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IBM and Cisco amongst the leading companies in GlobalData’s Industrial Internet theme for the industrial automation sector

IBM, Fanuc and Cisco are the leading companies in the Industrial Internet theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The three companies all gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the industrial automation sector. A […]
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BA and Marriott proposed data breach fines ramp up pressure to protect customer data against cyber threats, says GlobalData

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) move last week to hit British Airways (BA) and the Marriott hotel group with proposed fines totalling almost £300m for breaking laws protecting consumers’ data is a reminder to companies that they will pay an expensive price if they fail to take cybersecurity seriously. The fines by the ICO […]
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Salesforce’s $15.7bn Tableau acquisition highlights big data as key theme

The importance of big data as a key theme driving merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has been highlighted by Salesforce’s recent purchase of data visualization specialist Tableau for $15.7bn. It followed soon after Google bought another analytics company, Looker, in early June for $2.6bn. Ed Thomas, Principal Analyst in GlobalData’s Technology Thematic Research team, commented, […]
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Telecom industry’s first 5G RAN competitive analysis published by GlobalData reveals Huawei leadership

The telecommunications industry’s first Competitive Landscape Assessment (CLA) of the 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure solutions space has been researched and published by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s report, ‘5G RAN: Competitive Landscape Assessment’, evaluates the 5G mobile base station portfolios of five key vendors: Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and […]
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John Lewis becomes the latest retailer to adopt virtual and augmented reality technology as theme gains traction, says GlobalData

The adoption of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) as a key technology theme for the future will be showcased by UK department store chain John Lewis from this week when three of its stores, Kingston, Cambridge and Horsham will utilise the technology to enable customers to visualise how the company’s interior products will […]
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Facebook’s Libra announcement shows it has no fear of further scrutiny over data privacy

Following the recent announcement that Facebook intends to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, Laura Petrone, Senior Analyst, Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view on the data privacy concerns around this move: ‘‘Following the intense scrutiny over data collection, the Libra project and Facebook’s relationship with Calibra, the separate […]
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Spending on automated home devices to hit $75bn by 2025

Global spending on automated home devices is expected to reach $75bn by 2025, up from $23bn in 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to the company’s latest report ‘Thematic Research: Automated home’, much of that growth will be driven by two types of devices: smart thermostats, which are becoming increasingly common as […]
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Western European telcos are winning the European 5G race

In Europe, Western countries are leading 5G development, with Denmark, Portugal and Switerland’s 5G adoption set to take a 23.2%, 16.2% and 16.2% share respectively of total mobile subscription in their markets by 2023, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Nationwide coverage is already available in the UK through EE and is […]
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Amazon has been named among four companies identified as the servers, storage and networking equipment leaders of tomorrow in the AI space, says GlobalData

Amazon is one of the world’s leading servers, storage and networking equipment companies best placed to succeed in the artificial intelligence (AI) arena in the next two to five years, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData, AI is one of the top ten themes that will impact the servers, […]
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Google has been named among five companies identified as the servers, storage and networking equipment leaders of tomorrow in the Cloud IaaS/PaaS space, says GlobalData

Google is one of the world’s leading servers, storage and networking equipment companies best placed to succeed in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)/Platform as a Service (PaaS) arena in the next two to five years, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData, Cloud IaaS/PaaS is one of the […]
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IBM among thirteen companies identified as the semiconductor technology leaders of tomorrow in the Industrial Internet space, says GlobalData

IBM, Qualcomm, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments are among the world’s leading semiconductor companies best placed to succeed in the Industrial Internet arena in the next two to five years, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData, the Industrial Internet is one of the top ten themes that will impact the […]
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Latin America Internet household penetration will reach 50% by 2020

Latin America’s broadband penetration reached 45% of households in 2018 from a previous 43% in 2017. Going forward, GlobalData expects 10m new accesses within two years and internet household penetration will reach 50% of households in 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ivan Maldonado, Technology Analyst at GlobalData commented, “The total […]
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Google among eight companies identified as the semiconductor technology leaders of tomorrow in the data centre space, says GlobalData

Google, Amazon, Xilinx and Micron are among the world’s leading semiconductor companies best placed to succeed in the data centre space in the next two to five years, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData, data centres is one of the top ten themes that will impact the semiconductor sector, […]
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