SMAC Market Research Reports

This research service aims to provide a snapshot of a small number of end users' investment attitudes towards Big Data & Analytics (BDA) technologies in order to illustrate enterprises' views on using data as an enabler for digital transformation. The study reveals that although the market is nascent, it has a surprising open-mindedness towards tra...

Although South Africa is in a nascent phase regarding the adoption of Big Data technologies, industries have begun implementing Big Data solutions for improved operational processes and to find new business opportunities. The key driving forces behind Big Data discussed in this analysis include increased connectivity and Internet usage, for both mo...

This research service provides an analysis of the cloud services market across Africa. The market trends in the key African markets of South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria are analyzed and compared with global trends. This research service includes company profiles of leading cloud providers in the 3 countries and the strategies they employ. This resea...

The world population will grow from 7.3 billion people today to 8.2 billion by 2025, and 9.7 billion by 2050. As a society, we will need to produce 70% more food than is currently produced today. The agricultural Industry requires a revolution and artificial intelligence is that revolution. Artificial intelligence will drive five use cases that wil...

It is difficult to understand what is happening in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). New developments seem to happen weekly, and vendors use different words to describe their products. Within financial services, some companies use the term Big Data analytics while others use machine learning technologies or artificial intelligent agents. T...

With the evolution of the cloud market, enterprises increasingly want more than scalability. They want operational stability and predictability as well. Recognizing the importance of the network, cloud providers are focussing on improving the network architecture connecting to their cloud platform. In this research service, the growing importance o...