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Accelerators have become the credible path for thousands of entrepreneurs around the globe in scaling up their businesses and bringing disruptive innovations to the world. Innovation accelerators are disruptive technologies that can be used to enhance customers’ engagement and create an evolution in the delivery of services and experiences. The ultimate goal of innovation accelerators being established is to advance disruptive innovation initiatives.

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the leading global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the Information Technology (IT), telecommunications, and consumer technology markets.

In a session hosted by TIEC and given by Megha Kumar, Senior Research Manager and Advisory Practice at IDC Middle East & Africa, she talked about the six innovation accelerators – identified by IDC – which are: Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, 3D Printing, Cognitive Systems, Augmented or Virtual Reality, and Next Generation Security. She also talked about finding growth and leadership opportunities in the IT market, which is built on technologies and solutions in IDC's four pillar areas - Big Data & Analytics, Cloud, Mobility, and Social Business.

In the interview with Megha Kumar, she said that IDC is happy to be in the Middle East because IT is clearly growing in the region. IDC have divided the ICT evolution into three platforms, Megha Kumar talked about the third platform technologies and about the trends that are going to shape the ecosystem in her point of view. She also gave advices to the startups ecosystem and talked about using the innovation accelerators to reach the target markets. To know more about latest technology trends, innovation accelerators, and startups ecosystem, watch the video.