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Why Do Most Transformations Fail? Why Implementation Has Become the New Competitive Edge
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A leadership perspective from David Frigstad, Chairman & CEO, Frost & Sullivan.

Every leadership team has a strategy. Most have identified the right growth opportunities. Many have invested heavily in technology, AI, innovation, and transformation. Yet nearly 70% of strategic transformations fail to create lasting business value.

Why?

Because the real challenge is no longer strategy, it is implementation.

You can join our exclusive webinar "The "Connected CEO": Creating a Powerful Growth Opportunity Pipeline to Shape the Future and Preparing for the Intelligence Revolution Transformation" on August 19th, 2026, 9:00 AM PDT to learn more.

Enterprise Network Services
Identify novel growth avenues in dedicated internet access, carrier ethernet, and network services.
Digital Content & Cloud
What is the future growth potential of digital experience platforms and cloud applications?

  • What strategies can help reduce inconsistent data models issue?
  • Navigate geopolitical uncertainty, reshaping buyer expectations.
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  • Prepare your teams to thrive amid complex cloud environments.
  • Adopt best practices to modernize applications and drive growth.
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  • What role does DXP play in scaling content orchestration?
  • How can AI-driven personalization improve DXP selection?
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  • How are energy constraints redefining the data center design?
  • Assess growth in AI-ready hyperscale facilities.
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  • Build future-ready comprehensive trust infrastructure to gain an edge.
  • Which vendors are driving growth in the eSignature space?
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  • What role does open API play in delivering execution intelligence?
  • How is agentic AI reshaping collaborative work management?
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Navigating Transformation – Middle East (July 2026 Edition)

This month’s edition explores major areas across the region, like the GCC economic transformation, the GCC plastic circular economy, MENA speciality chemicals, and KSA decorative paints.
Transformational Growth Leadership Program
Explore Executive Perspectives on Business Transformation

Interview with Chris Caldwell

Accelerating Growth Through Intelligent Transformation: How Concentrix Orchestrates AI, Human Expertise, and Personalization to Drive Measurable Business Outcomes

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Chris Caldwell

Global President & CEO | Concentrix

Interview with Javier A. Baldor

From Reactive Operations to Project Intelligence: How BST Global Is Revolutionizing the AEC Industry

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Javier A. Baldor

Chief Executive Officer | BST Global

Interview with Cameron Coursey

From Connectivity to Intelligent Outcomes: How AT&T Maximizes IoT Innovation with AI and Ecosystemic Collaboration

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Cameron Coursey

Vice President Connected Solutions | AT&T

Interview with Espen Løberg

From Video Meetings to Connected Intelligence: How Cisco Optimizes Workplace Collaboration with AI and Platform Innovation

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Espen Løberg

Vice President & General Manager, Collaboration Devices | Cisco

Interview with Brian McLaughlin

Powering Intelligent Content Operations: How Orange Logic Optimizes Digital Asset Management (DAM) in the Age of AI and Automation

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Brian McLaughlin

CEO | Orange Logic

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Introducing Frost & Sullivan’s Information and Communications Technology LinkedIn Page

Explore key strategic Imperatives, growth opportunity news, innovative business models, competitive benchmarking, best practices, and Transformational Growth Leadership discussions related to the ICT landscape.
Enterprise Wireless Services
Examine game-changing growth prospects in fixed wireless access (FWA) services and 5G.
IoT & Edge
Uncover growth drivers and thrive amidst the transformation of the Internet of Things (IoT) remote subscriber identity module (SIM) provisioning industry.
IoT Remote SIM Provisioning Industry
Are your teams prepared to thrive amidst the shift toward manufacturing-stage provisioning?
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Data Center Colocation: Strategic Priorities
Accelerate AI-driven infrastructure investments to capture revenue growth and enhance CX.
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Mobile IoT Connectivity Management Platforms
Maximize growth by shifting toward eSIM orchestration and single-pane-of-glass visibility.
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Welcome to the Frost & Sullivan Podcast! Here, we empower leaders to accelerate their growth and drive transformative change within their industries. As the growth pipeline company, we provide you with the strategies, tools, and resources needed to thrive in today’s dynamic landscape. Each episode features expert opinions, real-world case studies, and actionable strategies to help you harness emerging technologies, innovative business models, and global megatrends. Our goal is to guide you on a journey of continuous innovation, where you can discover powerful growth opportunities, align your organization’s vision, and achieve best-in-class leadership. From healthcare to technology, energy, and beyond, we will explore industry-specific transformations, new industry dynamics, and collaboration opportunities to shape the future. Join us as we dive deep into the growth strategies that fuel success and help you co-create the future of your industry. Tune in for: • In-depth analysis of the latest industry developments and disruptive technologies • Strategic approaches to accelerate growth and innovation • Best-practice models for achieving transformational success • Conversations with industry growth experts and thought leaders • Opportunities to join the global Growth Council and engage with peers Ready to take your growth journey to the next level? Book a Growth Strategy Session today, and let’s start shaping the future together. Explore new growth opportunities. Drive your transformation. Be the leader of tomorrow. Please tune into our podcasts to gain periodic insights and to know more about our Growth Partnership Services email us at digital@frost.com
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Contact Center Solutions
Which industry best practices can your team adopt to grow in workforce engagement management and customer experience (CX)?
Is your WEM strategy equipped to boost operational efficiency, performance, and engagement?
Global Workforce Engagement Management
How will IoT, digital guidance systems, & automation transform public spaces into experience-led areas?
Technologies for Intelligent & Secure Public Spaces
Which top companies are transforming the Asia-Pacific customer experience management services space?
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Infographic: Growth Opportunities in ICT
Frost & Sullivan: 65 Years of Identifying Growth Opportunities in Information & Communications Technology

Helping Organizations Prepare for the Coming Transformation and Create Growth Opportunities Since 1961

Check out our exclusive infographic that explores detailed growth oppportunities across artificial intelligence and data analytics, cloud services and data centers, customer experience and contact centers, digital content services, enterprise network services, enterprise wireless services, Internet of Things (IoT) and edge solutions, unified communications, and connected work.


