January 2018 – Trends and Predictions

E-commerce is one of the world’s largest growth markets that is growing every year by more than 20%. By 2020, sales are expected to flourish to over US$4 trillion, nearly doubling the status quo. Who wants to get a share of the pie, should therefore keep an eye on upcoming trends, such as:

MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of enterprise analytics and mobility software, unveiled a map for the Intelligent Enterprise at its annual user conference, MicroStrategy World™ 2018. The map serves as a playbook that offers a collection of technologies and techniques to help organizations leverage existing investments and navigate toward a successful data-driven organization, which

Mobile has come to stay and has already moved past the desktop in many areas. This development will for sure continue in the next few years, which is why digital marketers need to find new ways to attract mobile users.

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has announced the publication of new model rules for TV White Space (TVWS) technology. The new model rules will provide governments, policy makers and regulators with the tools necessary to enable the quick and efficient deployment of TVWS networks to help bridge the digital divide and support the Internet of

Businesses often struggle to build a successful social media strategy, but the following ten golden rules might help to ease the task when considering at least the most basic requirements. For instance, many social media setbacks happen by perceiving social media as something completely different from common life, ignoring the fact that real people with

Professor Jeremy Myerson provided us with his predictions for the key words and themes to watch this year, which are:

Alibaba A.I. Labs, which leads the development of Alibaba’s consumer artificial intelligent (AI) products, and MediaTek, a global fabless semiconductor company, announced a strategic collaboration in Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives, including smart home protocols, customized IoT chips and AI smart hardware, with the aim of fostering the development of a connected world in the

Tableau Software, the leader in visual analytics, announced the roll out of Hyper, the new data engine technology included within Tableau 10.5. With Hyper’s ability to slice and dice massive volumes of data in seconds, customers will see up to 5X faster query speed and up to 3X faster extract creation speed, providing faster insights

CLX Communications, a leading Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider, announced the launch of the first global Rich Communications Service (RCS) messaging API with SMS fall-back.