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In relative terms, the Internet of Things (IoT) is still a young industry, with a lot of growth—and assuredly a lot of revenue—in its future. For several years now, it’s been widely recognized that IoT has enormous potential and will likely become a very large global market.... More Info

Across all industries, demand is increasingly driven by consumers who value products that are rich in digital experience and rapidly brought to market. Large enterprises’ prevailing processes and technology were largely unequipped to meet these requirements when they took hold, so it became apparent that fundamental change was needed.... More Info

This year was another tumultuous one for data centers. The type of growth we saw in 2018 followed three different trends: hybrid data centers, edge data centers and underground data centers.... More Info

The telecoms industry has changed dramatically over the past ten years, with mobile service providers’ voice and messaging revenues being eroded as OTT players come to dominate the landscape. According to a recent study, operator-billed mobile voice revenues are set to fall by almost half over the next five years, from $354 billion to $197 billion, as a result of the widespread adoption of OTT messaging and VoIP services.... More Info

With 5G Slicing being a critical part of 5G financial success (see also: Orchestration Imperative for 5G Slicing) and the fact that to work, it has to cut across multiple operators and vendors, there will need to be standards. To meet 5G Slicing’s full promise, however, these standards must be agile in order to respond to today’s rapidly changing world.... More Info