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Latest Reports
Empowering Connectivity: Why Switching to Private LTE Networks Is the Smart Move?
The demand for private wireless solutions is increasing in response to the expanding IoT landscape and the scaling of industrial operations. Manufacturing enterprises are acknowledging the imperative to transition to private wireless networks, recognizing their distinct advantages. This research byte outlines how private wireless differs from traditional Wi-Fi, highlighting key benefits and essential factors for consideration. Additionally, it sheds light on the pivotal stakeholders driving the implementation across the private LTE ecosystem, with a focus on the role of service providers. It emphasizes the necessity of private wireless for sectors prioritizing digital transformation.
AWS Bets on Model Flexibility and Hardware Efficiency for a Distinctive Generative AI Advantage
Major hyperscalers, including Microsoft, Google, and AWS, have embraced generative AI, offering foundation models and proprietary software and hardware accelerators. However, as the generative AI landscape continues to evolve, establishing a unique selling proposition has become challenging. Customers, too, are facing a dilemma in choosing generative AI vendors. AWS stands out strategically in this landscape where differentiation is becoming increasingly elusive, offering Amazon Bedrock’s extensive flexibility in model selection and making substantial investments in purpose-specific AI hardware such as AWS Trainium and AWS Graviton.
Generative AI: The Vigilant Watchtower for Data Centers
Managing data centers strategically is essential to effectively navigate market hurdles in today’s dynamic economy. For an organization, taking advantage of possibilities in spite of economic obstacles is just as important as maintaining security and smooth operation. Nowadays, businesses are dealing with resource constraints, adapting to new regulations and technology, conserving energy, and scaling up or down as necessary. To overcome these hurdles, leading service providers harness generative AI to help organizations manage data centers effectively, especially in monitoring and support services. It greatly benefits customers by automating operations, improving security, and quickly resolving issues, all while supporting data-driven decision-making.
Hard-to-Find Skills Keep IT Security Staffing Stagnant
High-profile security attacks have increased the importance of security amongst enterprises over recent years. With the transformation of the workspace to remote and hybrid work, more pressure has been placed on IT security staffing personnel. Despite these increased burdens, this staffing ratio has remained relatively stable over the past three years.
IT Security Staffing Ratios 2024
The constant beating drum of new security vectors and the recent impact of remote and hybrid work have placed pressure on IT security staffing levels. Enterprises have been steadily increasing IT security budgets and personnel for years. However, IT security personnel as a percentage of the total IT staff has decreased slightly from 4.3% in 2022 to 4.2% in 2023. For three years, security personnel as a percentage has been flat, ranging between 4.2% and 4.3%. Has the supply of IT security personnel finally reached its cap?
SCM Adoption Declines: Is the Supply Chain Hype Subsiding?
Previous global crises pushed supply chain management systems to the brink. Delays and shortages have led business leaders to question their longstanding commitment to lean inventory, just-in-time manufacturing, and reliance on long offshore supply chains. But with the changes of the economic environment in play, we have seen some normalization of supply chains. This Research Byte provides a summary of our full report on supply chain management adoption and customer experience.
Supply Chain Management Adoption Trends and Customer Experience 2024
Supply chain management (SCM) has become a hot topic in recent years. From grocery shelves running out of toilet paper and cleaning supplies during the pandemic, to shortages of semiconductors leading to auto dealers running out of cars to sell, to cargo ships lined up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the term “supply chain” was on everyone’s lips. But given the resolution of global supply chain issues over the past year, what does this mean for future adoption and investments of SCM systems?
Microsoft Revs Up Copilot in Dynamics 365: Will it Fly with Customers?
To capitalize on the generative AI frenzy sweeping the business world, Microsoft has been rapidly launching versions of its Copilot solutions throughout its various products. The software giant has also announced many new use cases for Copilots in individual Dynamics 365 modules. But are customers ready and willing to let Gen AI play such an important role in their core ERP processes? And are they willing to pay for it? We examine the Copilot state of play.
Airlines and Airports Digital Services: Employing Emerging Technologies to Augment Passenger Experience
Airline and airport enterprises are investing in digital technologies to enhance customer experience and improve operational efficiency. Additionally, to meet the evolving demands of the market, the industry is embracing ESG measures across the value chain to achieve net-zero emissions and address customer preference for sustainable travel. Furthermore, emerging technologies, especially AI, Cloud, and Intelligent automation, are significantly instrumental in transforming the industry to offer self-help kiosks, modernize legacy IT infrastructure, and improve workforce efficiency by automating mundane tasks. Both demand- and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Airlines and Airports Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™ and Airlines and Airports Digital Services 2024 RadarView™, respectively.
Airlines and Airports Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™
The Airlines and Airports Digital Services 2024 Market Insights™ assists organizations in identifying important demand-side trends that are expected to have a long-term impact on any digital project in the airports and airlines industry. The report also highlights key challenges that enterprises face today.