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FinTech Innovation in 2026: Strategic Insights from Israel’s FinTech Ecosystem

The FinTech 1.0 playbook that created more than $300 billion in value over the past decade has reached maturity, as rising customer acquisition costs (CAC), market saturation, and commoditization reshape the competitive landscape.

FinTech 2.0 marks the next phase of growth, embedding financial services directly into industry-specific workflows rather than delivering them as standalone products. Organizations that embrace vertical specialization, embedded finance, agentic AI, proprietary data, and ecosystem partnerships will be better positioned to accelerate innovation.


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FutureNetAsia 2026

Mei Lee Quah from Frost & Sullivan is part of the panel at FutureNetAsia 2026 | Agentic AI & Digital Twins for NetOps: Driving Autonomous Networks. As operators advance towards autonomous networks, digital twins and agentic AI are emerging as powerful technologies for enabling predictive operations, reducing risk, and accelerating innovation across the network.


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Collaborative Work Management
Growth & Innovation Strategies in Collaborative Work Management: Best Practices and Platforms that Enable Better Cross‑functional Orchestration

Enterprises are discovering that productivity is no longer limited by a lack of tools, it is limited by disconnected execution. Over the last decade, organizations invested in collaboration apps, task management systems, and communication platforms to support digital and hybrid work. But as workflows became more distributed, businesses ended up with fragmented tools that gave rise to visibility gaps, duplicated effort, and slower decision-making. That is why Collaborative Work Management (CWM) is becoming strategically important.


Exclusive Interview: Digital Realty
From Conventional Colocation Services to AI Infrastructure Orchestration: How Digital Realty Powers the AI Economy with Future-proof Data Center Services

In this Movers & Shakers conversation, Wellington Lordelo, Global Director, AI & Innovation Acceleration at Digital Realty, speaks with Carina Gonçalves, Industry Principal, IoT, Edge, AI & Data Centers at Frost & Sullivan, about the company’s transition from traditional colocation services to AI-enabled digital infrastructure platforms, the emergence of interconnected AI ecosystems, high-performance connectivity, and the future of data centers as intelligent AI factories.


Video-managed Services
Tata Communications Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Company of the Year Recognition for Leadership in Video-managed Services

Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Tata Communications has received the 2025 Global Company of the Year Recognition in the video-managed services industry for its outstanding achievements in innovation, customer success, and strategic execution. This recognition highlights Tata Communications’ consistent leadership in driving digital transformation, advancing media workflows, and delivering cloud-native solutions that address the evolving needs of global broadcasters and content providers.



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Frost & Sullivan Appoints Dr. Vinod K. Aggarwal as Chief Economist

Frost & Sullivan today announced the appointment of Dr. Vinod K. Aggarwal as Chief Economist. Having collaborated with the company for more than two decades across a range of advisory and leadership roles, Dr. Aggarwal brings deep expertise in the interplay of markets, policy and global strategy.

In this new capacity, Dr. Aggarwal will lead Frost & Sullivan’s global initiatives to help governments, corporations and investors navigate the shifting dynamics of industrial policy, economic statecraft and non-market strategy. His work will focus on how geopolitical change and technological transformation are redefining global competitiveness.



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The 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation, and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Event

The 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation, and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Event

Dates: 4-5 August 2026
Venue: Shanghai, China


On August 4-5, 2026, the 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Event will have its grand opening at the Shangri La Hotel in Jing'an, Shanghai. This will also mark the 20th year milestone for Frost & Sullivan China to continue building on an international high-end communication platform for enterprises across China as well as the rest of the world.

Infosecurity Europe
Dates: 2-4 June 2026
Venue: ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL

Infosecurity Europe is the leading gathering for the cybersecurity industry in Europe. Each year, we bring the community together to share the latest innovations, learn from one another, and test and benchmark solutions.

For cybersecurity decision-makers, it’s a vital place to make informed investment and information assurance decisions. Stakeholders at every level attend to gain the insights and solutions needed to stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape. This year, you’ll find more new features, zones, stages, networking events, product demos, learning opportunities and experiences than ever before. Are you ready to join us on our mission to build a safer cyber world? We look forward to welcoming you.
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Infosecurity Europe

Dates: 2-4 June 2026
Venue: ExCeL London, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
 

Infosecurity Europe is the leading gathering for the cybersecurity industry in Europe. Each year, we bring the community together to share the latest innovations, learn from one another, and test and benchmark solutions.

For cybersecurity decision-makers, it’s a vital place to make informed investment and information assurance decisions. Stakeholders at every level attend to gain the insights and solutions needed to stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape. This year, you’ll find more new features, zones, stages, networking events, product demos, learning opportunities and experiences than ever before. Are you ready to join us on our mission to build a safer cyber world? We look forward to welcoming you.

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