IHS Markit introduces new Digital Orbit intelligence service
What do artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G have in common? Along with cloud and virtualization, blockchain, and ubiquitous video, they are the six transformative...
View ArticleIHS Markit introduces Digital Orbit
What do artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G have in common? Along with cloud and virtualization, blockchain, and ubiquitous video, they are the six transformative...
View ArticleVideo Everywhere: The highs and lows of a shifting ecosystem
Digital Orbit is an executive briefing from IHS Markit that tracks how six transformative technologies are disrupting life and industry. In this article, we focus on the sweeping changes being wrought...
View ArticleBOE and China Star: Big 65- and 75-inch panel shipments in 2019 come with...
Two of China's biggest display panel manufacturers, BOE and ChinaStar, are in the midst of implementing changes that will likely have significant effects on the 65- and 75-inch TV supply chain while...
View Article5G: The new standard promises much, but full implementation will take time
Digital Orbit is an executive briefing from IHS Markit that tracks how six transformative technologies are disrupting life and industry. In this article, we focus on the next-generation mobile standard...
View ArticleIoT: Never more exciting, but are there too many platforms?
Digital Orbit is an executive briefing from IHS Markit that tracks how six transformative technologies are disrupting life and industry. In the fourth installment of this series, we examine the...
View ArticleIn buying Whole Foods, Amazon spreads might-and furthers its threat
Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods is, by far, its biggest deal to date-an outsize gesture that manages all at once to achieve the following:Highlight both the breadth and focus of its...
View ArticleThe IHS Markit approach: Scientific, unbiased network performance testing
These days, there's a lot of buzz in the industry touting mobile carriers' performance in various tests from a myriad of mobile testing outfits. However, the testing methods used by these analytics...
View ArticleFoD makes a new and stronger argument for fingerprint sensing
When Apple unveiled its Face ID mechanism to unlock the new iPhones, not a few believed that the traditional fingerprint sensing method would soon fade into oblivion. Now an update that will feature...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence: Ready and impactful—or is it just hype?
Digital Orbit is an executive briefing from IHS Markit that tracks the readiness and impact of six transformative technologies across key industries. In the fifth installment of this series, we...
View ArticleNetwork slicing: the key to digital transformation in the 5G era
As mobile network operators begin rolling out 5G, network slicing will play a key role in the digital transformation movement and can be configured to maximize the benefits of multiple 5G use cases and...
View ArticleBlockchain: Young and promising, but also challenging
Blockchain is the least mature of the six transformative technologies tracked by Digital Orbit. Utilizing cryptography to create secure distributed ledgers, Blockchain is complex and remains an enigma...
View ArticleData center and DCI optics market: challenges and opportunities
Data center optics connections are the backbone of performance and reliability, and their speed, reliability, capacity, and cost are crucial to successful operation. The optical network is rapidly...
View Article5G on IoT: a single network for millions of applications
With commercial 5G deployments beginning across the world, there will be increasing interest surrounding the benefits that 5G can provide to the growing internet of things (IoT) movement. A major...
View ArticleCloud & Virtualization is the technology deemed most ready for adoption by...
Digital Orbit is an executive briefing from IHS Markit that tracks the readiness and impact of six transformative technologies across key industries. In the seventh and final installment of this...
View ArticleFrom fresh lettuce to bulldozers: How LPWA technology impacts asset tracking...
A low-power wide-area network (LPWA) is designed to allow long-range communications at a low bit rate to collect data from sensors attached to battery-powered devices. LPWA technologies offer...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence ranks as the most impactful transformative technology...
Of the six important transformative technologies tracked by Digital Orbit, the new executive briefing from IHS Markit, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have the largest impact in the next three years,...
View ArticleThe state of the IIoT: Adoption hurdles and common pitfalls
At a time when many industries are embracing change, adopting new technologies in quick succession, and asking "what's next?," manufacturing technology and industrial automation equipment are quite the...
View ArticleNetwork architecture changes are coming for 5G
As 5G changes network architectures to deliver ultra-high capacity, near-constant availability, and broad coverage, network density will become vital for 5G deployments. To realize the potential of 5G,...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence will be key to innovation and growth in...
Fueling much of today's ongoing transformative technologies are tiny but remarkably powerful bits of complex circuitry known as system-on-chip (SoC). And while SoCs are helping drive growth in the...
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