Over the last few months we have been researching, analyzing, and most recently advising clients on how the connected era is driving strategic shifts in many industries. As we continue to refine our analysis, we have started to make parts of it public. First, directed to the automotive industry, we conducted a Webinar with Automotive […]
Are you a believer? An early adopter? A visionary? Do you see the world connecting around you? As IBM says, the planet is getting “smarter”? Can you see your life becoming one big system vs. that of many independent sub systems? We believe yes, and if you do too, then you are starting to live […]
Today Verizon announced it is purchasing Hughes Telematics for $612 Million in cash (approx premium of 176% over original share price). (Read more here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/verizon-to-acquire-hughes-telematics-for-612-million-in-cash.html) The telco market is clearly starting to signal that they want to be more than a “dumb pipe” in the “connected world”. With Sprint’s offerings they are beginning to take […]
Last week Deloitte announced it will be combining its “online” and its “digital” groups in May, “to challenge both the major systems integrators and digital media agencies to develop and deploy online, social, mobile and content solutions for clients” (as reported by itwire.com). This is on the heel of a Accenture making it known that […]