2015 Technology Surprises Countdown - Top 10
Once again, the past year brought many surprises to the technology industry as innovation, competition and market twists and turns kept everybody on their toes. IHS Technology analysts on the Thought...
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Locating Cloud Services Data Centers: Regional Risks, Examined
Earlier, Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google announced plans to invest more than $500 million in a cloud data center at the site of Hemlock Semiconductor in Clarksville, TN.Without a doubt, the...
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Costly Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Supply Chain can also be a...
Despite government and industry efforts to keep counterfeit electronic components out of the supply chain, they continue to be a safety concern for transportation and critical infrastructure or a...
View ArticleNetflix in India: a long journey
Netflix has switched on its service in 130 countries including India. However, IHS doubts this is going to create an immediate impact to the Indian over-the-top (OTT) market.Firstly, the broadband...
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Global cloud service providers seeking to rapidly expand presence in India
With the second largest developer community, rapidly growing enterprise IT market and an economy that is growing at heathy rate of 7% per year, India is quickly becoming an attractive market for all...
View ArticleSpotlights and Searchlights at CES 2016
Each year CES provides an opportunity for companies to place their products and services in the spotlight hoping to capture the attention, interest and, most importantly, purchases of their targeted...
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Low-end smartphone and feature phone display shortage driving up prices and...
From December 2015 through the first quarter of 2016, the shortage happening in the feature phone display and low-end smartphone display markets is driving up panel prices and shipments.While the...
View Article“Make in India” program attracts US$17 billion in proposals to manufacture...
The Make in India program launched in September 2014 by the government of India has already attracted US$17 billion worth of proposals for manufacturing electronics in the country within the first...
View ArticleVideo: Understanding the Allure of Emerging Markets for Technology Companies
IHS Quarterly interviewed Mike Hartnett about the economic and country risk challenges facing tech companies investing and operating in emerging markets. Mike is Director of Country Risk Consulting for...
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Phew, Super Bowl 50 did not break the wireless infrastructure!
Last Sunday at Super Bowl 50, the sky was blue, the weather was exceptionally warm, the beer was flowing, and during Coldplay’s halftime show, 71,088 people were shooting photos and video clips to feed...
View ArticleJoyn is dead: How unstoppable internet companies and OTTs keep entertaining...
Two major intertwined telecom events happened this week. First, South Korea's mobile operators shut down Joyn after the service failed to gain traction against OTT (over-the-top) alternatives. And...
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Data security critical for CSPs looking at the German market
As the demand for cloud services continues to grow, cloud service providers (CSPs) are increasingly looking to expand the number and reach of their cloud data centers. And as CSPs look more and more to...
View ArticleUltrasonic sensors: The future of mobile security?
Fingerprint sensors will become the new standard feature in premium smartphones in 2016, adding another layer of transaction security to smart devices in a cyber-based economy. But, the market will...
View ArticleFine pixel pitch LED video in public displays: 2016 outlook and strategies
Fine pixel pitch technology has opened up new opportunities in indoor applications for LED video displays, making it a viable competitor to rear projection and LCD public displays. Fine pixel pitch...
View ArticleUS trade restrictions could be disastrous for ZTE’s smartphone business
In response to recent developments that are expected to prohibit the sale of components by US companies to ZTE, Wayne Lam and Brad Shaffer, top IHS Technology analysts covering semiconductor dynamics...
View ArticleYahoo still has a future, but it needs radical reform
Yahoo understands that its time is up, at least in the company’s current form. Although FY 2015 revenue was up 8% to $4.9 billion, the increase does not conceal the fact that compared to the 2010 high...
View ArticleDo innovation champions attract investment?
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), famous for its CES event in Las Vegas, created a very interesting ranking report in 2015 called the “Innovation Scorecard.” The description of the Scorecard...
View ArticleStrategic advice for today’s business warrior
Yesterday’s failures and today’s new S-curve opportunitiesPart I – Today’s market share relative to direct competitors is no longer an indicator of future competitive successBattles were once fought...
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Japanese semiconductor companies continue to struggle in a very tough...
Len Jelinek, Hiroyoshi Takizawa and Jagdish Rebello, Ph.D.2015 was a tough year for the semiconductor industry. Driven by the slowdown in the growth of the smartphone market and the contraction in the...
View ArticleZTE got busted; don’t mess with Uncle Sam!
How foolish can a company be to set up shell companies to circumvent US export control? As this is all about growing and expanding the business, this rule breaking belongs to the same register as the...
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