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Cloud Service Provider Trends: Partner channel surges with multi-cloud competencies
December 2023 Technology
Altman Solon analyzes the rise of the cloud partner channel and multi-cloud strategy benefits.
Fewer Happy E-Commerce Returns: Smooth supply chain, smart returns policies can heal e-commerce pain points
November 2023 Technology
Discover how online retailers can realign their supply chain processes to supercharge the e-commerce returns experience.
Telecommunications’ Next Frontier: Navigating the generative AI imperative
September 2023 Technology Telecommunications
To assess the telecommunications sector’s sentiments on generative AI and understand the current and future adoption of this technology, Altman Solon worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to survey 100 senior business leaders at Tier...
E-Cart to Door: Unboxing shopper profiles, emotions, and priorities
September 2023 Technology
Altman Solon's 2023 Store-to-Door Survey explores six online shopper segments and how retailers should adapt their supply chain to meet changing consumer preferences.
AI on Set: The tech stack and infrastructure requirements in M&E
September 2023 Media Technology
At a time when streaming giants are tightening their belts, AI can create cost savings and efficiencies by automating labor-intensive tasks and optimizing workflows.
Rethinking Digital Content Monetization in the AI Era
August 2023 Media Technology Generative AI
Discover Altman Solon’s strategy for digital publishers to navigate the rise of generative AI and maximize digital content monetization.
From Bitcoin Mining to HPC: Crypto’s opportunity in high-performance computing
July 2023 Technology
Explore the current state of the Bitcoin market, challenges faced by Bitcoin mining companies, and opportunities to capture profit by diversifying their revenue streams towards high-performance computing data centers.
Meeting the Infrastructure Demands of Generative AI
July 2023 Technology Generative AI
What is the infrastructure impact of enterprise generative AI tools? Altman Solon delves into the critical aspect of infrastructure demands.
Apple Enters the AR/VR Headset Market: Will this be an iPhone moment or just another device in a crowded field?
July 2023 Technology
This article explores how Apple's first virtual reality headset, the Vision Pro, competes in the existing AR/VR marketplace and what retailers, content providers, insurance providers, and carriers should know to navigate the changing market.
Fan Club On-Chain: Leveraging Web3 for Sports Fan Engagement
June 2023 Media Technology
This article highlights how sports rights’ holders can leverage blockchain technology and Web3 to create an engaged community of sports fans.
Apple Enters the AR/VR Device Market: Will this be an iPhone moment or just another device in a crowded field?
June 2023 Technology
This article explores how Apple’s first virtual reality headset, the Vision Pro, competes in the existing AR/VR marketplace and what retailers, content providers, insurance providers, and carriers should know to navigate the changing market.
Productivity Boost: Competitive Dynamics in the Enterprise Productivity Suite Market
May 2023 Technology
Led by Partner Patrick Marshall and Director Abhishek Mitra, Altman Solon’s inaugural Productivity Suite Survey, in collaboration with Cowen, gleans insights from nearly 600 IT decision-makers across business sizes and industries into the state of the growing productivity suite market and trends gaining momentum within the global cloud space.
From out-of-the-box to tailor-made: Developing and deploying enterprise generative AI tools
May 2023 Technology Generative AI
Enterprises that want to adopt generative AI tools face more complex choices compared to when they adopt well-established enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. How a company opts to develop and deploy generative AI tools brings tradeoffs across security, tool customization, licensing fees, deployment costs, scalability, time to deploy, and availability of internal skillsets.
Electric Vehicles Charge into the Fast Lane
April 2023 Technology
The automotive industry is speeding toward an electric future. In recent years, U.S. sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have more than doubled – with growth in Germany and the U.K. close behind.
Generative AI: The New Transformation in Business Technology
April 2023 Technology Generative AI
This insight explores how generative AI tools impact strategic business functions: software development, marketing, customer service, product management and product design.
Cloud Partners Double Down on Analytics, Security, and Multi-Cloud Specializations as the Ecosystem Matures
March 2023 Technology
Altman Solon has developed a Cloud Partner Database that analyzes certification trends and the business performance of over 60,000 credentialed cloud partners globally. This database helps cloud partners and buyers define expansion strategies and inform investment decisions in a highly competitive cloud services market.
2023 Consumer Tech Device Trends
January 2023 Technology
Device trends Altman Solon views as critical for product executives at telecom, media, and technology firms, as they determine their product roadmap for the next five to ten years.
Internet of Things: Competitive Advantages Beyond Connectivity
December 2022 Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) has gone mainstream, and opportunities abound to develop use cases through emerging tech and business models.
A Multiverse of Metaverses
November 2022 Media Technology
While not new, the metaverse got significant media attention since the rebranding of Facebook into Meta in Fall 2021. Since then, everyone from large vendors to market watchers have weighed in on what defines the metaverse, how it will evolve over the coming years, and what organizations can and should consider in this dynamic market.
