IT Services and Applications

The Brazilian education sector is in the global spotlight, capturing the attention of foreign and local investors as well as companies within the sector, and, in turn, driving intense merger and acquisition (M&A) and investment activity. In this hot topic, Frost & Sullivan identifies key areas where the benefits of technology in education are most ...

As data multiplies, the need for enterprises, irrespective of industry vertical or operation scale, also grows. Organizations are embracing analytics solutions and investing time and money to adopt a holistic approach to business and data analysis. As business analytics expands in the global economy, the market for analytics software will continue ...

The development of new, diverse channels such as the interactive voice response (IVR), social media, chat, and short message service (SMS) has driven customers to demand more qualified, personalized services, which has led to a greater adoption of virtual agent (VA) applications. Furthermore, specifically in Brazil, the increase in purchase power h...

This research analyses the cloud services in South Africa and Kenya. It provides an insight into the current and predicted future status of the cloud computing services and also the key market trends. The research focuses on the types of cloud computing services offered in both countries and the main participants in this space. While the South Afri...

Cloud Robotics can be considered as an emerging technology concept where the Internet will provide massively parallel computation and sharing of huge data resources to Remote Brained robots. The existing Internet and cloud infrastructure can provide a range of potential benefits for robots. Interfacing robotics in the cloud will enable faster dep...

The need to ensure healthcare delivery along the continuum of care, the emergence of innovative healthcare delivery mechanisms and the increasing demand for efficiency and flexibility in healthcare dispensation, mandates a robust information technology platform. Healthcare information systems are at the interface between information & communication...

In todays business world where industries are suffering from information overload and data glut, there remains a need for a solution which could simplify the task in helping the user to comprehend the information available and also quicken the process. Data visualization serves as a solution which would help find hidden patterns and trends in the ...

Utilities are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of efficient data management in smart metering projects. To manage and use the growing volume and variety of data, they must be capable of high-volume data management and data-pattern analytics. Although many utilities still fail to consider smart metering as a software project, meter data...