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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Oil & Gas, Research, Service, Strategy
The servitization of the oil and gas service industry
The servitization of the oil and gas service industry

Oil and gas organizations are embracing servitization and leveraging technology to increase profit margins and core service offerings. In general,…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Research, Strategy
Data scientists: the who, why and how
Data scientists: the who, why and how

Not enough is currently being done to create and nurture the talents required to create a pool of data scientists….

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Events, Finance, Research, Strategy
Fire up your digital transformation and increase profitability 26% using a connected strategy
Fire up your digital transformation and increase profitability 26% using a connected strategy

At the 2017 IDC Directions event in Boston, the full potential for businesses who adopt (and have adopted) digital transformation…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Events, Research, Retail, Strategy
Key takeaways from NRF 2017: Transparency, the unique customer experience and the merging of the physical and digital world
Key takeaways from the NRF Big Show 2017

Returning home from my third NRF Big Show 2017, I feel a sense of urgency for continued evolution (rather than…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Finance, Research, Strategy
2017: Sustainable strategies or volatile velocity — which will it be?
2017: Sustainable strategies or volatile velocity — which will it be?

Remember ‘business as usual’? For many, it seems lifetimes ago. 2016 was one of the most volatile socio-political years in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Business Technology, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure, Research, Strategy
Performance-based contracts, modular construction and robotics: 3 construction game changers for 2017
Construction industry trends

Huge tower blocks built in weeks under one roof… automated bridge-building behemoths… bricklaying robots… No, it’s not science fiction. These…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Finance, Oil & Gas, Research, Service, Strategy
The 4 IT trends fueling the oil and gas industry in 2017

In an industry where there are still few capital projects being initiated following the 2014 price collapse, and pressure on…

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Automotive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Manufacturing, Research, Strategy, Supply Chain
Data and electric driving automotive in new directions in 2017
Data and electric driving automotive in new directions in 2017

The race to integrate new, lightweight materials into mainstream models will intensify, decades-old production processes will need to be transformed…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Asset Intensive, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Digital Transformation, Energy, Utilities & Resources, Mobility, Research, Service, Strategy
The 4 trends lighting up the energy & utilities industry in 2017
2017 energy & utilities industry predictions

Changes in consumer demand and new opportunities in renewable energy production are leading energy companies to invest in alternative sources,…

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