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ABI Research's newest competitive assessment focuses on the cloud-native network automation and orchestration software market. The vendors reviewed in this competitive assessment include Amdocs, Ciena Blue Planet, Cisco, Cloudify, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Itential, Juniper, and Netcracker. Read More

As the Frozen Food Supply Chain Continues to Grow, Automated Reporting and Advanced Analytics Will Be Key

— Adhish Luitel, Senior Analyst

The global frozen food market, valued at US$265 billion by the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), is witnessing an exceptional increase in demand. This surge, initially accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has emphasized the need for a more resilient cold storage supply chain infrastructure to ensure the growth and safety of this sector. In addition, labor shortages, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and ongoing climate issues have all exposed the fragility of different points of the food supply chain.

Building a Sustainable Tomorrow: How Co-Investments and Technology Are Transforming Modular Construction

— Rithika Thomas, Industry Analyst

The transition to modular construction has been slow due to upfront cost, perception, regulation, and upskilling. Recent reports on substantial investment, capability, and infrastructure building are accelerating the adoption of this construction method. The latest developments are increasing awareness and recognizing the untapped potential of modular efficient, low-cost, and sustainable builds globally.

Foldables Market Gains Traction as a Lot of Vendors Join the Bandwagon to Showcase Their Strength in the Foldable Form Factor Segment

— Sachin Mehta, Senior Analyst

As the market for foldable phones matures, brands are expected to address the existing challenges and launch affordable options in the years to come. This will help broaden demand for foldable phones and attract a larger consumer base, but lower price points are needed for this to happen. ABI Research forecasts the market for foldable smartphones to reach more than 100 million units by 2028, from just over 15 million in 2022.

Generative AI Comes to U.S. Steel’s Iron Ore Facilities

— Michael Larner, Research Director

United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) announced in August that the company is partnering with Google Cloud to develop applications based on generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). In addition to producing steel sheets, the company mines coke and iron ore. The first application, MineMind, will go live during September at U.S. Steel’s largest iron ore facilities (Minntac and Keetac) in Minnesota.

How Better RF Sensing Can Improve Spectrum Allocation on the CBRS Band and Enable Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

— Leo Gergs, Principal Analyst

Shared spectrum arrangements like the Citizens Broadband Radio Service in the United States have been a catalyst for private cellular networks across different enterprise verticals. At the same time, there is an ongoing debate between Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) and Incumbent-Informing Capability (IIC), mainly acted out by Google and Federated Wireless.

Innovations in Data Center Cooling: Balancing Energy Efficiency with Increased Processing Power

— Kevin Jennings, Senior Analyst

As businesses increasingly adopt resource-intensive computing functions like Deep Learning (DL), neural networks, big data analytics, and blockchain, there is increasing demand for liquid cooling options in data centers. Traditional air-cooling systems are unable to efficiently and sustainably cope with the heat generated from this increase in power consumption.

DATE: Wednesday, October 11 TIME: 11:00 a.m. EST

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In this 30-minute webinar, ABI Research senior AI/ML analyst, Reece Hayden, and industry analyst, James Iversen, discuss generative AI and its potentially transformative impact on manufacturing.  

Reece and James will discuss impactful generative AI trends, current and expected manufacturing use cases, as well as potential pitfalls that the sector will want to avoid. They will offer their perspective on the following key questions: 

• Can open-source progress settle generative AI concerns? 

• Will generative AI be deployed at the edge? 

• What are generative AI’s manufacturing use cases, and which will be the big revenue creators? 

• What are the merits of an AI partnership vs. going alone for manufacturing software providers? 

• What strategies should underline generative AI deployment? 

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