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D-Wave: Improving the Quantum Experience with the Introduction of Fast Anneal

Heather West, PhD — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

D-Wave's launch of Fast Anneal is as significant as recent announcements regarding logical qubit and error mitigation research made by gate-based quantum hardware vendors. To reduce the impact of environmental noise, Fast Anneal applies extended control over a much wider range of timescales in the quantum annealing systems giving end users the ability to solve more complex optimization problems of value. For end users, Fast Anneal provides an opportunity to use quantum annealing technologies to solve complex optimization problems both in the short-term as well as in the long-term. This is one more step in making quantum computing accessible and useable for end users.

Meta Platforms Unveils Meta Horizon OS to Help Power a More "Open" Mixed Reality Ecosystem

Lewis Ward — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

On Monday, Meta Platforms announced important changes to its mixed reality (MR) strategy, including a more "open" approach to its OS and related development tools, and that ASUS and Lenovo are making MR headsets that will use Meta's rebranded Horizon OS. We believe that, as much as anything else, Meta's announcements are intended to help forestall a successful reentry into the MR/XR OS space by Google.

Workday Innovation Summit 2024: Workday’s Platform and AI Strategy is an Opportunity to create the Experience-Orchestrated Business

Mickey North Rizza — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Workday held its annual Innovation Summit for 2024 in California Tuesday, April 16 – Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The one and half day summit brought forward an esteemed group of industry analysts to gain an understanding of Workday’s trajectory in 2024. It appears 2024 will be a banner year for Workday if it can deliver on its promise. The event gave us a review of Workday’s technology platform and innovation; AI strategy, approach, and application; industry approach, capabilities, and momentum; partner ecosystem; HCM, Finance, and Planning aspects; and customer value and success stories.

Xerox Streamlines Production Portfolio

Tim Greene — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Xerox announced that it will discontinue manufacturing of a pair of its long-time production print platforms, Nuvera and IGen, and focus on its software and hardware OEM’d from third parties. The company still Baltoro, its cut sheet high speed inkjet press, but this move is a bold step towards the reinvention that Xerox is seeking.

(Inter)Connected Buildings and the Future of Work

Amy Loomis, Ph.D., Anu Mehta, Brian O'Rourke — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Organizations globally are experiencing seismic changes in where and how to work. While some organizations have insisted on a return to the office, many have accepted flexible work as the new work reality. IDC's Future of Work research shows 49% of IT and business leaders worldwide are designating specific times for workers to come into the office in support of more flexible ways of working. In this complex era of work, businesses see obvious value in digitizing and connecting their facility and asset management systems. Eptura, a global worktech company that provides software solutions for workplaces, exemplifies this shift from offering discrete facility and asset management systems to an integrated single view of building systems at work.

AI Partner Ecosystem and Roles

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Perspective highlights AI partner ecosystem and roles. Artificial intelligence (AI) will have a massive impact as companies invest heavily in technology and begin integrating AI models in their existing business processes. AI will impact operating processes and potentially drive business model change, which will be transformative and disruptive at the human and technology levels.

According to Douglas Hayward, research director, Worldwide Digital Strategy and Agency Services at IDC, "GenAI is a powerful and transformative technology, so the decisions you make around GenAI will be strategic to your organization. There is a broad ecosystem of partners in the IT services and infrastructure segment to help you implement the appropriate strategy."

Data Center World 2024: AI Takes Center Stage

Greg Macatee — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This year’s Data Center World 2024 event was held in Washington, D.C., from April 14 to 17. It was a new location for the event after being held the previous two years in Austin, Texas.

In last year’s IDC link covering this same event, we provided the tagline “making headway for hybrid, edge, and generative AI in the datacenter” (see Data Center World 2023: Making Headway for Hybrid, Edge, and Generative AI in the Datacenter, IDC #lcUS50676023, May 2023). A lot has changed since then, especially in the realm of AI. In the nearly 12 months that have passed since Data Center World was last held, AI has taken center stage in the eyes of organizations and consumers around the world as each continues to figure out how to adopt and implement the technology as part of everyday life. While the hype around AI remains at a fever pitch, what is clear after attending this year’s event is that in the datacenter, there is still lots of legwork to be done to prepare for this next wave of technology.

IDC: Chinese Smartphone Market Maintains its Recovery Momentum at 6.5% Growth in 1Q24, Honor and Huawei Tied for Top Spot

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

BEIJING and NEEDHAM, Mass., 25 April 2024 – According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , China smartphone shipments grew 6.5% year over year (YoY) to 69.3 million units in 1Q24. Although the growth was supported by a low comparison base year, it marks the second consecutive quarter of growth adding momentum to the market recovery.

Will Linux's New Open Standard Initiative Margo Finally Be an Answer to Edge Interoperability?

Olga Yashkova, Max Pepper — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

This IDC Link discusses the recent announcement by the Linux Foundation of an open standard initiative for interoperability at the edge of the industrial automation ecosystem.

Workday Innovation Summit 2024: Workday’s Platform and AI Strategy Is an Opportunity to Create the Experience-Orchestrated Business

Mickey North Rizza — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMT

Workday held its annual Innovation Summit for 2024 in California from Tuesday, April 16 to Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The one and half day summit brought forward an esteemed group of industry analysts to gain an understanding of Workday’s trajectory in 2024. It appears that 2024 will be a banner year for Workday if it can deliver on its promise. The event gave us a review of Workday's technology platform and innovation; AI strategy, approach, and application; industry approach, capabilities, and momentum; partner ecosystem; HCM, finance, and planning aspects; and customer value and success stories.