IT Services and Applications

Frost & Sullivan defines CDN providers as companies that offer service-based technology and products that enable the delivery of content from their servers to the end user on the public Internet CDN vendors largely have proprietary infrastructure and use a combination of servers, network routing, and intelligent software to enable the delivery of c...

This study examines the North American standalone mobile forms market. Leading providers are profiled. In addition, market trends and issues, drivers and challenges, the competitive landscape, and potential growth opportunities are defined and discussed. Mobile digital forms remain a key entry point for companies that want to embark on the digita...

The convergence of artificial intelligence and augmented reality is transforming business applications and is likely to have a profound impact on customer experience and the way businesses work. Computer vision, an artificial intelligence technology, allows computers to understand the objects seen through cameras, which are identified and labeled u...

In a connected world, customers across industries are looking for faster and more efficient ways to connect with brands. Companies at the same time are trying to cut manual processes and to automate menial and repetitive tasks in order to reduce their labor costs and to inculcate more efficiency into their business processes. Robotic process automa...

Consumers' interest in connected devices has been one of the significant drivers of innovation in the sector. Over the years, as the cost of sensors declined, the number of IoT-enabled devices has increased steadily and they have become more affordable and viable. However, consumers continue to be wary about data privacy and sharing. The applicati...

This study examines the North American Enterprise BYOD solutions market. Key wireless carrier providers are profiled. Trends and issues, drivers and challenges, the competitive landscape, and potential growth opportunities are defined and discussed. Relevant results from the 2018 Frost & Sullivan Mobile Business Solutions Survey of U.S. and Canadia...

The edge appears to be everywhere these days. Industry pundits and vendors talk about edge computing and edge networking, edge devices, and edge security. But what are we all talking about? Definitions of “the edge” bring to mind the fable about the blind men describing an elephant. Each description reflects the provider’s limited perspecti...

In H1 2018, Frost & Sullivan’s ICT team conducted a small-scale survey of thought leaders from around the world to seek opinion on the technologies that will have a profound transformative impact on existing industry dynamics, value chains, and business models across multiple vertical markets in the next 10 years. Survey respondents came from tw...

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been introduced to solve a variety of business challenges faced by enterprises in the following categories: 1) visibility and insights, 2) optimization of business processes, 3) tracking of assets, 4) monitoring of assets and environment, 5) improved customer engagement, 6) enabling new services, 7) enabling new bus...