Digital signage - entering the personalized and interactive era
25 March 2016 — In recent years, digital signage has quietly started to enter into our day-to-day lives. This gradual change, together with new wireless and sensor technology applications, is producing new opportunities in many areas.
Indoor tracking and maps: The hype died, but the show is not over
6 March 2016 — Between 2013 and 2015 hype around indoor tracking built up. Yet today nobody seems to talk about indoor tracking or remember the apps. While the hype has died, work has continued in the shadows addressing both issues with tracking technology and indoor maps.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality: upcoming consumer and business powertool
29 January 2016 — Both technical and consumer trends are pointing to the possibility of Virtual Reality (VR) becoming the next mass consumer and business applications power tool. A related technology, Augmented Reality (AR), is expected to follow suite soon.
Succession planning in the context of a family business and why you need outside help
13 January 2016 — The subject of family owned business is important globally, and in particular in the Middle East, where it is further exacerbated by the fact that many of these types of businesses are first or second generation family-owned companies.
Mobile Payments – the battle for customer insight
27 December 2015 — Industries are reshaped by mobile technology, and this is true in particular for retail and payments. As with all industry landscape shifts, new winners and losers are bound to emerge.
Leveraging social networking services with the power of Big Data
26 November 2015 — Consumption and connectivity of social networking services are steadily increasing due to widespread usage of cloud, mobile devices and the Internet of Things. The combination of cloud computing, mobile devices and connected sensors provides massive amounts of diverse data practically everywhere 24/7.
Public cloud's growth and outlook - adressing new opportunities
29 October 2015 — Cloud computing is now a part of our everyday lives. Although many people are not aware of all the things cloud provides them, most of us would have a hard time being without it. Cloud is a genuine technical paradigm shift, with broad based implications on today’s technology landscape.
Tech startups can minimize their time in the trough of sorrow with a zoom-in pivot
16 September 2015 — We reflect on the experience of an early-stage mobile startup and its struggles in the “trough of sorrow”. During this phase, many teams make the classic mistake of adding the “next feature” in hopes to spark traction for the entire product. Instead, mobile startups should consider a “zoom-in” pivot, where a single feature becomes the whole product