A specially curated selection of recent reports from the AI & Intelligent Automation service area, with a special report by AI viewpoints editor Alexander Harrowell. This edition's theme: our review of AI in 2021.
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Alexander Harrowell
Senior Analyst, Advanced Computing and AI
Alexander is a Senior Analyst for Enterprise AI and member of the artificial intelligence analyst team. He covers the emerging enterprise applications of AI and machine learning, with a special focus on business models and AI as an IT service, as well as on the core technology of AI.
Since joining Omdia in 2016, Alexander has covered technologies for small and medium enterprises, with a specific focus on mobile and 5G for enterprises. In previous roles, he developed the Enterprise 5G Innovations Tracker to monitor the emerging enterprise 5G and CBRS ecosystem. He was the second employee of start-up consulting firm STL Partners. With over 10 years of experience as a technology sector analyst, his long-term research interests include mobile, open source, distributed computing, and the two-sided business model. Alexander holds an MSc in international relations from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Further Reading
2022 Trends to Watch: AI Applications and Platforms
Report / 17 Dec 2021 / Cassandra Mooshian
AI software is on a strong growth trajectory through 2022 and thereafter, presenting significant opportunities for vendors and enterprises alike.
2022 Trends to Watch: Analytics and Data Management
Report / 17 Dec 2021 / Bradley Shimmin
Omdia outlines and analyzes key trends expected in the analytics and data management space throughout 2022, including the application of AI within analytics, unifying data architectures, the rise of data literacy, and more.
2022 Trends to Watch: Quantum Computing
Report / 20 Dec 2021 / Roy Illsley
The rapid advances in quantum computing have made it a topic of increased interest to enterprise customers with difficult problems to solve.
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