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Learn how transformative tech will reshape your business at the IHS Markit | Technology executive briefing

October 15, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Just three years from now, the global market for information-technology-related cloud services will rise to $413.4 billion (€375.9 billion), nearly double from 2018. Five years into the future, 5G subscribers in Asia Pacific and North America will soar to 1.1 billion. In six years, the worldwide artificial intelligence (AI) business will boom into a nearly $1 trillion (€0.91 trillion) market.

These innovative technologies are transforming the way business is conducted across nearly every industry. Is your company prepared to handle the fundamental changes triggered by the massive growth of these innovations?

Find the answer at the Technology Executive Briefing – Taiwan, a free one-day event sponsored by IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. Focusing on the technologies set to have the greatest impact over the next few years, the Technology Executive Briefing – Taiwan will be held Wednesday, October 23 at the Landis Taipei Hotel in Taiwan.

Keeping pace with rapid technological change

The event will hit the ground running with the opening session entitled: Cloud, Edge, AI & ML, 5G Applications: How Fast and How Much?

The market for compute infrastructure used by cloud providers, enterprise data centres and edge locations is undergoing multiple major transitions driven by the digitisation of business processes and consumer lifestyles. To meet new digitisation requirements, workloads are becoming highly distributed and more demanding on compute resources, requiring parallel operations on larger data sets, along with low-latency and high-bandwidth connectivity.

This session will discuss market transitions occurring in the cloud and at the edge. It also will examine the adoption of AI techniques impacting equipment spending for enterprises, cloud service providers and communications service providers. Session participants will discuss a range of equipment vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Huawei, HPE, Dell EMC, Supermicro and Inspur.

Broad and deep technology insights

Other topics and sessions – featuring forecasts and adjacent market ramifications – will include:

Special guest – Dr. Hua Lung Tsai from ITRI

Dr. Hua Lung Tsai, deputy manager and the 5G standard leader for the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), will be delivering an opening presentation at the event.

Unparalleled expertise

Top IHS Markit | Technology analysts will host most of the sessions and will be available to answer questions from event attendees. Company experts at the event will include:

Click here for details about Technology Executive Briefing – Taiwan.

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