Expert View: Embodied AI – The first humanoid robots are emerging in automotive factories and logistics centers in the US and China
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Start-ups from the US (Agility Robotics, Apptronik, and Figure AI) and China (UBTECH ROBOTICS and Xpeng) are leading vendors of humanoid robots today. Boston...
Analyst:
Arnold Vogt
Published:Jan 23, 2025
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Expert View: Achieving Ethical Customer Data Usage with PETs
Data has emerged as a vital asset for organisations in the digital age, enabling personalised customer experiences, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making. However, with...
Analyst:
Spencer Izard
Published:Jan 23, 2025
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Expert View: The market for virtual PLCs will kick off in 2025, but adoption will be rather slow and use case-specific
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Virtual PLCs (vPLCs) are infrastructure-independent machine controllers for industrial equipment. Just like virtualization technology changed the IT world, vPLCs are one element of a...
Analyst:
Arnold Vogt
Published:Jan 13, 2025
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Expert View: The Need for SD-WAN in Modern Networks
In today's fast-paced business environment, where agility, scalability, and performance are crucial, networks are fundamental to business success. The growth of cloud computing, real...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 20, 2024
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Expert View: The Increasing Importance of Identity Verification
Identity verification has become critical to the modern digital economy. From banking to e-commerce and healthcare, the ability to authenticate and validate identities securely...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 19, 2024
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Expert View: How to Deal with Third-Party Exposure
Managing third-party exposure requires a holistic and technology-enabled approach that includes risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and continuous monitoring. As organizations increasingly rely on...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 19, 2024
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Expert View: How to Prevent Software Supply Chain Attacks
A multifaceted approach tailored to the specific type of software in use is essential to prevent software supply chain attacks. This includes self-coded (custom...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 19, 2024
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Expert View: CSOs, CISOs, and CEOs need to team up
In today's complex and interconnected business environments, collaboration between CSOs (Chief Security Officers), CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers), and CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) has become...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 12, 2024
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Expert View: How to Measure the Success of Cybersecurity Strategies
Organizations must assess the effectiveness of their cybersecurity measures to evaluate their security posture, identify areas for improvement, and ensure resilience against evolving threats. This...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 12, 2024
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Expert View: Data Center: New Construction or Upgrade?
Companies must take into account several factors when deciding on whether to upgrade an old data center or build a new facility in order to...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Dec 03, 2024
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Prediction for 2025: A Big Shake-Up In The SAP Ecosystem
The demand for SAP-related services is growing very fast, and spending is expected to surpass EUR 90 bn in 2025. We are in the middle of...
Analyst:
Joachim Hackmann
Published:Nov 28, 2024
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Expert View: High-Level Checklist for Compliance with NIS2
The EU’s NIS2 Directive (Network and Information Security Directive) imposes significant requirements on the cybersecurity of critical and essential infrastructures. Companies subject to this directive...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Nov 27, 2024
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Expert View: The Race Between European Telcos To Offer Global IoT Connectivity
The providers of connected devices require easy-to-use global IoT connectivity services. Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, and Telefonica have similar overall ambitions but different sweet...
Analyst:
Arnold Vogt
Published:Nov 25, 2024
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Expert View: Transforming Customer Engagement through End-to-End AI Automation
By 2027, the advent of end-to-end AI automation will redefine customer engagement across all lifecycle stages—from discovery to conversion and beyond. Organisations will increasingly...
Analyst:
Spencer Izard
Published:Nov 25, 2024
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Expert View: Unleashing AI on Master Data Management
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), enterprise organisations face a growing need to streamline data preparation and management processes to enhance the...
Analyst:
Spencer Izard
Published:Nov 25, 2024
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Prediction for 2025: 2025 Will See Big Changes in the Data Center Space
The public cloud-first trend will remain omnipresent, but we expect to see a more diverse picture than in recent years. Most organizations have always...
Analyst:
Karsten Leclerque
Published:Nov 22, 2024
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Prediction for 2025: Shadow AI Will Be The Next Shadow IT (Unless We Prevent It)
2024 was characterized by cloud optimization and FinOps strategies to limit previously uncontrolled and excessive cloud consumption and cost. In the coming years, avoiding a...
Analyst:
Karsten Leclerque
Published:Nov 19, 2024
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Prediction for 2025: Cyber Resilience Will Be the Top Issue for Companies Worldwide in 2025
Cyber resilience in the context of business resilience is gaining tremendous importance. It will be one of the most critical cybersecurity topics in 2025. Cyber resilience...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Nov 15, 2024
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Prediction for 2025: Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) Will Make a Breakthrough by 2027
Cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) is a method for effectively managing and securing the attack surface of a company’s IT resources. The attack surface...
Analyst:
Wolfgang Schwab
Published:Nov 14, 2024
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Expert View: Five Trends in Smart Retail are Driving Business Opportunities for IT Providers
Retailers have started deploying AI to build hyper-personalized experiences and automate repetitive tasks. They also implement digital technologies to drive omnichannel integration, which is...
