Author: Connected World

IDC says shipments of personal computing devices to the Middle East and Africa decline significantly as demand weakens across the region.

Gartner says 59% of candidates who recently accepted a job offer would make the same choice.

ABI Research says revenues from robotics deployed in retail stores will cross $8.4 billion by 2030.

Parks Associates says 55% of U.S. internet households report using telehealth, which is down from 64% in 2021.

Juniper Research says digital identity verification spend to exceed $20 billion globally by 2027.

The U.S. power sector is in the midst of what Black & Veatch is calling a “repowering of the power sector.” The EIA’s (U.S. Energy Information Admin.’s) Annual Energy Outlook for 2022 also points to the idea that the sector is undergoing a transformation. For instance, EIA points to the fact renewable energy is projected to continue growing more quickly than other sources of energy through 2050 as a highlight of its 2022 outlook. EIA also says wind and solar incentives combined with decreasing technology costs are supporting a “robust competition with natural gas for electricity generation.” Black & Veatch…

IDC says worldwide hardcopy peripheral shipments contracted 3.9% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022.

Gartner forecasts India applications software spending to grow 15% in 2022.

ABI Research predicts by 2030 manufacturing and industrial facilities will have more than 49 million 5G connections.

Juniper Research says NFT transactions to reach 40 million globally by 2027.