Author: Connected World

Parks Associates says 24% of smart home owners hired a professional to install their device.

The key is to ensure health tech is affordable, accessible, and inclusive. In the past couple of years, society has had to intensely re-evaluate how it can and should approach various aspects of public health. The COVID-19 pandemic upheaved many processes in life and business, and it vastly disrupted economies. But the silver lining amidst the horror of the disease that caused millions of deaths globally is that the COVID pandemic also broke down barriers for health tech that may save and improve millions more lives going forward. According to Market Research Future, the IoT (Internet of Things) in healthcare…

Juniper Research says smart-traffic management systems to save 205 million metric tons of CO2 by 2027.

It’s a list no industry wants to be at the top of—the most-targeted by ransomware list. Unfortunately for manufacturing companies, the manufacturing sector has landed in the top spot for the second year in a row, according to a new report from Zscaler. Other industries like healthcare and food services have experienced a sharp spike in attacks, and the number of ransomware attacks in general has increased too. What can companies do to keep their systems, devices, and data as safe as possible amid these unfavorable trends? Just how unfavorable are the ransomware trends so far in 2022? Zscaler’s 2022…

IDC says PC shipments will feel the effects of global headwinds with shipment volumes expected to decline 8.2% in 2022.

Gartner says 78% of CFOs will increase or maintain enterprise digital investments through 2023, even if inflation persists.

Berg Insight says 8.6 million Europeans used connected care solutions in 2021.

IDC says tablet and Chromebook shipments declined 3.8% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022.

Gartner says U.S. total annual employee turnover will likely jump by nearly 20% from the prepandemic annual average.

Strategy Analytics says global smartphone shipments fell 11% year-over-year in Q1 2022.