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Zebra Study: Record number of
enterprises becoming ‘Intelligent’
with growing IoT investments
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surveyed small to medium-sized businesses
(SMBs) with 50 to 249 employees scored 75
Based on these criteria and driven by an
overwhelming pressure to improve the
customer experience, retail organisations
have gained the most momentum in
the last 12 months, graduating from the
bottom of the 2018 vertical Index rankings
to nearly the top of the 2019 list, second
only to healthcare.
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Drew Ehlers, Global Futurist at
Zebra Technologies
The number of companies defined as truly
‘intelligent enterprises’ by achieving a score
of 75 points or greater on the Index has also
risen year over year. Seventeen percent of
organisations with at least 250 employees
crossed this threshold in 2019 versus
only 11% in 2018. Interestingly, 37% of
This global survey analyses the extent to
which companies connect the physical
and digital worlds to drive innovation
through real-time guidance, data-powered
environments and collaborative mobile
workflows. Their ‘Intelligent Enterprise’
Index scores are calculated using 11 criteria
that include Internet of Things (IoT) vision,
adoption, data management, intelligent
analysis and more.
Z
ebra Technologies Corporation,
an innovator at the edge of the
enterprise with solutions and
partners that enable businesses to gain
a performance edge, has announced
the results of its third annual ‘Intelligent
Enterprise Index’ which indicates a record
61% of enterprises worldwide are on the
path to becoming ‘intelligent’ compared to
only 49% in 2018.
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