Dr. Katy Ring is a Senior Research Analyst for Professional Technology Services at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. In this role, she covers consultancies, system integrators and outsourcing companies applying advanced technologies to deliver IoT-centric digital transformation services.
Katy has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, providing strategic advice to C-level executives at vendor and end-user organizations. She has developed strong research-based expertise and has focused on areas where the global IT service delivery model is changing, including cloud services, the evolving CIO role, innovation, sustainability and global sourcing of labor. Prior to joining 451 Research, Katy led K2 Advisory, a research resource for CIOs, their senior colleagues and suppliers. Before K2, she spent 12 years at Ovum Research, leading research in emerging software and services markets, as well as developing the company's Outsourcing Practice. Before her tenure as a Principal Analyst and Practice Leader at Ovum, Katy was a journalist with publications, including Computer Weekly and Computergram International, and was a founding editor of Software Futures.
Katy holds an Honors degree in politics, philosophy and history from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in the popularization of science from the University of Kent in Canterbury.
We investigate where IoT can support quality of life during the constrained social and business conditions we are all enduring as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. This report offers a quick take on what is happening now in the IoT tech sector, including a VR future, gaming growth, robotaxis and aviation.
The mid- to long-term opportunity for IoT-centric digital transformation projects is huge after COVID. The pandemic has led to the urgent adoption of new behaviors that embrace digital-first approaches, making the technology essential in many areas of business; supply chain and logistics are obvious cross-industry opportunities. But only around half of all initiated projects make it from proof of concept (POC) all the way to production. How can consultancies and system integrators help the market smash through this POC bottleneck to take advantage of the opportunity?
As part of TCUP v.11, TCS has launched TCUP Edge, a lightweight full-function IIoT platform, and its analytics workbench, which has a ready-to-use Python library of machine learning and deep learning algorithms. TCUP is available as a horizontal platform, or it can be embedded in industry-specific offerings provided by TCS.
The company works with ISVs to build next-generation products, as well as to SaaSify and add cognitive analytics to applications, and has begun working with enterprises on their digital transformation initiatives.
As we move into late summer, the IoT market is beginning to look forward to the future and prepare for life after the pandemic. In this report, we pull together quick observations from our IoT team to shine a light on what is happening in this sector.
The company's IoT practice sits within its EngineeringNXT service line " spanning platform skills, cloud skills, hardware, software and mechanical engineering, Industry 4.0 and edge security expertise " and enables it to address customer requirements with regard to consulting, engineering services and managed services.
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