In previous articles, Frost & Sullivan described how open innovation (OI) means that Innovation Has Left the Lab: A Primer and First Step on an Open Innovation Journey and how ICT Takes Open Innovation to the Rest of the Economy.

On 9 September 2014, the iPhone 6 and the long-anticipated Apple Watch were unveiled at Apple’s keynote address. The most surprising development, however, was Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a mobile wallet technology that enables contactless payment from an array of cards stored on a single iPhone.

Despite significant challenges, the Internet economy is to remain a growth hotspot in Russia’s economic landscape—that is the easiest but most important conclusion one can make from this year’s press conference related to the results of the annual study of the Russian Internet Economy (2013–2014).

Networking provider Cisco launched a new next generation firewall (NGFW) product on 16 September 2014, as part of its portfolio of Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls. The release marks an interesting development in a market where the convergence of NGFW and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) is gathering momentum

As the smartphone market matures in developed countries, the two most important companies recently outlined their growth strategies. Apple is targeting the high-end smartphone with larger screens and the wearable category with Apple Watch.