Research Scope In 2015, automotive industry investments in key focus areas were about $19.57 billion. Growing digitalization and advancements in technology will increase the investments to $82.01 billion by 2020. The rapid pace of digitalization is transforming the component hardware-driven automotive sector to a software and solutions-focused ind...

The overall research objective was to measure the current use and future decision-making behavior toward mobile enterprise applications, including some specific focus on mobile asset tracking (MAT), mobile sales force automation (MSFA), mobile workforce management (MWM), and mobile supply chain management (MSCM) software solutions. Interest in mobi...

Currently in its eighth year, thus research study tracks the purchasing patterns of automotive tools (hand tools, power tools, handheld diagnostic tools, pneumatic /air tools, and tool storage devices) among US technicians. About 500 automotive service professionals were surveyed in May 2016. To have qualified as a respondent, an automotive technic...

The supply chain market is becoming more complex in a time-constrained environment as speed of delivery and user experience emerge as critical factors; in fact, instant and same-day delivery solutions are now key service differentiators. Firms must rethink their strategies and devise more agile models that leverage economies of scale and still meet...

Not all customers, locations or users will move to cloud communications services. There are valid reasons to deploy UC solution on the customer premises. This Buyers' Guide overviews capabilities available with the flagship SMB platforms offered by North America's leading UC platform vendors. Details include: development direction, scale, performan...

Hosted Internet Protocol (IP) telephony and unified communications and collaboration (UCC) services represent a fast-growing segment in the broader cloud communications market. User adoption is rapidly accelerating; at the same time businesses struggle to manage increasingly complex UCC environments and look for more flexible technology consumption...

Businesses are increasingly seeking to outsource various information technology (IT) tasks as well as end-to-end IT infrastructure management in order to improve operational efficiencies, leverage a partner’s stronger technology expertise, and gain a competitive edge. Managed customer premises equipment (CPE) services, including managed Internet ...

After years of provider initiatives, the UCC industry is finally moving in earnest toward software, services, and cloud architectures. Millennials, mobility, social, and BYOT continue to drive technology development in the quest for improved user adoption of UCC. Integration with business applications is a key focal area as UCC vendors strive to de...

Rapid advancement of technologies and their declining costs provide new opportunities to meet the increasingly stringent emission and safety standards of vehicles and significantly enhance the driving experience. Several technology alternatives and pathways are available for meeting desired functional and performance goals, some of which come with ...