Author: Connected World

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.

The semiconductor space continues to be in the global spotlight, and not necessarily because it’s poised to become a trillion-dollar industry in less than a decade’s time—although, according to McKinsey, it actually is poised to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030. In reality, though, it’s the supply shortages that have everyone up in arms. The manufacturing of everything from cars to concrete has been impacted by the semiconductor shortage that began in 2020, and it seems it’s never been clearer how much today’s connected world and the global supply chain rely on chips. Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger recently came out…

ABI Research says virtual reality will reach 90 million total device shipments in 2027.

Parks Associates says U.S. internet households pay an average of $1,392 per year for home internet.

Juniper Research says multifactor authentication to generate $27 billion globally for mobile operators in 2022.

Gartner predicts by 2025, 60% of customers will seek service information from third-party sources.