Holiday Quarter Woes Contribute to a Full-Year Decline in Shipments of Wearable Devices, According to IDC

Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18.9% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22) to 138.7 million units, according to new data. Shipments for the full year 2022 were down 7.7% compared to 2021, marking the first year of decline for the category due to challenging macroeconomic conditions and difficult comparisons to the strong results of 2021.

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Executive Roundtable: Oracle Modernization is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

As competitive pressures and customer expectations rise in the uncertain economic outlook, boards and senior executives are revisiting technology modernization and business transformation strategies. All major IT investments – including those in enterprise applications – are being analyzed to ensure high-performance levels as increasingly complicated heterogeneous infrastructures are embraced. When it comes to modernizing Oracle application management strategies in today's hybrid, multi-cloud environment, the principles that should guide the decision-making process include:

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Fiber and 5G are the Future, Says Parks Associates

Over the past decade, home internet adoption in the US has grown steadily and accelerated during the pandemic, when approximately 8M households signed up for home internet service. Parks Associates estimates over 105 million US households will have high-speed internet delivered to their home by 2023. Overall internet adoption – including mobile broadband-only households – will reach 119M.

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Executive Roundtable: Attack Surface Management Opens New Opportunities to Proactively and Cost-Effectively Assess Threats and Address Vulnerabilities

As organizations assess their 2023 strategies for enhancing the protection of their most important assets while rationalizing investment in security tools and technologies, risk management leaders will be well advised to integrate a proactive “outside-in” approach to threat assessment into their “Zero-Trust” initiatives.

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Advanced HDR by Technicolor Offers Efficient and Cost-Effective Path to Enhancing Production and Distribution of Live, Episodic and Theatrical Content

Significant new developments in the conversion of standard dynamic range (SDR) content libraries to high dynamic range (HDR) along with the distribution of live broadcasts -- especially sports -- are opening new frontiers of opportunity for the entertainment technology industry. So say Marty Gordon, vice president of brand partnerships at Philips, and Nick Mitchell, media solutions specialist with InterDigital in a podcast interview for journalists held during the HPA 2023 Tech Retreat this week in Palm Springs Calif. 

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Next-Generation Standards Define CPE Strategies for Network Service Providers in 2023

Network service providers (NSPs) will face new challenges in 2023, as long-term logistical disruptions caused by the pandemic crisis are gradually resolved, only to be replaced by an uncertain economic outlook that is prompting concern from consumers and industry players alike.

The good news, however, is that resurging supply chains have allowed a suite of next-generation solutions based on the latest developments in technology standards to enter the market, according to Ashwani Saigal, VP of Broadband and Video CPE at VANTIVA.

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IDC Spending Guide Forecasts Nearly $1 Billion in Future of Work Investments in 2023

Hybrid work, once thought to be a temporary means of enabling enterprises to continue business operations through the COVID-19 pandemic, has become a mainstay for the global work landscape. To enable these hybrid work models, organizations are investing in a wide range of technologies and services to increase workforce productivity and enable new, more agile ways of working.

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Real-time Monitoring and the Ease of Data Retrieval Prompt the Adoption of Sensor Technologies, Says Frost & Sullivan

Real-time monitoring and the ease of data retrieval for advanced physical and digital security drive the need for security sensors. According to Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Sensor Technologies Impacting the Physical and Digital Security Market, by 2025, there will be a significant increase in the use of contactless sensing technologies for physical and digital security applications, including cameras, LiDAR, and terahertz (THz) image sensing.

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Executive Roundtable: Enterprises Stay the Course, Executing Strategies to Maximize Platform Flexibility for SAP Modernization in Hybrid Infrastructure Environments

As IT organizations across the country assess their options for an economically uncertain 2023, one thing appears certain. Progress toward enterprise application rationalization in general -- and SAP modernization in particular -- will continue apace regardless of how the business landscape evolves over the next few months. 

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According to ABI Research, Accelerating IT-OT Convergence in Rail to Boost OT Cybersecurity Market

The popular notion might view the rail industry as a laggard compared to auto or high-tech manufacturing when embracing Industry 4.0. Yet railways are increasingly dependent on sophisticated connected systems to enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction. With the advent of connected online systems and the convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems, network and data-sharing security between IT and OT systems is proceeding to become an integral component of safety, providing new market opportunities in the rail, freight, and transit sector.

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Big Data and Analytics Software Market to Record Strong Growth in the Coming Years, Says IDC

The Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Software Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC) expects current geopolitical developments to have a mild impact on market growth, with a positive outlook for the future. The trend of companies relying on data manipulation to analyze, predict, and swiftly adapt to changing market conditions is here to stay, being fueled by ongoing supply chain and demand shift challenges.

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New Omdia Research Finds IoT Enterprises are Prioritizing Blockchain Technology

While blockchain is most commonly associated with cryptocurrencies and nonfungible token (NFTs), the promise of the technology in IoT has not been lost by many service providers and enterprises. In fact, 40% of enterprises surveyed say that blockchain is a “priority for the future” for their IoT deployments according to Omdia’s recent report, Blockchain’s role in IoT.

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Gartner Predicts 10% of Large Enterprises Will Have a Mature and Measurable Zero-Trust Program in Place by 2026

Zero trust is top of mind for most organizations as a critical strategy to reduce risk, but few organizations have actually completed zero-trust implementations. Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2026, 10% of large enterprises will have a mature and measurable zero-trust program in place, up from less than 1% today.

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