The top digital transformation drivers for retailers over the next two years will be to improve customer experience (CX) and their marketing capabilities. Retailers will also leverage digital technologies to manage their supply chains and improve their operational efficiency. Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intellig...

The APAC network security market saw a decline of 7.2% in Q1 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. China was the first country to be hit by the current pandemic, and the country implemented lockdown measures in several main cities in Q1 2020. Hence, the market suffered a strong decline of 27.9% in the first quarter. Overall, only the SSL VPN segment exp...

Of late, cyber space has been driving socio-economic activities, as a fall-out of the unification of cyber space and real space including entire industries, especially manufacturing industries, which is termed Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The vast amount of data produced by sensors and devices every second from all over the world is being...

The APAC network security market saw a 11.4Percentage growth in Q4 2019. The market is being driven mostly by the firewall segment which grew 14.0Percentage. Top-three revenue contributors remain education, government, and BFSI sectors, with a combined contribution of 63.3Percentage of market share. Healthcare, government, and manufacturing were th...

The Frost & Sullivan report presents the concept of Zero Trust Architecture and best practices for CISOs. A Zero Trust Network (ZTN) is based on the basic principle of “never trust, always verify”. ZTN is a model or guiding design principle. It is an overall strategy and framework to prevent unauthorized access, contain breaches and reduce the...

COVID-19 has hit us fast and furiously in 2020. A general lack of preparedness in customer care has revealed each industry’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Every vertical market has its own unique challenges, but the concerns that are universal for all of them include lack of bandwidth, secured networks, and reliability. In this volatile and unp...

Today, the experience economy is in full swing, strongly impacting organizations and their business models. In this new era, user experience is key to creating value. It is no longer just about the quality of a product or a service; it is about the emotions and experiences that clients have when they consume it. Firms from all sectors are increasin...

This research study examines companies that are using the advantages of the internet era to develop new ways of providing banking and financial services. Specifically, it is about the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry in 6 of the key member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). P2P is a form of loan provision platform cen...

The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan—the most populous city in Central China—evolved rapidly to be characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. Globally, organizations have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and many have already implemente...