Running an OEM's core business while seeking new customer solutions can be a source of innovation rather than contention.
October 22, 2020 Read more
Strategy
In business as in chemistry, catalysis is in essence the process of sneaking around a barrier that others are struggling to climb.
September 23, 2020 Read more
Most people view the creation of a global information economy as a “fait accompli,” a done deal, but we have good reason to doubt that conclusion.
September 8, 2020 Read more
OEMs need to adopt a broader view of non-traditional growth opportunities. These can include emergent innovations that threaten the core business, as well as opportunities to collaborate with customers and partners on new solutions.
August 27, 2020 Read more
We are still living in a world where most organizations view new technologies as “bolt-ons”—something closer to a supplement, a vitamin they can take. The simple fact is that Smart Systems and their underlying combinations of technologies are far more disruptive than previous generations of innovation.
June 18, 2020 Read more
Harbor Research was recently given the opportunity to examine a new software platform that takes a refreshingly new approach to integrating augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) in a comprehensive offering that better enables manufacturing and services industry workers to perform their jobs. Augmentir leapfrogs the current Enterprise AR…
October 1, 2019 Read more
Many IT equipment suppliers, silicon suppliers, enterprise software players and wireless carriers have re-elevated their interest in the Smart Systems and Internet of Things arena because of the arrival of 5G wireless technologies. Many of these players are “old hands” having focused on connected opportunities for some time and many…
February 21, 2019 Read more
The business environment for OEMs has entered a new chapter with new challenges and unfamiliar technologies impacting virtually all of the diverse players and segments across the OEM arena. Because of its breadth and diversity, it’s difficult to generalize how players in specific segments should think about and respond to…
January 20, 2019 Read more