By 2022, 90% of industrial enterprises will be utilising edge computing, with the multi-access edge computing market set to reach $7.23 billion by 2024.

According to Frost & Sullivan, the number of remote workers post-COVID-19 will be up to 500% greater than pre-pandemic, creating a huge demand for online meeting platforms.

"Despite the current crisis, BDA continues to be among the top three deployment priorities for enterprises, after data security and replacing legacy systems."

Frost & Saullivan say that adoption in Asia-Pacific will be driven by key developments in policies, business models, and technology innovations.

Frost & Sullivan finds that the integration of 5G in industrial internet of things (IIoT) systems will help the technology evolve to reach high speed, low latency, and large volume data transfer.

DigiCert has received the 2020 Global Company of the Year Award by Frost & Sullivan, with specific focus on its global transport layer security (TLS) certificate market.

All industry verticals will eventually be impacted to some degree, says F&S, but four areas are likely to see the biggest changes.

The global NAC market is estimated to reach $2.21 billion by 2024, finds Frost & Sullivan.

The analysts find that B2B payments revenue is estimated to double, reaching $1,356.28 billion by 2025. This is up from $671.32 billion in 2018 and represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5%.

Frost & Sullivan has named Huawei’s CloudEngine 16800 as the recipient of the 2020 Global Data Center Switch Technology Leadership Award.

Technologies such as mHealth, telehealth, and wearable devices to help pregnancy care, fertility, and menstrual care treatments while reducing costs.

“Businesses in the APAC region are expected to drive broader UCaaS adoption and cloud migration as they embark on digital transformation projects."

"Award recipients have consistently demonstrated outstanding achievement and superior performance amidst the changing business landscape."

Verint was found to a market share 30% higher than its closest competitor across all contact centre technologies.

Frost & Sullivan has acknowledged NEXTDC as the recipient of the the 2019 Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award.

Providing solutions that can make cross-agency sharing and access efficient and effective will augment growth prospects, finds Frost & Sullivan.

Zoom has been named as the 2019 Asia-Pacific Cloud Vendor Collaboration Provider of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. 

The award recognises NEC's foresight in innovating and developing biometric solutions for the future that maximises customer value and experience.

5G has the potential to transform industry verticals through indoor connectivity, but certain key verticals will experience stronger growth than others.

Analysis from Frost & Sullivan shows a very healthy IaaS market that is being driven by growing demand for hybrid cloud.

Security leaders need to look beyond perimeter security, leverage automation, and have a better grasp of the psychology of both cybercriminals and their business users.

Frost & Sullivan has praised ZTE for its leadership in 4G, pre5G, and 5G technologies.

"The company's software defined capabilities enable it to future-proof its camera ecosystem and greatly lower the total cost of ownership (TCO), as its single camera system is applicable to a variety of application use cases."

While there is a definite market appetite for cloud-based solutions, respondents rate a wide range of other emerging technologies as higher priorities in the next one to two years.