IDC Europe

ARVR-IDC

AWE 2018: AR Finding Its Place in the Enterprise Space

Giulia Carosella
Giulia Carosella (European Digital Transformation Practice Lead)
We had the opportunity to attend the Augmented World Expo (AWE) Europe 2018 held in Munich on Oct 18 and 19. During the 2 days expo we took the chance to meet players and young startups active in the ARVR space having insightful conversations with technology providers to understand their roadmap and try their devices and listen to major announcements and interesting speakers. We were involved in the event and had the pleasure to moderate the Energy panel. The key takeaways from the event are summarized below.

Read more

by IDC Europe

Key trends identified by High-Growth Cloud Scale-Ups and StartUps in Europe

Carla Arend
Carla Arend (Lead analyst European Cloud Research)
Adriana Allocato
Adriana Allocato (Senior Research Analyst, Government and Health Insights)
On the 5th of September, a group of 13 executives from high-growth, innovative cloud companies in Europe identified the most disruptive trend in their business as the shift to everything as software.

The mix of founders, co-founders, CEOs, and VPs are members of IDC's Cloud Research Innovation Council (RIC). IDC is currently running four Research Innovation Councils (AI, Security, Blockchain and Cloud) that have each created a community of leading IDC analysts and business leaders that cut across emerging and established companies. The RICs provide a professional framework that offers an ideal setting for an open discussion.

Read more

by IDC Europe

Augmenting or Substituting? How the Workforce Should Tackle the Fear of AI

Erica Spinoni
Erica Spinoni (Senior Research Analyst, European Research)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading around the world, and not only as a buzzword and conversation starter. AI is now a real technology — not only on the shop floor, but in everyday life.

Many people are using the term AI, but there are still concerns about the concept. What exactly is AI, and how will it change our working lives? Simply put, AI is a technology that can understand external conditions and automatically react to those situations. But it is more than that — it can learn from past events and adjust responses to new challenges while continuously improving its embedded knowledge. For this reason, we believe that AI, which has fascinated humankind for generations (the first film about AI and robotics dates back to 1927), can improve workers' experience in manufacturing plants. AI-embedded co-bots, for example — robots that can work shoulder-to-shoulder with factory workers — enable workers to perform tasks in a safer environment.Read more

by IDC Europe

blockchain-IDC

6 Reasons Why Blockchain Will Follow a Unique Adoption in Europe

Carla La Croce
Carla La Croce (Senior Research Analyst, European Industry Solutions, Customer Insights & Analysis)
Here we are! Blockchain is the 2018 keyword! We described a lot what is it and which are the disruptive features of this technology. And we know that blockchain and distributed ledger technologies have a global nature, as their main objective is to facilitate the exchange of digital and physical assets among third parties. Nonetheless, the collaborative approach, data privacy rules, and the vibrant start-up ecosystems are poised to shape the blockchain space in Europe and make it much different from other regions.Read more

by IDC Europe