360Quadrants powered by MarketsandMarkets, the world`s only comparison platform that combines expert analysis with crowdsourced insights has released a quadrant on Artificial Intelligence in Retail industry to help businesses make quicker and more informed decisions.

There will be an estimated 14.2 billion connected devices in use this year, and roughly 161 million devices will be cropping up in hospitals, clinics and medical offices by 2020. While security issues with any connected device are concerning, they are particularly troubling for an industry that has such a direct impact on patient safety and lives..

Siemens has launched its first battery storage geared to the requirements in private homes. Homeowners can use the Junelight Smart Battery to maximize consumption of self-generated energy, minimize energy procurement cost and reduce emissions..

Cognizant has announced its work with New York City based health insurance provider EmblemHealth, one of the largest non-profit health insurers in the U.S., to consolidate all of its applications and operations using Oracle Cloud Applications.

The European digital health company, Liva Healthcare, today announced an investment of eight million euros from three German venture funds: MIG (Munich), Santo Venture Capital (Holzkirchen) and Digital Health Ventures (Berlin).

UK care management start up Karantis360 has turned to IBM to help build a new solution that uses sensors and Watson artificial intelligence running in the IBM Cloud to enable people who need assistance to live more independently in their own homes..

PA Consulting’s Peter Siggins, energy expert, recently participated in a Utility Week webinar on the future of the energy retail market and how much of an impact political pressures such as the price cap and Brexit are having..

The Global Micro services in Healthcare Market is expected to rise from its initial estimated value of USD 132.01 million in 2018 to an estimated value of USD 643.66 million by 2026 registering a CAGR of 21.9% in the forecast period of 2019-2026. This rise in the market can be attributed to the efficient and high speed project delivery..

With the typical “peak and trough” consumption pattern for risk and regulatory workloads, the commercial rationale behind moving to the cloud always existed. Until recently, however, regulation inhibited cloud adoption. This is changing fast. The major cloud vendors, including Google, now tick most (if not all) of the boxes mandated by regulators from a security, jurisdiction and privacy perspective..

• Demand from financial institutions drives need for specialist financial crime agency.

• Profitable and sustainable growth
• FBA (France, Benelux, Africa) and UKI (United Kingdom, Ireland) regions stood out with strong growth far above the market average
• Significant investments in future strategy in a year of transition...

CGI today announced an all-cash tender offer of SEK 41.45 per share to acquire through its wholly owned subsidiary CGI Nordic Holdings Limited, all outstanding shares of Acando (the "Offer"). Acando`s consultants combine deep technical expertise with human behavioral insights to help clients maximize the power of technology to achieve their business goals. The Offer represents a 44.2% premium to Acando`s closing price on March 8, 2019.

In the oil and gas industry, the promise of IoT applications lies not with managing existing assets, supply chains, or customer relationships but, rather, in creating new value in information about these. An integrated deployment strategy is key for O&G companies looking to find value in IoT technology..

Businesses want data on their customers. Customers want to protect their privacy, and ensure their information isn’t being misused. The General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act in the United States are making efforts to protect personal data, but is there a better way?.

“Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019” demonstrates the importance of visibility, shared responsibility, and a CISO seat at the table...

Microsoft and VMware are preparing a groundbreaking partnership that will bring a fully supported version of VMware`s virtualized compute infrastructure into the Azure cloud, according to a report in The Information..

Although the prices of cryptocurrencies are still significantly down from their all-time highs in 2017 and the beginning of 2018, the industry as a whole has experienced positive and consistent developments and partnerships from mainstream players in the fintech industry.

Wipro said it has partnered with RiskLens to deliver quantitative cyber risk assessments to enterprise customers and government organisations. The Indian IT services major said the new services delivered through this partnership would meet the rising and urgent demand from enterprises for better insights into losses from cyber-attacks..

KPMG recently released their ‘2019 Technology Industry Innovation’ survey — with results favourable towards the adoption of blockchain for business. The survey is compiled of results from more than 740 global leaders in the technology industry across 12 countries, with 76% of respondents C-level executives. Read on to see the key findings....

PA Consulting’s Nick Shackleton-Jones, a learning and innovation expert, is quoted in an article in the Financial Times on how technology is helping boost engagement among students learning remotely..

• Survey conducted in 2019 shows significant decrease in number of consultants recruited from Oxbridge and Russell Group universities
• Sociable working hours, continuous personal development as well as competitive salaries vital to attract future talent according to young consultants
• Consulting sector growth estimated at 5.7% last year with highest growth rates in Retail, Leisure and Transport sectors
• Positive outlook for 2019 with 9/10 consultants expecting activity to increase driven by projects relating to Brexit and a changing business environment...

John Carona, chairman and CEO of Associa, the industry’s largest community management company, was presented with the inaugural Deloitte Entrepreneur Summit Bootstrap Award during the recent celebration in Dallas, Texas.

Gartner, the world’s leading information technology and advisory company, recognized Deloitte as a leader, positioned highest for ability to execute and furthest for completeness of vision, in its February 2019 report titled, Magic Quadrant for Data and Analytics Service Providers, Worldwide....

With the number of delivery drones in the global eCommerce industry alone expected to increase to 2.2 million units by 2025, there will be a surge in the demand for drone servicing, repair, and maintenance. Drone delivery trials are being conducted in at least 15 countries, including Australia, the US, the UK....

