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Tech Firms, Food Retailers, and NGOs Collaborate to apply Blockchain to global food supply chains, says GlobalData

  From coffee and fish to wine and olive oil, blockchain, a digital ledger technology, is being applied to global food supply chains in ways that promise to benefit producers, distributors, retailers and consumers, says GlobalData a leading data and analytics company. Cross-industry collaboration has emerged as the dominant model for successful applications of blockchain […]
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Ambient commerce offers consumers a new way to shop, will boost retail spending on IoT technology to $5.3bn, says GlobalData

Ambient commerce is an important use case for the Internet of Things (IoT) and promises to be a game changing retail technology, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to the latest report from GlobalData’s Thematic Research Team, ‘Ambient Commerce’ – which combines technology with the physical space associated with retail stores […]
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US mobile carriers promote retail stores to complement their online presence, says GlobalData

Many US wireless carriers are expanding their retail footprints, not just via traditional brick-and-mortar locations, but also through experiential concept stores as well as on-the-fly pop-up and mobile sites, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report: ‘Wireless Carriers Are Extending Their Retail Footprints, Complementing Clicks with Bricks’ explores the […]
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IBM and SAP lead cloud-based enterprise AI platform market, says GlobalData

IBM and SAP stand out as leaders in the market for cloud-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s new report: ‘Cloud-based Enterprise AI Platforms: Competitive Landscape Assessment’ states that IBM and SAP offer a full suite of AI capabilities and features, function- and industry-specific tools, […]
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Contactless rise puts cash under pressure, says GlobalData

Following Worldpay’s announcement today (16 Oct) that contactless overtook chip & PIN for in-store card payments this year, Sam Murrant, Senior Analyst in Payments at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on role of contactless cards in the UK: ‘‘Contactless card holding and usage has been on a meteoric upward trajectory […]
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Over half of surveyed executives rank self-optimizing networks and AI assistants as top growth AI use cases in the telecom industry

Self-diagnostics and self-optimization for mobile networks were identified as one of the telecoms Artificial Intelligence (AI) use cases with the highest growth potential over the next two years, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s report: ‘Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Usage & Investment Trends in the Telecoms Industry’ found that 61% of respondents […]
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New tools from IBM and Google reveal just how hard it is to build trust in Artificial Intelligence, says GlobalData

The unseen dangers inherent in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are proving the importance of IBM and Google’s diverse approach to this multifaceted problem, Brad Shimmin, Service Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his perspective on this important issue, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already changed the way consumers interact with technology and the […]
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Prepaid wireless carriers will launch more promotional offers during 2018 than they did in each of the past two years, says GlobalData

Competition among U.S. prepaid mobile service providers has once again heated up. *2016 saw the top five prepaid carriers make numerous promotional service offers to attract new customers, but the total number of offers declined during 2017. However, increased marketing activity has set the stage for the overall number of promotional offers in the prepaid […]
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IT budgets shifting to spend more on digital twin enabling technology

New research from GlobalData reveals a significant shift toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data platform spending among IT practitioners. Brad Shimmin, Service Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on this finding and the future of digital transformation: “If the last few years has shown anything it’s that the […]
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