Retailers need to consider the very different ways in which individual consumers use their smartphones. Applying a single focus design paradigm to improving customers? mobile experiences is at odds with what is happening in the real world.
Several years ago, computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw that consumers? needs for technology were changing. As people relied more heavily on their computers for work and entertainment purposes, AMD realized its technology needed to respond to the evolving way that people interact with computers in our world.
The highest number of Google searches for the phrase ?work-life balance? come from Singapore and Hong Kong. But Europeans take a very different approach and they certainly don?t search or discuss the topic with the same frequency.
Increasingly, real business value is seen as lying in intangible assets: things with no corporeal form but nevertheless, hugely valuable, for example, a company?s intellectual property, its brand or its human resources.
The story of 2015 has been one of change and uncertainty, with major economic, geo- and socio-political, and even climactic upheavals. It might seem trite, but the only thing to be certain of in the next few years is yet more uncertainty.
In recent years, cyber attacks have become more prevalent and sophisticated, and advanced persistent threats (APT) have emerged as a new class of malware threats along with exploit kits packaged with exploit codes.
Cloud security risks are rising, with attacks growing at 45% year-on-year globally, according to cloud security firm Alert Logic. In the next five years, $2 billion will be spent by enterprises to shore up their cloud defenses, according to Forrester Research.
During the past several months, Accenture has done extensive research and engaged with a broad range of clients to identify the big stories to watch at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