A new report sees hospitals and diagnostic labs becoming the biggest adopters of digital pathology tools – and says vendors can boost their chances of approval and commercialisation by staying focused on cost optimisation for clinicians.

Acquisition expands Cognizant’s software-as-a-service platforms, enables Meritsoft to scale, and provides banking clients with an integrated managed services solution.

Artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction. The technology is already disrupting multiple industries, many of which impact you on a daily basis. Own an iPhone X? Its facial recognition system is powered by AI. Ever been redirected by Google Maps because of an accident or construction ahead? You guessed it: AI....

Every year, the world’s mobile industry gathers in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress (MWC). What was once a relatively small event, MWC now hosts an industry that connects five billion people and generates over $1 trillion in revenues. And this year, 5G is set to dominate the show’s agenda..

Tim Ogle, a cyber security expert at PA Consulting, is quoted in Information Age`s article about how gamification can boost cyber security..

By applying lean tools and techniques and empowering the shop floor we have seen real improvements in manufacturing performance. However, with the rise of the connected and integrated shop floor, we are now seeing a new revolution in factory productivity. Data is at the centre of that improvement....

In 2017, bitcoin, a cryptocurrency based on blockchain, skyrocketed in value and caught the eye of executives around the globe. While most of us have focused on the currency aspect, it’s no secret that blockchain, a distributed ledger technology, could see its most effective and widespread application in the corporate world, specifically in finance..

Technology executives expect the Internet-of-Things (IoT) processes (27%) to be one of the greatest blockchain disruptors over the next three years, followed by trading (22%), reduced cyber risk (20%) and contracts (18%), found a new study by KPMG..

Elliot Rose, head of cyber security at PA Consulting, is quoted in an article in The Times Raconteur supplement. The piece looks at cyber-strategy and how firms must ensure they have a resilient-by-design business model..

Are oil executives in denial? It’s quite a conundrum. A diverse suite of stakeholders is increasingly agitating for a strategy and action for the energy transition, and a target-driven reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Yet most companies plan to increase exposure to oil and gas production.

Supply chain finance (SCF) has become increasingly common over the last decade, building off advances in technology in industrial monitoring and information sharing brought about by the proliferation of IoT and blockchain technology.

Aristotle broke ground by claiming that the art of persuasion—rhetoric—can be learned. Although Aristotle was right, he may never have envisioned a day when a machine could also be taught to argue. It took 2,300 years for it happen, but it happened.

In the five years since the Harvard Business Review published its article, Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption, the term “disruption” has continually been on consultants’ lips. It’s been an opportunity to talk to clients about innovation and potentially disruptive change: Could they be the next to be Netflix-ed? Would their industry be Uber-ed? But five years on, we don’t see much sign of disruption in the consulting industry itself... writes Fiona Czerniawska of Source Global Research.

Thankfully, gone are the days of five-year Student Information System (SIS) implementations.

• 61% of consumers are doing more to monitor their own screen time.
• 72% of consumers have begun to unfollow certain people and accounts altogether.
• 66% of people have started to hide social media posts from people with differing views.

• UK manufacturers spend over £1bn on consultants to deal with Brexit and Trump’s protectionism
• Growth in huge financial services market slows after MiFID II and GDPR deadlines pass
• Digital work accounts for almost half of UK consulting revenues...

Top Employers Institute Recognizes Cognizant for Excellence in Workforce Planning and Leadership Development...

Strategic transformation is at the core of life science companies as they build new business models for the future. To accelerate change, focus will be on developing innovative and relationship-driven partnerships and creating real value for patients. Data is now the currency of life sciences, and mobilising data throughout the enterprise, transforming work, and using technology symbiotically will be fundamental to advancing digital transformation..

Michel Vaja has joined innovation and transformation consultancy PA Consulting as a partner based in London. He joins the financial services consulting practice and will focus on further developing PA’s offering to clients in the payments space.

Billionaires and their excesses are under attack around the world. But a quality widely associated with one of India`s richest men, Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji , continues to be frugality. Stories about his simple, frugal choices are as much part of corporate lore in India as is his storied entrepreneurial journey turning a Vanaspati business he took over at 21 upon the demise of his father into a global software services giant worth $25 billion today..

Love it or hate it, digital transformation isn’t going away any time soon. As a buzzword, it’s attained eyeroll status. So, what is digital transformation exactly? As digital transformation evolves into total business transformation, so does how we define it....

The UK Software Testing Market report is an in-depth study that covers market insights, facts, historical data, and statistically supported and industry-validated market data. It covers up-to-date marketing information which is important to monitor performance and make critical conclusions for growth and effectiveness of business.

During IBM`s annual conference focused on technology and business, Samsung SDS announced it is continuing its collaboration with IBM in support of advancing Hyperledger Fabric, an open source cross-industry blockchain technology, with recent code contributions, research and a new white paper..

Those are the technologies that are fueling the digital transformation and will be central to financial services in the UK and the world going forward..

With Brexit looming, it has never been more important to ensure that the UK has a fresh supply of home grown talent in science, technology and engineering. But attracting qualified workers into the field isn’t always easy. In 2018 the STEM education and careers support organisation STEM Learning found the current shortfall of skilled workers in the UK STEM sector to number 173,000. This is estimated to cost our businesses an incredible £1.5bn per year in recruitment, temporary staffing, inflated salaries and additional training costs..

?IoT requires a different set of strategies, focal points, and skillsets than help desks have delivered in the past. Here`s five ways to prepare them..