Accenture use the acronym SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) to describe the core foundation components of a digital business. In Accenture Technology Vision 2019 the focus is also on a post-digital world and the technologies business will have to embrace in order to compete. The environment is particularly ripe for innovation now with data privacy protection, identity verification and incorruptible recordkeeping top on the agenda for business executives. 2019 will see more use of blockchain across industries as well as the continued growth of blockchain-as-a-service solutions. Deloitte identifies three key new trends of virtual and augmented reality artificial intelligence and machine learning and blockchain as a purveyor of trust in an increasingly digitalised world. The full potential of the existing core elements of digitalisation – social networks, mobile connectivity, analytics and cloud – remains largely untapped with these technologies evolving at an astounding pace. Cloud, IoT, Big Data and Security are all covered with an emphasis on combinations of all these technologies leading to greater advances.ĭeloitte Insights focuses past the digital frontier in identifying Tech Trends for 2019. There is a main focus on AI and Blockchain. Here we further review the new technologies tipped to be transformative in 2019.įorbes has compiled Technology Predictions for 2019 and Beyond. The digital framework is set to become the foundation for disruptive technologies to offer businesses extraordinary new capabilities as services become highly customised, real time experiences built around customer needs and preferences. Invest the time in expanding your knowledge not only of your clients’ markets, but about the business technology landscape writ large.Technology innovation over the past decade has seen most businesses embrace digitalisation to increase efficiencies and customer reach. Reports from global consulting firms like Accenture, Deloitte and PwC can provide additional insight into the emerging technologies that could impact - or benefit - your clients. This is far from over, but – eventually – Huawei will need to repair global trust in its brand, here are some of the steps it should take when it’s time to do so. It’s worth a read and sheds light on the sector of the technology industry that lies at the nexus of the U.S. 11 cover story – reads like a spy novel (albeit dealing with deep tech, not state secrets). ![]() ![]() The investigation – the subject of Bloomberg’s Feb. The Chinese telecom giant faces further scrutiny after the FBI enlisted the assistance of the CEO and COO of small component startup Akhan Semiconductor, Inc., which suspected Huawei of reverse-engineering the IP behind Akhan’s new, super-durable, nearly indestructible smartphone screen. There’s a lot to unpack in this situation - including whether Cotton is actually dead or pulling some scheme - but this article in Coindesk lays out what is known and, perhaps more importantly, what’s not. A judge has granted the exchange a 30-day stay to see if it can unlock any cryptocurrencies – or line up another way to reimburse its customers. What happens when the only person holding the master password to a cryptocurrency exchange dies suddenly? QuadrigaCX, a Canadian exchange, made the headlines when it filed for protection from its creditors, revealing it owed its customers more than $130 million after its CEO and founder, Gerald Cotton, died unexpectedly in India. If you’re interested in learning more about communicating through transformation and disruption, you can learn more from the SHIFT blog. ![]() Other top trends expected to influence business this year include technologies that enable rich, personalized and experience-based consumer interactions the need for companies to adopt technologies that enhance human skillset and knowledge to attract the next generation of workers ecosystem-driven security protocols and technologies and meeting consumers increasingly impatient, on-demand expectations. According to the report, “DARQ technologies will drive the post-digital wave, but catching that wave will only be possible with the firm foundation” in social, mobile, analytics and the cloud. Most notable for those interested in emerging enterprise technologies is the concept of DARQ - comprising distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence, extended reality and quantum computing. This week, the global consulting firm Accenture released its annual Accenture Technology Vision report for 2019, highlighting the top five trends it expects to shape B2B technology over the next three years. Following on our inaugural tech roundup last week, here are some of the stories that resonated this week for the SHIFT B2B account teams.
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