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Here you will find the latest insights from our lead analysts, as well as advice and research on how different technology trends are shaping and transforming the world.
One Step Closer to the Smart Home of the Future
With consumers becoming increasingly connected, the European smart home market is rapidly expanding and becoming more mainstream.
Is Your Cloud Data a Ship in a Bottle?
The cloud conversation has been and gone - no longer a hot topic at conferences and in the technology press, it is now a fact of life. Business as usual.
7 Key Takeaways From NRF 2020: Blurring the Lines in Retail Innovation
Every year, IDC participates at the Annual Retail Big Show & EXPO, organized by the National Retail Federation (NRF) that sets the scene of retail for the following 12 months and beyond.
Blockchain in Smart Cities: A Reality Check
Cities are the centre of attention of the 21st century. Most of the global population lives in cities, and they are the fulcrum of economic and social innovation.
The New ETHIC of the Citizen-Centric Public Services
In the real world, public service officials must balance the quality of services with often limited budgets, legacy processes and systems, and skill gaps. Investing in digital technology can speed up the modernization of public services, but that alone it is not enough.
5 Top Trends Influencing Cloud in Europe in 2020
I love our annual research planning meetings, and especially so if it is the start of a new era — the 2020s — and about a technology that has triggered the fourth industrial revolution — Cloud!