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According to Gartner, supply chain management software revenues will grow 12% in 2014, the highest rate since 2011.

There will be three times as many internet-connected things on Earth as there are humans within the next 10 years, according to a new look at the future of the internet of things.

Equipment uptime and diagnostics among top-use scenarios, but experts agree that it is still early days for IoT adoption.

In my role with Logility, I have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of companies and executive management teams around achieving their supply chain goals and prioritizing their initiatives.

History has shown that Chinese companies can grow and gradually penetrate the market, pushing the foreign companies aside.

By 2020 the Internet of Things (IoT) will include 26 billion units, creating new challenges for all aspects of the data center, and will significantly alter supply chain operations, leader information access, and cyber-risk exposure.

Of the vendors represented in the Leaders quadrants of Gartner’s Transportation Management Systems, Warehouse Management Systems and Supply Chain Planning Systems of Record Magic Quadrants, ONLY JDA Software is named a Leader in all 3.

Deeper contextual understanding of customers, leveraging digital business as part of broader customer solutions and supply chain leading balanced growth are this year's most common trends among supply chain leaders.

The market performed well as supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved forward, even as IT budget decision makers remained cautious.

According to a recent survey of 120 B2B eCommerce professionals, 80% of respondents either “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that their customers’ expectations followed B2C shopper practices.

The supply chain technology market is evolving toward platforms and equipment that optimize end-to-end processes. Four top technology analysts offer their unique insight into how the convergence of automation, data, and labor is moving us toward this utopian vision.

The future was on display in Atlanta.

A mature market by supply chain software standards, warehouse management systems continue to play a prominent role in the ever-changing shipping and distribution environment. Here are five market drivers that are sure to keep usage on the rise.

The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 is about leadership. However, Lora Cecere, the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, voices some concerns about the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 research.

As 2013 draws to a close, the waters are relatively calm for the global economy. Anticipated third quarter slowdowns in the Eurozone and Japan were offset by firmer growth in China and North America. Financial markets, while still apprehensive about Federal Reserve policy, have shown less volatility.