BROWSING: digital transformation
Amdocs says IoT has become a new revenue growth business for the company
Amdocs is partnering with digital service providers to offer a connected device combined with IoT value added services to both business customers and consumers
Amdocs considers the internet of things (IoT) segment to be a new revenue-growth business for the company, Shahar Yaacobi, product marketing...
Intel exec advocates vertically-focused 5G approach
With 5G, "There's more ways to get paid"
The implications of 5G reach much further than providing carriers with new ways to offer consumer-facing services. With its native support for massive internet of things and ultra reliable low latency communications, 5G will serve as a...
Deutsche Telekom realigns T-Systems with Made-in-Germany drive
Deutsche Telekom has bundled three digital businesses into a single ‘digital solutions’ unit as it seeks to provide medium and large-sized enterprises with a one-stop-shop for the full gamut of digital transformation services, it said at Hannover Messe 2018. T-Systems, the company’s enterprise division,...
Huawei CEO reportedly downplays importance of 5G
Analyst: 5G is one part of network transformation
At an event for analysts in Shenzhen, China, Huawei CEO Eric Xu reportedly downplayed the transformation value fo 5G, running contrary to industry-wide talking points about the next-generation fo wireless, according to Mobile World Live.
"We do have...
Inside TRUMPF’s digital transformation process
A Q&A with Ulrich Faisst, digital transformation officer, TRUMPF
A growing number of companies in several industries are adopting smart manufacturing strategies to improve operation efficiency and gain more value from business. One of the companies that has embraced digital transformation is TRUMPF, a German...
Brussels wants “hard cash” for digital change to keep pace with US, China
The European Commission (EC) has called for both national governments and private enterprises to contribute to the region’s digital transformation programme from 2021. If new finances are not secured from regional administrations and private sources, the progress the region has made with data privacy...
Oracle SVP: Network is enabler for service provider profitability
Service providers can leverage network and acquisition to create new business models and revenue streams
NEW YORK--Citing World Economic Forum numbers, Douglas Suriano, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Communications, said digital transformation represents a $10 trillion economic opportunity for service providers and...
The new era of Software-Defined IT: Where we’re going next (Reality Check)
Two years ago, I was welcoming our customers to the era of Software-Defined IT (SDIT). Today, that warm welcome still stands as more and more companies are embracing software-defined networking (SDN), SD-WAN, cloud migration, and software as a service (SaaS) technologies. Additionally, as the digital evolution of business exponentially accelerates, we see profound impacts...
Kagan: Why Sprint chose Synchronoss Technologies for transformation
The number four wireless carrier, Sprint, has selected Synchronoss Technologies to lead them in their digital transformation to help prepare for growth going forward. This is the kind of thinking every company needs to have now as going digital becomes the focus from here...
Telefónica sets sights on Industry 4.0 enablement
Blockchain, 5G and private LTE are key to Telefónica industrial digitalization strategy
Telcos like Telefónica are in the interesting position of going through internal digital transformation while simultaneously turning those key learnings into new products offered on top of operators' networks. Whether internal- or external-facing...
Reality Check: How to evaluate progress toward digital transformation
This is the third article in a three-part series that looks at how carriers will navigate the complexities of their digital transformation — and those of their customers.
As telecom operators re-think nearly every aspect of their business, they need benchmarks against which to...
Smart manufacturing: Inside Cargotec’s digital transformation
Internet of things 'essential' part of digital transformation strategy
Cargotec Corporation is a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution. The firm has been implementing a digital transformation process over recent years in a move to improve operation efficiency...
Transforming towards digital business: Embrace, act, accelerate
The industry began to talk about embracing digital transformation in 2015, and started to act in 2016. This year, we are working together with our stakeholder to accelerate towards digital business success.
Digital transformation is now a common business goal. In the past few years,...
How Bosch Rexroth embraced digital transformation
A Q&A with Manfred Hahn, VP and Technical Plant Manager, Bosch Rexroth
Many companies in several industries are adopting smart manufacturing strategies in a move to improve operation efficiency and gain more value from business. One of the companies that has embraced digital transformation is...
Huawei, Wapwag collaborate to spearhead water industry digital transformation
Huawei to integrate EC-IoT solution into Wapwag’s smart supply management platform
Huawei and Wapwag Smart Water Public Co. announced at the Edge Computing Industry Summit 2017 in Beijing they have reached an agreement in which the former’s Edge Computing IoT (EC-IoT) solution will be integrated...
Inside Intel’s digital transformation of manufacturing processes
A Q&A with Steve Chadwick, Intel Principal Engineer of Manufacturing IT
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon as. A wide variety of manufacturers are embracing
advanced technologies running the gamut from the internet of things and connectivity to data
analytics and automation in an effort to create...
Ericsson to deploy gigabit LTE in Switzerland
Gigabit LTE joins previous Ericsson, Swisscom demos of 5G network slicing and NB-IoT
Swiss telecommunications provider Swisscom has selected Ericsson for the implementation of a complete digital transformation process as well as future deployments of gigabit LTE and 5G
The deployment of Swisscom’s gigabit LTE...
GE partners with Turk Telekom on industrial transformation
As the Industry 4.0 movement spreads from Germany across Europe and the rest of the world, telecommunications operators are looking to develop portfolios that combine their network expertise with industrial-facing product portfolios, managed services and other solution sets. Case in point, Turk Telekom, which...
Digital transformation needs insight from the edge to the cloud
With edge computing and cloud computing it's not an either/or scenario
Data insight is seen as a primary driver of digital transformation--the process of bringing technology to bear on virtually any type of enterprise or industry in an effort to maximize efficiency, identify cost savings...
GE: Industries see the value of the IoT, but readiness is lagging
Industrial IoT solutions will drive digital transformation, but there's a gap between outlook and preparations
“The industrial internet is already having a profound impact on industrial companies of all sizes. We know this because we are seeing real benefits with our customers and across GE....
Thales investing in artificial intelligence for verticals
Artificial intelligence center will be located in Montreal and will focus on the development of AI implementations across Thales’ portfolio
French company Thales, which designs and builds electrical systems and provides services for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security markets, is building a center focused...
Digital transformation driving Dell EMC open networking initiative
Dell EMC releases new set of switches, software updates and SD-WAN nodes
Digital transformation is driving Dell EMC to push out a slew of new switches, software and nodes to expand its open networking capabilities. These include the new Dell EMC S4200-ON switch, Networking S5048...
Core virtualization leads Sunrise digital transformation
The Swiss telco is working with Huawei on a five-year virtualization, transformation initiative
HONG KONG--Swiss telecommunications operator Sunrise Telecom has been making progress towards the virtualization of its core network within the last six months, the telco’s Head of Commercial Management and Infrastructure Marc...
Hong Kong’s HKT implements internal digital transformation
HKT is partnering Huawei on a customer-centric approach to digital transformation
HONG KONG--Hong Kong telecom operator HKT is currently undergoing a process to implement an integral digital transformation process in a move to capture growth opportunities in the digital era, the telco’s general manager Alex...