Author: Connected World
IDC says worldwide smartphone market is forecast to grow 6% in 2024.
In any industry, data is king—and the data needs a place where it is housed. Enter a new Operations Cockpit interface. Without leaving the cockpit, operators can access critical operational data and do other critical tasks. As one example, Kongsberg Digital recently launched a new Operations Cockpit, which gives operators a way to manage workflows, do task execution, and monitor data. With the same data in everyone’s hands, operators can track operational performance, such as operator rounds, mitigation tasks, and shift logs. They can also perform shift handovers and track and register issues or risks such as leaks, out-of-service equipment,…
Gartner forecasts global information security spending to grow 15% in 2025.
Juniper Research says direct-to-cell market revenue to reach $2.8 billion globally in the next five years.
Berg Insight says 76.7 million patients worldwide are remotely monitored.
ABI Research says environmental health and safety market will top $2 billion in 2034.
IDC says global wrist-worn device market slips almost 44 million units in the second quarter of 2024.
Walmart tends to be a leader in the retail space when it comes to leveraging technology to improve efficiency in the supply chain. Case in point: 3D printing. Walmart recently partnered with Alquist 3D to complete an 8,000-sq.ft., 20-ft. high addition to Walmart’s store in Athens, Tenn. The objective of this project is to enhance Walmart’s online pickup and delivery services. Here is how 3D concrete printing can help in retail: Enable more sustainable construction at retail stores. Less time to complete a build means more time selling retail products. Offers new ways to address operational challenges. Looking to the…
Berg Insight says the installed base of wireless devices in industrial automation reached 56.5 million in 2023.
Juniper Research says global ecommerce market is poised to reach $11.4 trillion by 2029.