Forrester’s 2020 predictions identify key market dynamics that will impact companies’ growth in the coming year. 2020 will be the year that moves leaders’ attention to adaptability: the ability to understand and anticipate market dynamics — and rapidly exploit opportunities, both big and small.

Still considered to be in the early, high development growth stage, the UK home automation market has doubled in size between 2014 and 2018 according to a report recently published by AMA Research. 

From managing inventories to improving personalised shopping experiences and assisting in data mining, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things) is transforming how people do business today. 

Essence Group, a global provider of IoT and cyber security platforms, has completed its new automated production line with long-term partner, Flex Ltd, the global manufacturer. The collaboration combines their expertise in production, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to create an advanced automated manufacturing line.

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global provider of asset optimisation software, has signed an agreement to acquire Mnubo Inc., a Montreal-based provider of purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics infrastructure for the Internet of Things (IoT). Mnubo enables industrial companies to assemble and deploy AI-driven IoT applications quickly, at enterprise scale.

The field service industry continues to evolve from a traditional, tactical business function of installation, maintenance and repair into a strategic revenue generator and competitive differentiator.

Workforce augmented reality: After 15 seconds the brain forgets information completely. When the brain is pushed to work faster, information is forgotten at a faster rate along with mental fatigue.

The City of Helsinki provides Navigil’s wristwatches to approximately two hundred customers who suffer from memory loss diseases such as dementia. Customers can live at home, and if they leave outside a predesignated area, they can be tracked and contacted without any delay with the built-in mobile phone of Navigil’s wristwatch.

Transporting its industrial-grade memory and storage innovations to Boston next week, Innodisk will be demonstrating hardware components’ unique perspective and solutions in tackling emerging AI and IoT challenges at LiveWorx’19.

These days, technology is disrupting valleys well beyond Silicon Valley, says Roberto Marzo, head of strategy and business development at MessageBird. From vineyard management software that tracks harvests and monitors soil conditions, to databases that produce higher crop yields, to robotic arms that safely and gently handle delicate fruits and vegetables at processing facilities, the [...]