agreed a deal to snap-up UK AI platform vendor Faculty for an undisclosed sum. Faculty has seemed a likely target for Accenture’s unstoppable M&A engine since it named Accenture as its preferred systems integration partner two years ago. The company was launched in 2014 as a data strategy consultancy, initially called ...

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Part 2: The Business Drivers Behind Modern Identity & Access Management Wolfgang Schwab

Part 2: The Business Drivers Behind Modern Identity & Access Management

February 03, 2026

In Part 1 of our blog series, we explored how IAM has evolved from a backend security function to a major driver of digital transformation. In this second installment, we’ll examine the business forces driving IAM to the top of the priority list across industries. IAM is more than just an IT issue; it’s increasingly a business necessity, ...

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Network APIs Help Drive Better Customer Experiences Dan Bieler

Network APIs Help Drive Better Customer Experiences

January 30, 2026

Network APIs Help Unlock Richer, More Secure, And More Personalized Experiences Network APIs should matter to any manager and developer shaping products, services, and digital strategy. In competitive markets, growth depends on solving customer pain points with highly relevant, frictionless experiences. Relevance is driven by context—who the ...

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Identity & Access Management as an Enabler of Digital Transformation Wolfgang Schwab

Identity & Access Management as an Enabler of Digital Transformation

January 27, 2026

Organizations across all sectors must rethink how they handle identities and access in a world driven by rapid digitalization, growing security threats, and increased regulatory pressure. Identity and Access Management (IAM) has moved beyond traditional IT origins to become a strategic pillar of modern digital business models. But IAM is more than ...

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Part 8: The Future of Infrastructure Security: What's Next After Integration? Wolfgang Schwab

Part 8: The Future of Infrastructure Security: What's Next After Integration?

January 20, 2026

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction Over the course of this series, we’ve explored how infrastructure security has evolved from siloed ...

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Part 7: Bringing It All Together: Developing a Unified Infrastructure Security Strategy Wolfgang Schwab

Part 7: Bringing It All Together: Developing a Unified Infrastructure Security Strategy

January 12, 2026

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction So far in this series, we’ve examined infrastructure security across four key areas: endpoints, ...

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MWC Dan Bieler

What PAC Expects At Mobile World Congress 2026

January 12, 2026

Once again, the global telecoms ecosystem will converge in Barcelona from 2-5 March for Mobile World Congress, the industry’s most influential annual gathering. The event will bring together telecom operators, device manufacturers, SaaS providers, hyperscalers, network equipment vendors, and enterprise customers to shape the tech agenda for 2026 ...

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Part 6: Cloud Security: Shared Responsibility and Real Accountability Wolfgang Schwab

Part 6: Cloud Security: Shared Responsibility and Real Accountability

January 09, 2026

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction The cloud is no longer just an option; for many organizations, it’s now the default. Whether using ...

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Part 5: Data Center Security: Where Bits Meet Bricks Wolfgang Schwab

Part 5: Data Center Security: Where Bits Meet Bricks

January 08, 2026

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction While much of today’s IT discussion focuses on the cloud, the data center remains a vital, and often ...

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Part 4: Network Security: From Firewalls to Fluid Defenses Wolfgang Schwab

Part 4: Network Security: From Firewalls to Fluid Defenses

January 07, 2026

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction In the digital enterprise, data no longer resides in a single location, users no longer work from just ...

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accenture Nick Mayes

Accenture buys UK AI Challenger Faculty

January 06, 2026

Accenture has agreed a deal to snap-up UK AI platform vendor Faculty for an undisclosed sum. Faculty has seemed a likely target for Accenture’s unstoppable M&A engine since it named Accenture as its preferred systems integration partner two years ago. The company was launched in 2014 as a data strategy consultancy, initially called ...

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Infographie – Reprise du marché du numérique en France au S2 2025 Franck Nassah

2025 : année difficile mais des signes d’amélioration sur la fin de l’année

January 05, 2026

En 2025, le marché du numérique français connaît un fort ralentissement après plusieurs années de croissance soutenue. L’étude semestrielle PAC & numeum met en évidence la baisse des activités de services, la résilience des éditeurs et du cloud, ainsi qu’une reprise progressive en fin d’année portée par l’IA et la conformité.

