TRENDING
its impact in Europe and North America
across several industries and market sectors
and we are confident that the trend will
follow in the Middle East region. With the
eruption of AI, some of the market leaders in
five to 10 years’ time may be organisations
that are not even key players today.”
The research also identified three key global
investment priorities for organisations when
it comes to embarking upon the Digital
Transformation journey:
1. Making sense of data utilising
Artificial Intelligence and real-time
data visualisation
• The research highlighted a strong
demand for technologies that provide
predictive outputs from large data
flows, with AI and analytics listed as
the most important enabler (75%),
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closely followed by Real-Time Data
Visualisation (64%), Augmented, Virtual
or Mixed Reality (60%) and Big Data
Processing (59%)
• AI was a top three enabler across all
industries globally, with the greatest
importance assigned in power and
utilities (81%) and oil and gas
(particularly upstream 79% and
midstream 78%)
• Japan (88%) and China (84%)
prioritised AI the most, with the UK
(79%) and the US (77%) following
closely behind three technology priorities across all
industries globally, scoring highest
among engineering, procurement and
construction professionals
• This was perceived as an essential
technology for global production, ranked
as the most important enabler for
marine shipbuilding (75%), buildings
and infrastructure (74%) and packaged
goods (73%), with oil and gas and
energy all ranking the technology highly
• Japan (85%) and Germany (82%) are
early adopters with high importance
attributed across all regions
2. Fostering collaboration
through Advanced Process
and Engineering Design 3. Stepping up cybersecurity and
safety capabilities
• Advanced Process and Engineering
Design was the second most important
technology (74%) and was in the top
• Cybersecurity was the third most
prioritised technology enabler (71%) and
in particular a focus for mining (76%),
downstream oil and gas (75%), power
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