These blog posts are about software technology and innovation from a business perspective i.e. the core of what we do within IFS Labs. They offer views and opinions on current events, the latest innovation trends, news and technology from the viewpoint of an enterprise software development team.

| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Events, IFS Academy, IFS Labs
Drones, eLearning and partnerships: what’s next for IFS?

Fancy controlling a drone from an IFS Lobby? What other tech will make your life better? And how are we changing how we work with partners?

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Asset Intensive, Automotive, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Energy, Utilities & Resources, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Finance, IFS Academy, IFS Labs, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Process Manufacturing, Retail, Service, Supply Chain
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IFS Corporate Video

IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and prepare for what’s next…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, IFS Labs, Strategy
Where to discover infinite possibilities in 2016
IFSWoCo16

The next IFS World Conference experience that will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, from October 25-27, 2016. A highlight in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, IFS Labs
How I connected my car to IFS Applications using stuff I bought on eBay

At IFS Labs, we have been researching the Internet of Things (IoT) for some time. This has resulted in a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Labs, Mobility, Research
Talking hands-free with your enterprise software from your car
Talk hands free

I have been in the enterprise software business for almost 20 years where the dominant user interaction has been through…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, IFS Labs, Mobility, Research, Strategy
The Making and Breaking of the Internet of Things
Industry 4.0

2014 will go down in history as the year when the Internet of Things (IoT) hype peaked. Thus the interesting question becomes what will happen next? Will IoT follow the usual pattern of a set-back due to overinflated expectations, only to return later as widely adopted part of our lives? Or will IoT be the exception that goes directly from hype to use?

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | IFS Labs
Top 5 Trends for 2014
Top Trends for 2014 according to IFS Labs

It’s that time of the year again – prediction time. Making predictions for the far off future is one thing, making them for next year is something completely different. Harder. More difficult. Higher risk of making a fool of yourself. More of a challenge.

Here at IFS Labs we’re not ones to shy away from a challenge. So here goes; the IFS Labs trend spotting for 2014.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Events, IFS Labs
A View of the Future from IFS Labs

What’s the future of work and of our home lives? And how can they inform each other? David Andersson of IFS Labs explores…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Events, IFS Labs
A Roadmap for Technology and IFS Applications

What’s the future or business, technology and IFS Applications specifically? Here’s a look into what’s next, and how IFS is investing to match that.

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Events, IFS Labs
Lowering the Cost of Defense: Performance-based logistics
performance based logistics solutions

In 2012 worldwide defence spending fell for the first time in a decade. The largest falls were in NATO nations – and there’s not much chance of that changing. Forces need to maintain their capability in that context. New equipment isn’t coming on stream, and thus older equipment is being use for longer – by necessity and design. What can technology do to help in this situation?

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | IFS Labs
Evaporating Choices

The Internet is a place where information exist in an abundance. Or is it? With an ever increasing demand for information together with a decreasing number of information sources, is it perhaps time to start looking at alternative business models for services on the Internet?

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Labs
Is Free Software Killing User Experience?

I like free stuff as much as the next person. Although I know very well that nothing is free. So what’s the problem? More and more, I find myself disappointed over the fact that “free” means that the product I’m consuming is less than its potential; less than I expect it to be.

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