Author: Connected World
When it comes to achieving strategic business goals, data, analytics, and AI (artificial intelligence) are playing increasingly important and prominent roles. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global market for big data analytics will be worth nearly $550 billion by 2028, up from about $231 billion in 2021. Driving adoption of analytics tools, per the Fortune Business Insights report, is the trend toward digitalization thanks to pressures put on businesses by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the increasing use of edge computing, among other factors. A new study from WNS and Forrester suggests the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown…
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For many organizations, their ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution is a vital tool for maintaining important operations and syncing data from different departments throughout their business. The high adoption rate of ERP systems in the construction industry illuminates the importance that these solutions have in running a successful business. ERP has come a long way from its roots in the 1960s as MRP (material requirements planning) systems. MRPs paved the way toward the development of ERP software by starting the process of automating the tracking of inventory and production. Throughout the decades, the technology and scope of the software improved…
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Despite global tensions amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the show—in this case MWC 2022—went on, ending Thursday in Barcelona. GSMA, the trade show host, used the event as a platform to launch The Mobile Economy Report 2022, which delves into the outlook for 5G connections and sets the stage for the onslaught of news that came out of the event last week—many of which focused on enterprise and the 5G network infrastructure more so than mobile devices, a stark change from previous years. GSMA’s report says by the end of this year, there will be more than 1 billion…
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