IT Services and Applications

The ASEAN cloud infrastructure market will gravitate towards a hybrid deployment model (partially premises-based and partially cloud-based) in the next 3–5 years. The demand for managed cloud offerings has been increasing, particularly for Application-as-a-Service and Network-as-a-Service offerings. Enterprises are looking to deploy more open-sou...

This research study provides an analysis of the African Business to Consumer (B2C) eCommerce market. The stakeholder scope includes B2C companies; geographic scope includes key African countries such as Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa; and product category scope includes a number of segments such as books, electronics, fashion, household app...

Owing to the growing presence of hyperscale cloud service providers, extensive penetration of Internet connectivity as well as keen focus on cybersecurity and data privacy, the demand for data storage and managed hosting services is expected to grow exponentially across the ASEAN and Taiwan region (henceforth collectively referred to as “ASEAN”...

Since the development of one of the first theoretical frameworks for a quantum computer in the early 1980s, scientists have been working on achieving ‘Quantum Supremacy’. This state will be achieved by the design and construction of a quantum computer capable of solving problems that cannot be realistically solved by the most powerful classic s...

Cloud services have evolved to become the backbone of IT infrastructure, cutting across all segments of the industry, from large to small enterprises. Companies today are adopting different types of cloud offerings, including infrastructure hosting, SaaS offerings, productivity suites, and database hosting. They implement cloud technologies to sim...

Recent innovations in advanced information and communication technologies have enabled the digital transformation of financial services. As one of the fastest growing mobile network markets in the world, the Middle East represents an attractive opportunity for mobile-backed financial services solutions. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has...

This research service provides an overview on Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market. It also includes an analysis of the different roles played by AI service providers and identifies the strategic imperatives for growth opportunities in this space. Artificial Intelligence is increasingly penetrating into all a...

The study provides information about the cloud market in West Africa. Ghana and Nigeria are the countries that have been analyzed in great detail. According to Frost & Sullivan, the cloud services market in West Africa is in the early stages of development, with international brands dominating the supply side. Local ICT providers are positioning th...

The convergence of technologies is reshaping the future of the workplace, workforce and work processes. Today, technologies with different applications and advantages are integrating with one another to maximize the benefits provided to users. Adoption of such technologies is therefore changing human behaviours in both the physical and virtual sp...