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Juniper Research says QR code payments will reach $3 trillion globally by 2025.
Episode 770 05.10.22 Edward Sanchez, senior analyst, global automotive practice, Strategy Analytics, joins Peggy to talk about trends in the automotive industry and those in our homes. He says it’s inevitable whenever there are price hikes in energy, it raises consumer interest and awareness in the fuel economy and the need for more economical vehicle choices. Below is an excerpt from the interview. To listen to the conversation from The Peggy Smedley Show, click here or go to https://peggysmedleyshow.com/ to access the entire show. Peggy Smedley: I want to narrow in today if you don’t mind on energy in automotive…
How can we ensure water and air quality is optimal in our homes? In a word, technology. Erik Bernal, president and CEO, Elite Water Systems, sits down with Constructech editorial director Peggy Smedley to discuss current challenges with water and indoor air—and the solutions that can help. Connected World (CW): What does your company provide? Erik Bernal (EB): We provide residential and commercial water and air quality solutions designed to answer the problems of tomorrow.CW: What are some current challenges we have with water and indoor air issues? EB: Most water contaminates are not regulated and are extremely detrimental to our…
How can human-centric lighting improve our health and provide energy savings? Patrick Gall, head of channel development, Orro, sits down with Constructech editorial director Peggy Smedley to shed some light on how connected lighting can brighten our day. Peggy Smedley (PS) How has home control evolved in the past decade? Where are we today? Patrick Gall (PG) Home control has come a long way in the past decade. Previously, it was only possible to get home-wide control of your technology via expensive home automation systems, often costing customers tens of thousands of dollars, if not more. While those types of…
There’s an upward trend in businesses’ need for cloud services, IoT (Internet of Things), network virtualization and automation, and advanced network management, and this is driving the NFV (network function virtualization) market. In fact, research from MarketsandMarkets suggests the global NFV market will expand to $36.3 billion by 2024, with major market driving factors including the growing need for advanced network management systems to handle the increasing network traffic and complexities. In another research study from Meticulous Market Research, which forecasts even farther out, the data suggests the NFV market will reach $122 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR…
IDC says IT product sales accelerated in Q1 2022, with a 13.1% growth.
Parks Associates says 61% of livestreaming viewers watch sports, the most popular type of content.
The path forward requires tech, policy, mindset shift, and common language for measuring progress. Society is turning a corner in how it consumes energy and how it evaluates the need for global decarbonization. For the first time, trends like a readiness to cut energy consumption, combined with technology advances that allow average consumers and businesses to track energy consumption, plus a sharp decrease in the cost of renewables and energy storage have all converged. What’s left is a huge opportunity—an opportunity to do nothing short of changing the course of the planet. There’s momentum behind this global shift to clean…
ABI Research says the metaverse and immersive collaboration and related services will reach $22 billion by 2030.
Berg Insight says the installed base of fleet management systems in South Africa to reach 3.6 million units by 2026.