Competitive Intelligence from July 2022

In this month’s Competitive Intelligence report, we’ll cover:

Under the technology umbrella

• Telefónica and Sateliot collaborating to develop a dual 5G narrowband IoT connectivity service
• Recession headwinds for ServiceNow, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Walmart may dampen 2H2022 earnings for services firms
• Tui Airlines CIO tells us why enterprises must collaborate
• Search our database of Hot Vendors for partners and M&A
• Learn from the SaaS choices of OneOffice™ leaders: Part 7—cloud database and data management
• Look who signed up to shape the metaverse
• Wipro signed a five-year contract with Nokia for digital transformation
• Mercer Mettl launched an AI-enabled SpeechX to assess BPO candidates’ English-speaking skills
• Mercedes Benz Group is in production with Acentrik blockchain platform
• IKEA ramped up its smart home ambitions with the launch of Matter-ready hub
• Accelirate acquired Salesforce MuleSoft partner Eshia Solutions
• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group launched web3, NFT, custody initiative
• Accenture acquired Solvera Solutions
• Arvest Bank collaborated with Google Cloud
• Volkswagen and Energy Web blockchain partnered for a smart charging solution

On sustainability

• Energy leaders must finally come to the transition table
• Framing sustainability: defining the global context and aligning ecosystems
• Accenture invested in pulsESG to advance ESG and sustainability measurement, decision making, and reporting for companies
• Global coalition CODES launched action plan for sustainable digital transformation
• PepsiCo announced it would partner with blockchain solutions firm Security Matters for plastic recycling

Cybersecurity

• 2022 Top Cloud Threats report—the “Pandemic Eleven”
• European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) established cybersecurity threat landscape methodology
• Resecurity detected a significant increase in the value of ransom demand requests by the notorious BlackCat ransomware gang
• World Economic Forum (WEF) published white paper on The Cyber Resilience Index
• Trellix Threat Labs published Trellix Threat Report
• Deep learning can deliver proactive cyber defense
• With the dark web supercharging the threat landscape, cybercrime is evolving—here’s how to fight back
• Energy and utilities companies prioritize cybersecurity to prevent potential data theft and ransomware attacks
• Sternum released IoT attack-simulation platform

Financial services

• SymphonyAI acquired NetReveal
• HFS Top 10: Capital Markets Services, 2022 Leaders

Healthcare and life sciences

• Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) released toolkits to help scale wearables and remote patient monitoring
• HFS publishes HFS Top 10: HCP Service Providers, 2022
• Digital health primary care providers hold promise to influence the triple aim of care
• ECU Health Partners partnered with Acadia Healthcare to build a new behavioral health hospital
• Pediatric Home Service acquired Craig HomeCare and Cherub Medical Supply
• Evaluating the commercial viability of social determinants of health solutions
• Overturning Roe v Wade will be a disaster for the triple aim of care

Industry 4.0

• Accenture completed acquisition of capabilities from Trancom ITS
• Accenture completed its acquisition of XtremeEDA
• HFS publishes HFS Top 10: Industry 4.0 Service Providers, 2022

Media and entertainment

• Transforming media operations into a revenue engine

Human resources, employee experience, and skills

• Don’t be fooled—address the low-wage emergency to fuel growth

Other market news and announcements