Industries

In May and June 2023, Frost & Sullivan conducted a global survey of network decision-makers to understand businesses perceptions, decisions, and purchases regarding SD-WAN and SASE. This report examines responses from US businesses of different sizes that are categorized as small (10 to 99 employees), mid-size (100 to 499 employees), and large (mo...

Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 IT decision-maker (ITDM) survey was conducted to gain insights on the following end-user organizations’ priorities: • Current communications and collaboration technology adoption rates and future adoption plans • Current adoption and future demand for Microsoft Teams Phone and Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile, as ...

As the pandemic fades there are questions about the sustainability of remote and hybrid work, how to modify office real estate to support remote work and better employee engagement. IT decision maker input in Frost & Sullivan's latest survey provides answers. Business leaders are confident that remote work is solidified as a norm, and that supporti...

Frontline workers are a key part of the workforce in the majority of organizations. Out of approximately two and a half billion non-desk/frontline workers around the world, an estimated one billion require tailored communications and collaboration tools to complete their job tasks. There is no perfect definition of frontline workers. Generally, ...

The workplace is being rewired and the opportunity is immense. The last two years have revealed that employees can be equally, if not more, productive working from home. This has led to permanent shifts in the relevance of the physical office and the role of remote work in the workplace. The next phase of re-imagining hybrid work is, however, not ...

Retail sales are an important economic indicator because consumer spending reflects the strength of an economy and its fundamentals. Retailers are expected to invest in transformative technologies to prepare for unexpected events, new emergencies and build resilience. Currently, among the primary focal areas for retailers is to build e-commerce cap...

Affects of the pandemic, particularly widespread remote work and work from home practices, will have lasting impact on how people work and the communications and collaboration tools they use. The year 2022 promises to be a year of transition as COVID-19 infection rates decline globally and as end user organizations of all sizes, industries and regi...

In this study, Frost & Sullivan provides a detailed analysis of the 2021 US SD-WAN survey conducted among enterprises in the US vertical markets on their preferences for SD-WAN. The survey respondents were the IT/network decision-makers from different verticals, including financial services, healthcare, retail, government, technology, and manufactu...

An important pillar of the global economy, the financial services industry is experiencing rapid and substantial transformation. Contact center, unified communications and collaboration technologies have risen in prominence as financial services institutions have needed to connect a workforce that is more widely distributed than ever before and ad...