IT Services and Applications

The most significant changes that IT brings to different processes and services in organizations are through new-age services and applications such as the cloud, M2M interactions, analytics, and data centers. These are transforming sectors such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and ERP, Enterprise Integration and Middleware Tools on a global scale.

Frost & Sullivan’s Information Technology research and consulting programs look at conventional and unconventional technologies, with specific focus on top-level potential disruptors such as cyber security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things. In the IT Services and applications market, we look at, among other segments:

  • CRM
  • ERP
  • Managed Network Services
  • Infrastructure Management
  • Managed Security Services

We work closely with the world’s largest IT firms and upcoming disruptive start-ups to predict macro and micro trends related to products, services, technology and business models that can define growth. Tailored, customized solutions provide clients with the best strategies for growth, supported by the right key data points researched to meet the client’s needs and the specific engagement. Our research spans broadly across the sector and provides deep insights into specific markets in the most significant areas of IT and the IT industry.

  1. 15 Sep 2026  |  Global  |  Technology Research

    Growth Opportunities in Workload Identity and Access Management, Non-Human Identity Security, Threat Exposure Management, and Blockchain Security

    Cyber Security Technology Opportunity Engine

    This edition of the Cyber Security Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) showcases emerging cybersecurity innovators advancing AI-powered security, identity and access management, data security, threat exposure management, blockchain security, cyber incident response, network protection, and agentic AI security. The edition highlights technologies ad...

    $950.00
  2. 09 Sep 2026  |  Global  |  Technology Research

    Unified Cloud Control: The Emergence of Intelligent Multi-Cloud Management Platforms, 2026-2030

    A strategic perspective on platform evolution, operational resilience, governance, and competitive differentiation in a more distributed cloud ecosystem.

    This report emerges as the evolution of an integrated cloud manipulation management system as complementary technology for employer cloud manipulation management systems to enable businesses to manage increasingly distributed workloads in public, private, hybrid, edge, and sovereign clouds in one management system as businesses adopt strategic usag...

    $4,950.00
  3. 03 Sep 2026  |  Global  |  Technology Research

    Photonic and Optical Computing Chips for AI and Data Center Acceleration

    Light-Speed AI Compute Infrastructure

    The study evaluates photonic and optical computing technologies as critical enablers of next-generation AI infrastructure, addressing growing bandwidth, latency, power consumption, and scalability constraints associated with copper-based interconnects. The analysis covers photonic integrated circuits (PICs), optical I/O chiplets, co-packaged optics...

    $4,950.00
  4. 25 Aug 2026  |  Global  |  Frost Radar

    Frost Radar™: Hybrid Cloud Storage Software Platforms, 2026

    A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines

    The hybrid cloud storage software (HCSS) platforms market is evolving from traditional hybrid storage enablement to intelligent distributed data orchestration for data-intensive enterprise environments. HCSS platforms enable unified access, mobility, protection, and policy-driven orchestration across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. The p...

    $4,950.00
  5. 21 Aug 2026  |  Global  |  Technology Research

    Growth Opportunities in Quantum Computing Systems, AI Cloud Platform, Orbital Data Centers, Sovereign AI, Multimodal AI Agents, and Cloud Infrastructure Platform

    IT, Computing and Communications Technology Opportunity Engine

    This edition of the IT, Computing and Communication Technology Opportunity Engine explores growth opportunities across Quantum Computing Systems, AI Cloud Platforms, Orbital Data Centers, Sovereign AI, Multimodal AI Agents, AI-powered Event Platforms, Cloud Infrastructure Platforms, Field Foundation Models, and Legal and Professional Services Workf...

    $950.00
  6. This edition of the Cyber Security Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) captures developments related to Agentic AI-powered Offensive Security, Agentic Pentesting, Blockchain-based AI-powered Onchain Security, Agentic AI-based Exposure Validation, Agentic AI Security Operations, Supply Chain Security & Cyber Risk Management, Enterprise Governance, R...

    $950.00
  7. 04 Aug 2026  |  Global  |  Frost Radar

    Frost Radar: AI-Enhanced Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, 2026

    A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines

    This Frost Radar examines advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), ADAS AI, and next-stage autonomous-driving technologies as a fast-evolving domain reshaping mobility and safety. As automakers, Tier I suppliers, chipmakers, AI software developers, and autonomous mobility companies improve perception, prediction, planning, validation, and vehicle...

    $4,950.00
  8. 29 Jul 2026  |  Global  |  Technology Research

    Next-Generation Chiplet and Advanced Packaging Architectures: Redefining Performance and Scalability in AI and HPC

    Transforming AI and HPC System Architectures

    This study focuses on how next-generation chiplet architectures, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and advanced packaging technologies such as 2.5D/3D integration and fan-out wafer-level packaging are enabling the next wave of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) system architectures, rather than providing a broad packaging market overview. It analyz...

    $4,950.00
  9. This edition of the IT, Computing and Communication Technology Opportunity Engine showcases 16 emerging technology innovators advancing intelligent automation, cloud-native infrastructure, connected ecosystems, enterprise integration, next-generation networking, and AI-powered digital transformation. The edition highlights innovations spanning smar...

    $950.00
  10. 24 Jul 2026  |  Global  |  Market Research

    Top 10 Growth Opportunities in Cloud Infrastructure for 2026

    Underpinning the AI Tsunami

    The global cloud infrastructure market is entering a new phase of growth, shifting from a decade defined by scale expansion and generalized compute consumption toward a more complex environment shaped by infrastructure constraints, workload specialization, and evolving deployment requirements. While demand continues to expand—driven in part by AI, ...

    $2,450.00