Increasing use of electronic content in automotive and factory automation. Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the global semiconductor devices market finds that technology convergence of connectivity and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is accelerating growth across all verticals. The increased deployment of 5G,…
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Employees in Asia/Pacific are collaborating with bots for work
60 per cent are likely to automate their work using low code platforms. 60 per cent of employees are collaborating with bots for work. This and other findings can be found on IDC’s Employee Perspectives Survey 2022. Results from the recent Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) Future of Work Employee…
Read MoreYTL Green Data Centre Park launches in Johor
YTL Green Data Center Park will offer diversity in power and connectivity. YTL Power International Berhad (“YTL Power”), through its subsidiary YTL Data Center Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“YTL DC”) today announced the development of a 500MW data center campus in Johor, the first data center park in Malaysia to be powered by solar…
Read MoreThree emerging environmental sustainability technologies
The path to a net-zero future will create new opportunities for technology. Cloud sustainability, carbon footprint measurement and advanced grid management software are the three emerging environmental sustainability technologies that will reach early mainstream adoption within one to three years, according to Gartner, Inc. “Environmental sustainability cannot be the responsibility…
Read MoreBots will succeed where humans have failed
The events of the past two years have put a spotlight on sustainability and social efforts. People around the world are demanding more progress on sustainability and social efforts and are looking to businesses to step up, according to a new study by Oracle and Pamela Rucker, CIO Advisor, and Instructor…
Read MoreTablet market records 12.9 per cent growth in 2021
The commercial market increased by 6.5 per cent YoY in 2021. The tablet market in the Asia/Pacific (including Japan and China) region posted a 12.9 per cent year-over-year (YoY) increase in 2021, reaching 56.4M units. Tablet shipments are expected to grow by 1.5 per cent in 2022 as supply improves…
Read MoreSteady growth for the IT and Business Services Markets
This is attributed to a faster economic rebound and the impact of inflation. Worldwide IT and business services revenue is expected to grow by 5.6 per cent (in constant currency). In nominal dollar denominated revenue based on today’s exchange rate, the market will grow by 4.2 per cent year over…
Read MoreRise in business technologists
Product leaders should not bypass central IT representatives. Seventy-four percent of technology purchases are funded, at least partially, by business units (BUs) outside of IT, according to a recent Gartner, Inc. survey. Only 26 per cent of technology investments are funded entirely by the IT organization. In November and December…
Read MorePC shipments begin to slow
The PC market is coming off two years of double-digit growth. Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) but exceeded earlier forecasts. The PC market is coming off two years of double-digit growth, so while the…
Read MoreWorldwide IT Spending to Reach $4.4 Trillion
75 per cent of the top 100 miners will operate remote and autonomous drill rigs. Following the easing of border restrictions, the new normal has seen mining operations around the world adapt through digitalisation at a rate not seen since modern mining techniques were first developed more than 100 years…
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