Author: Connected World
Immersive, mixed-reality experiences and the metaverse will change life, work, and everything else. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed Facebook’s next move—its evolution to Meta, a social technology company. Meta describes the metaverse, an immersive VR (virtual reality)-enabled space that allows users to interact with a computer-generated environment, as “the next evolution of social connection.” Could this so-called next iteration of the internet also underpin the evolution of work? Will the adoption of immersive technologies, including not only VR but also other XR (extended reality) technologies such as AR (augmented reality), prompt a fundamental change in the way humans see the…
Parks Associates says one-third of OTT subscribers have signed up for a service through a content aggregator.
By the end of 2022, half of all manufacturing supply chains will see the benefits of supply chain resiliency, resulting in a 10% reduction in disruption impact, says IDC.
Forrester says 12 million jobs will be lost to automation across Europe by 2040.
Gartner predicts hyperscalers’ carbon emissions will drive cloud purchase decisions by 2025.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The future of work will be different. In fact, it’s already different than it was just a few years ago, but all signs point toward the fact that work is going to keep changing well into the next couple of decades. Technology companies must step up to the plate to support the future of flexible, hybrid, and remote work scenarios in all kinds of industries. LinkedIn’s 2022 Global Talent Trends report suggests society is experiencing a watershed moment for company culture. Part of that culture is going to need to be…
Juniper Research says the world’s No. 1 smart city for 2022 is Shanghai.
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Parks Associates says 73% of U.S. broadband households that own or are planning to buy a smart home device consider interoperability important.
IDC estimates enterprise and service provider spending on edge computing will reach $40 billion in 2022 in Europe.