Category: Predictions

January 9, 2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning offer limitless opportunities to not only continue the evolution of the accounting industry, but completely revolutionize it all over again. The rate of technological innovation will mean that the sector is likely to see […]

January 3, 2018

As the wave of digital transformation continues to wash over companies of all sizes in all sectors, they are turning to software and IT to lead the charge. This in turn gives IT a much bigger seat at the table […]

January 3, 2018

In 2018, expect to see the market for virtualization solutions disrupted, as customers will be less willing to pay a premium for virtualization and expect it as part of the infrastructure they currently run or are planning to run. Automation, […]

December 29, 2017

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have been around for a while. (In fact, if you want to read more about this, check out this great post titled “FPGAs, what’s old is new again”). Thanks to the perfect storm of complex […]

December 28, 2017

Enterprises are deploying more cloud services, embracing DevOps, leveraging on-premises applications and exploring other productivity and cost optimization solutions. As a result, it is becoming harder for them to know who within the organization has access to what and how […]

December 28, 2017

As 2018 begins, we will see the rapid expansion of cloud services and all things related to moving applications, infrastructure and services to the cloud, as organizations scramble to remain competitive, take advantage of artificial intelligence, IOT and big data […]

December 26, 2017

Ah, December. Time for holiday cheer, time spent with family and friends, and last, but not least, new cloud predictions! This year saw continued cloud growth, teeing up new trends we can expect to see in 2018, including: Simple, quick […]

December 26, 2017

This year was exciting for the telecommunications industry, but 2018 will be unlike any other. As service providers grapple with forces the pace of innovation, the network is moving expeditiously to becoming automated and intelligent enough to make decisions on […]

December 26, 2017

As the new year approaches, several IT analysts give their top cybersecurity strategy tips and key tasks to target to protect your company’s IT assets. From conducting a top-to-bottom IT security audit to ensuring your computing infrastructure and software are […]

December 22, 2017

At the end of every year, tech PR firms circulate and hawk the prognostications of their client companies’ executives on what the next year will bring in the world of data and analytics. There are almost always contradictions to be […]

December 21, 2017

“Artificial intelligence (AI) deserves the same treatment Hadoop and other big data technologies have received lately. If the industry is trying to balance the hype around big data-oriented products, it has to make sure not to overhype the arrival of […]

December 20, 2017

We have been speaking with-and listening to-our customers to learn what 2018 may have in store for the network. As we look ahead, we see that the network is rising in prominence on the executive agenda because it is viewed […]

December 19, 2017

Ignore the doom and gloom, artificial intelligence (AI) will become a positive job motivator. Moreover, 2020 will be a pivotal year in AI-related employment dynamics, according to the latest worldwide market study by Gartner. The number of jobs affected by […]

December 18, 2017

Just a few years ago, not many predicted cloud computing would reach the heights we’ve seen in 2017 – 79 percent of companies now run workloads in the cloud (split almost evenly between public and private clouds). With the cloud […]

December 14, 2017

We continue to see companies emphasizing modernization and digital transformation in order to realize the benefits of availability, resilience, performance and cost management. There will continue to be challenges to face, though, in ensuring that digital transformation results in appropriate […]

December 13, 2017

One kind of robot has endured for the last half-century: the hulking one-armed Goliaths that dominate industrial assembly lines. These industrial robots have been task-specific — built to spot weld, say, or add threads to the end of a pipe. […]

December 11, 2017

In our predictions blog for 2017, we noted three trends that characterized the declining prevalence of standalone BI applications: 1. Interactive exploration on the freshest data 2. The end of static data models 3. Search-based analytics gaining greater traction All […]

December 5, 2017

Microsoft is making available as of today, December 5, a public preview of its IoT software-as-a-service offering called Microsoft IoT Central. Microsoft IoT Central is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering for connecting physical devices to back-end services, such as field service, […]

November 29, 2017

Living in the fast-paced, iterating world of technology can be a whirlwind – one year can yield advances that shake up the industry multiple times over. It’s because of this that I find it’s always helpful to pause at this […]

November 23, 2017

As a lover of gadgets, I look forward to the day I can wear a short sleeve shirt and my Apple Watch and not feel like a social pariah, but today is not that day. Part of the stigma is […]