In 2018, Fix & Fasten was scaling at speed Distributing specialist fasteners and associated products to an ever-growing list of customers in such industries as manufacturing, engineering and construction, the Victorian-based company’s future looked bright. Fix & fasten was so focused on enabling this growth that it overlooked other concerns…
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Security spending to exceed $USUS31 billion in 2022
Industries are enhancing security feature investments Spending on security solutions and services in Asia/Pacific* is forecasted to exceed $US31 billion in 2022, an increase of 15.5 per cent from 2021, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Security Spending Guide. Despite headwinds such as looming global recession, geopolitical conflicts, and rising inflation, investments…
Read MoreChina continues to lead global e-commerce market
The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the e-commerce activities in China China’s e-commerce market, the world’s largest, is expected to register a strong growth of 10.4 per cent in 2022, as consumers are increasingly shifting from offline to online. The market is expected to grow by 10.4 per cent in 2022 to…
Read MoreManufacturing industrial IoT spending to reach $US89 billion
China is placing a large bet on the Industrial Internet of Things Discrete manufacturers all over the world are actively investigating how to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to link their supply chains, equipment, and products better. In a recent IDC report titled, Upcoming Trends in Internet of Things Retrofitting…
Read MoreDownload speeds improve but upload speeds remain flat
Download speeds have improved for many consumers over the last two years Download speeds in May 2022 than they did in February 2022, the ACCC’s latest quarterly Measuring Broadband Australia (MBA) report shows. Fixed-line connections are those that have a physical line running to the property, such as fibre to…
Read MoreNew era of digital productivity
As organizations reap the benefits of digital transformation, new challenges arise While digital transformation has meant the increasing prominence of digital technologies in traditional industries, there will be decreasing prominence of digital technologies in the next era, according to the Gartner Research Board. However, this isn’t a sign of the…
Read MoreEmerging technologies expanding immersive experience
Supporting accelerated AI model creation and deployment The 25 emerging technologies to watch on the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2022 are enabling the evolution and expansion of immersive experiences, accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) automation, and optimizing technologist delivery. “Emerging technologies offer transformational potential for businesses, but CIOs and technology…
Read MoreAirtel awards its first 5G contract in India with Ericsson
5G deployment to get underway in August 2022 Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced that it has awarded its first 5G contract in the country to Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), with deployment to get underway in August 2022. Ericsson is Airtel’s long-standing connectivity partner and pan-India managed services provider, with a partnership…
Read MoreTSMC’s critical role in the global semiconductor supply chain
The rising tension around Taiwan highlights the strategic importance of TSMC Following the news of raising tension between the US and China because of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recent visit to Taiwan. Josep Bori, Research Director in the Thematic team at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers…
Read MoreZero Trust in the fight against ransomware
This approach to cybersecurity eradicates implicit trust Zero Trust has become a well-recognised framework in the cybersecurity world. SecOps teams are championing this ‘trust no-one’ strategy to support the fight against the escalating risk of cybercrime, and in helping to monitor threat actors across their network. In fact, research from…
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