The Semiconductor Ecosystem: Complex, Global, and Specialized
November 2022 Technology
After experiencing market volatilities over the last two years during the global COVID-19 pandemic, the complex semiconductor industry is poised for sustained long-term growth over the next decade.
The Field Services Market: New “Normal” of Hybrid Work Drives the Quest for the “Ultimate Hybrid Work Bundle”
October 2022 Technology
As hybrid and remote work becomes the "new normal" and employees' needs are changing, there is an opportunity for the field services market to forge new partnerships and reach new target customer segments with the "ultimate hybrid work-home bundle" of services and devices.
Fintech Deconstructed: Telecom Providers Expand Financial Accessibility
August 2022 Technology Telecommunications
In this podcast discussion, Michael Gurau, Daniel Torras, and Matt Birtch dive into the 2022 Global Fintech Survey, emergent trends the team is watching in online banking, and four customer segments that were developed from survey findings.
From Unbanked to Cutting-Edge: The Opportunity for Telecom Providers to Expand Financial Accessibility in Emerging Markets
July 2022 Technology Telecommunications
MFS is opening many doors for mobile providers while creating more transparency, affordability, and financial accessibility for consumers across emerging markets – particularly for those who have never previously participated in the financial system.
Consumers Increasingly Choose Gaming Platforms for Social Experiences, Driving Convergence Across Social Media
April 2022 Media Technology
Altman Solon's Global Consumer Gaming Survey explores emerging trends in gaming, including the emergence of the metaverse, investment in cloud infrastructure, and proliferation of digital communities.
GAMMA Blends Solutions and Business Models to Create Non-Ordinary Competition
December 2021 Technology
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta (Facebook), and Apple (GAMMA) have diversified and blended business models to deliver unique solutions.
COVID-19, Consolidation, & Capital Create Competition in Compute
August 2021 Technology
As processors have moved from highly concentrated environments to highly distributed ones, use cases have proliferated and become more specialized.
New Global Threats Create Risk & Opportunity in Fragmented Cybersecurity Markets
April 2021 Technology
Evolving and increasingly effective cybersecurity threat agents elevate risk across all sectors and the entire telecommunications and technology continuum – from the network to the edge.
‘Big Three’ Firms Rule the Public Cloud, but Smaller Partners Drive Future Growth
August 2020 Strategy Technology
The fierce battle for the public cloud features three top tech titans – Amazon, Microsoft, and Google – in what will be a long and bruising competition for customers and revenue.
Cloud, Networking Buoy B2B Telecom during COVID-19 Crisis
August 2020 Technology Telecommunications
The negative macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 have been swift and unprecedented. The job losses, driven in large part by massive cuts across retail, travel, and hospitality sectors, have been historically bad, but the economic fallout...
As SD-WAN Technology Evolves, So Must Its Definition
August 2020 Technology
We recently issued a white paper on SD-WAN adoption, which included analysis of data from a survey of 300 IT decision-makers. The paper, released in partnership with Bank Street, has generated a lot of interesting feedback.
The Managed Cloud Market Is Growing Rapidly, but Risks Commoditization, Margin Compression
July 2020 Capital Markets Technology
Assessing a cloud managed service provider and evaluating their future potential depends on both market growth and unique company capabilities and relationships.
Success of a data center portfolio is determined on the local level
June 2020 Capital Markets Technology Telecommunications
Assessing data center operations and evaluating their future potential is strongly dependent on local and regional dynamics.
Outbound conversational AI – competitive threats for small providers
June 2020 Capital Markets Technology
Conversational AI is at a relatively early stage, with several suppliers competing in a fragmented market.
Global gaming poised for tectonic shift as gamers embrace subscription services, show interest in cloud-based gaming
May 2020 Strategy Technology Featured
The video game industry is poised for another transformation as subscription services become more prevalent and interest in cloud-based gaming grows, according to Altman Solon’s 2020 International Consumer Gaming Survey.
Whitepaper: The future of SaaS ― is there light at the end of the tunnel?
May 2020 Strategy Technology
Software firms transitioning to SaaS saw market capitalizations rise nearly 300% while revenues and margins remained mostly flat: These valuations seem hard to justify today, and will be harder to justify tomorrow.
As cloud rolls in, companies need help managing complex migrations
May 2020 Technology Operations
As Thanos, the main villain in Avengers: Endgame, famously found out: nothing is inevitable. Today, it seems like the eventual migration of all workloads to Cloud environments is inevitable.
The long view on Google Stadia: cloud-based gaming is the future
May 2020 Strategy Technology
With the launch this week of Stadia, Google’s cloud-based gaming system, Altman Solon's Jon Wakelin believes the industry is taking an important step toward cloud-based gaming becoming the standard service delivery – despite some challenges on the near horizon.