The International Consumer Electronics Show 2017, which opens Jan. 3 in Las Vegas, is expected to attract 177,000 attendees for its five-day run at several locations in the desert city.
This is the only time in the year in which one will see widely disparate companies such as Ford, Lenovo, Seagate LaCie, Dok Wireless, Dell, Skybuds, GDU Drones and a gazillion others all within walking or Uber distance of each other at the Convention Center and a dozen other places.
Comfortable shoes, hiking or whatever, are definitely in order if you want to see enough of this event to make it worth your while.
CES is all about devices, whether for consumer or business use. Yes, “Consumer” is the “C” in the title of the show, but so many personal devices now are used in business environments that the nickname “CES” is outdated.
Artificial intelligence in just about everything, virtual reality, the internet of things, voice control of everything, connected autos, drones, video gaming, streaming and conventional television, security of devices and systems at all levels, and the usual crazy inventions that one would never expect are the main themes.
At eWEEK, however, we look first at the enterprise side of IT, fully realizing that a high percentage of new ideas that come into it originate in the consumer development world. After all, if there’s such a thing as “quick money” and control for software developers–and if they are lucky on what they focus–the consumer app world is a much more likely place for that to happen.
Dublin, Ireland-based Accenture is one of the world’s largest and most successful IT integrators, employing more than 394,000 professionals in 120 countries worldwide. This outfit knows where the trends are, because they’re always working on new installations of all types.
John Curran, Managing Director of Communications, Media and Technology at Accenture, assessed the most important themes of this year’s CES and sent the following information in short bites to eWEEK
Curran: “Thinking artificial intelligence is doing to be the prevailing mindset at CES 2017.”
Originally published on eWeek
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