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Company Insights
NewHuawei Pay – Competitor Profile
Huawei Pay was launched in 2016 via a collaboration between payment scheme China UnionPay and smartphone brand Huawei, with the aim of competing in China’s exponentially expanding mobile payments market. Huawei Pay offers a ranges of payment services, including in-app and in-store payments. It offers both NFC payment as well as QR code payments for in-store purchases. To ensure privacy and security for payments, Huawei Pay utilizes tokenization and biometric authentication such as fingerprint recognition. Challenging the dominance of established...
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Thematic Analysis
NewGeopolitics in Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) – Thematic Intelligence
Geopolitics in Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) Thematic Report Overview A world with slower growth and heightened geopolitical tensions is making the operating environment for tech, media, and telecom (TMT) companies riskier, more complex, and costlier. The global supply chains organized to optimize profit and speed, which ruled international trade for two decades under globalization, have been twisted out of shape. The geopolitical factors impacting the TMT sector include US-China, Europe, India, the Middle East, and Latin America. The Geopolitics...
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Thematic Analysis
NewIT Infrastructure Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
Cisco continues to lead the thematic screen of GlobalData’s IT infrastructure sector scorecard. The company first took the top spot in Q3 2023 and has maintained it since then, thanks to scores of 5 out of 5 for seven of the screen’s 10 themes.
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Thematic Analysis
NewTelecom Infrastructure Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
The thematic screen of GlobalData’s telecom infrastructure sector scorecard is led by global vendors that score well in the themes related to cloud computing (e.g., programmable infrastructure, edge computing, private networks), 5G, and artificial intelligence (AI). The leaders include US network vendor Cisco, European radio access network (RAN) specialists Nokia and Ericsson, and innovative new entrants such as Mavenir and Rakuten, which is reaping the benefits of acquiring Open RAN vendor Altiostar.
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Thematic Analysis
NewApplication Software Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
Companies scoring well in the artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud computing-related themes lead the thematic screen of GlobalData’s application software sector scorecard. This screen is dominated by the large US cloud vendors (Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet), but also includes leading enterprise software companies such as IBM, SAP, and Infor, as well as Apple. There have been minor score changes for companies such as Broadcom, OpenText, and Software AG due to their divestitures following recent acquisitions.
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Thematic Analysis
NewCloud Services Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
The thematic screen of GlobalData’s cloud services sector scorecard is led by the global hyperscalers Microsoft and Amazon, with Alphabet and IBM also in the top 10. Microsoft and Alphabet, in particular, are aggressively investing in generative artificial intelligence (AI), developing foundational large language models (LLM), and building the infrastructure to offer related services to customers. In recent months, Alphabet launched its Gemini AI model, Microsoft launched its own AI chips and also invested in Mistral, and Microsoft’s strategic partner...
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Thematic Analysis
NewIndustrial Automation Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
The leaders on the thematic screen of GlobalData’s industrial automation sector scorecard are well-versed in artificial intelligence (AI). The top five companies in the thematic rankings all score 5 out of 5 in the AI theme, spurred on by preexisting AI capabilities and strong investment over 2023. Proficiency in AI typically translates to strength in other themes, such as robotics, digital twins, and smart cities. Strength in critical themes like AI can also mitigate against weaknesses in other areas. Microsoft...
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Thematic Analysis
NewSemiconductors Sector Scorecard, Q1 2024 Update – Thematic Intelligence
Companies scoring strongly in artificial intelligence (AI) and geopolitics-related themes lead the thematic screen of GlobalData’s semiconductors sector scorecard. Indeed, the AI, AI chips, geopolitics, and China impact themes jointly account for 50% of the weighting of the thematic screen, reflecting both the growing importance of AI, particularly generative AI, in the industry and the impact of the ongoing US-China trade dispute. Among the thematic leaders are companies with either advanced AI products, such as Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, and Alibaba,...