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April 2021

Accelerating post-pandemic e-learning

An opportunity to establish a sustainable digital education system

Life during the global COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for parents and children alike, as their normal everyday routines were upended. At its peak, school closures impacted around 1.6 billion learners in 190 countries worldwide, leading to the rapid, sudden expansion of digital learning....
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
March 2021

Industrial energy management

With sustainability commitments on the horizon, how can industrial companies reach their targets cost-effectively?

Large industrial and commercial companies face increasingly challenging energy management decisions due to sustainability ambitions and concerns for energy costs. As executives make commitments for the long term, procurement and operations executives must justify the cost and prove the feasibility...
Utilities & alternative energy
March 2021

Can key risk indicators avert disaster?

Lessons in risk management from the Boeing 737 MAX tragedies

The Boeing 737 MAX disasters critically shook the trust of airlines, passengers and regulators globally. Although the lessons learned have been the theme of numerous government reports and investigative journalism, little has been discussed regarding metrics that could have provided early warnings...
Risk
February 2021

Closing in: The development of CPaaS towards a cohesive market st

The opportunity for consolidation is rife within the CPaaS market. To succeed, large players should look to leverage significant synergies possible

Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) allows businesses to develop and manage communications features without needing to develop and maintain the infrastructure on the back end of the service. CPaaS makes it easier than ever for companies to create differentiating customer communication...
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
February 2021

Advanced digital technologies

How they can help Public Administrations to expedite EU funding procedures

The digitalization of Public Administrations across Europe is a growing trend, but uptake and penetration are by no means uniform. Yet the adoption of advanced digital technologies could not only bring the benefits of e-government to those countries lagging behind, but also help to expedite...
Public services, Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
February 2021

Extracting network operations efficiency in the post-COVID-19 era

How telecom operators can overcome complexity and demand challenges

Globally, the telecommunication industry faces declining profitability levels with constant pressure on operators’ top line because of price wars and competition from OTT players, as well as increasing expenditures (OPEX and CAPEX) to meet the ever-growing data demand and investments required in...
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
February 2021

Innovation management

Getting the digital tools right

Many organizations have created significant business benefit by decentralizing R&D and innovation functions, thus improving the contribution of innovation to business unit performance. However, this often creates a conflict of ownership, as the alignment of R&D activities with corporate...
Technology & innovation management
January 2021

Electric vehicle charging in Europe

What will be the winning business models in a rising multibillion Euro market?

Look at any urban environment in Europe and one thing is very apparent: electric vehicles (EVs) have arrived! EVs have evolved from a niche technology into a serious alternative to combustion engines. Exploring major manufacturers’ future model plans makes this realization even more striking – EVs...
Automotive
December 2020

Automotive Quarterly – Q3/2020

Die Automobilmärkte legen nach dem massiven Einbruch im ersten und zweiten Quartal des Jahres eine Aufholjagd hin. Die Erholung der Umsätze lässt in Verbindung mit Sparmaßnahmen die Profitabilität im dritten Quartal nach oben schießen. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen mit dem aktuellen Automotive Quarterly...
Automotive
December 2020

Data-driven healthcare

Analyzing the forces driving the transformation of healthcare

Following on the heels of other industries, the healthcare sector is undergoing a critical transformation to become datadriven. As this revolution comes to the forefront, technology trends are emerging, but other interconnected factors related to both how data is gathered or analyzed and how...
Healthcare & life sciences