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France software and cloud platform market growth driven by AI and public cloud adoption Eric Beaudet

Why France’s Software and Cloud Platform Market Is Accelerating in 2025 and Beyond

December 19, 2025

France’s software and cloud platform market is experiencing strong and sustainable growth, driven by accelerating cloud adoption, rising demand for generative AI infrastructure, and increased investment in sovereign digital technologies. In 2025, the market reached €29.2bn, supported by dynamic SaaS growth, rapid expansion of public cloud ...

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Strategic Modernization with Hitachi Digital Services and Oracle Sidney Siegertsz

Transforming Midmarket Enterprises: Strategic Modernization with Hitachi Digital Services and Oracle

December 17, 2025

Midmarket businesses are reaching a critical point in the evolution of their core enterprise applications, as legacy platforms lose vendor support and long-standing environments lack the flexibility required for meaningful AI and automation. To move forward, organizations are increasingly adopting modern, cloud-based solutions that provide a ...

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HCLTech AI Joachim Hackmann

Exploring the Future of Enterprise AI: Inside HCLTech’s AI and Cloud Native Lab with SAP

December 17, 2025

In December 2024, HCLTech inaugurated its combined AI and Cloud Native Lab with SAP, a state-of-the-art facility that reflects HCLTech’s commitment to driving innovation and helping enterprises future-proof their operations in an era of rapid technological change. Nearly one year later, at the end of November 2025, PAC had the opportunity to ...

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Hitachi Digital Services – an established IT/OT integration expert with a strong heritage and growing ambitions Arnold Vogt

Hitachi Digital Services – an established IT/OT integration expert with a strong heritage and growing ambitions

December 17, 2025

There are only a handful of global players with a strong heritage in IT and OT. Hitachi is definitely one of them. The industrial giant has been active in the IT space for over 60 years and has been present in the OT world for over 110 years. Today, out of 270,000 Hitachi employees across 70+ countries, more than 100,000 bring digital capabilities ...

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Part 3: Endpoint Security—Is It Still the Weakest Link? Wolfgang Schwab

Part 3: Endpoint Security—Is It Still the Weakest Link?

December 16, 2025

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction In today’s distributed, always-connected digital enterprise, the concept of an "endpoint" has become ...

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IBM and Confluent: Designing the Middleware Layer for Agentic AI Dan Bieler

IBM and Confluent: Designing the Middleware Layer for Agentic AI

December 15, 2025

The Emerging ‘Nervous System’ Of Agentic Value Streams IBM’s acquisition of Confluent for about $11 billion, subject to regulatory approvals, represents a strategically important step in the evolution of enterprise AI, data, and cloud platforms. From PAC’s perspective, this deal has the potential to position IBM to design a ...

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Part 2: Not All Industries Are Made the Same: Sector-Specific Security Challenges Wolfgang Schwab

Part 2: Not All Industries Are Made the Same: Sector-Specific Security Challenges

December 09, 2025

Before we dive in, if you're looking for real data on cybersecurity trends, key vendors, and market direction, explore our Cybersecurity Intelligence Page. You'll find free reports and insights to help you make confident decisions. Introduction As we discussed in Part 1 of this series, infrastructure security has become a top concern for boards. ...

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Palo Alto Networks’ EMEA Gambit: From Product Vendor to AI-Driven Security Platform Powerhouse Wolfgang Schwab

Palo Alto Networks’ EMEA Gambit: From Product Vendor to AI-Driven Security Platform Powerhouse

December 09, 2025

Palo Alto Networks hosted an EMEA Strategy Analyst Briefing that PAC attended. Palo Alto Networks is transforming its presence in EMEA: not just as a firewall company or a collection of products, but as a suite of integrated security platforms powered by AI and wrapped in services. The main message is clear: attackers are moving faster than ever, ...

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The Dawn of A New Era for Germany’s Digital Economy Dan Bieler

The Dawn of A New Era for Germany’s Digital Economy

December 04, 2025

Deutsche Telekom Is Pushing Deeper Into GPUaaS And Sovereignty With Industrial AI Cloud While hyperscalers and cloud providers have led the early wave of AI infrastructure, telcos are emerging as critical players in this new market. Their trusted role as national infrastructure providers, combined with data center assets, energy strategies, and ...

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