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Utilities will be the highest user of IoT endpoints, totalling 1.17 billion endpoints in 2019, and increasing 17% in 2020 to reach 1.37 billion.
Transparency Market Research (TMR) predicts that the global UPS market will grow at a respectable CAGR of 7.8% over the period between 2018 and 2026.
The market for 3D printed medical devices is set to reach USD $6.1 billion by 2029, with applications from hearing aids to affordable prosthetics for children.
This will mean some respite after the Australian market's massive 2019 decline and help NZ's see some stability.
Zinnov projects a 47% annual surge in the RPA services market, hitting USD $4B by 2024, driven by intelligent automation and deepening tech partnerships.
The global PC market saw a surprising 4.7% growth in Q2 2019, as easing supply shortages and trade tensions boosted shipments, reports IDC.
Infrastructure shipment growth decelerated to 4.8% in Q1 2019, Canalys reports, with a market value of USD $38.8 billion, after a booming 2018.
Interoperability with the platforms that support voice control devices is vital for OEMs and service providers.
By 2022, Gartner predicts 75% of databases will be cloud-based, driven by analytics and SaaS, with just 5% considered for repatriation to on-premises.
A recent Fortune Business Insights report states that the MVNO market will see compound growth of around 8% over the next six years.
5G smartphones are set to surpass 4G in 2023, with nearly 800 million units shipped, driven by rapid adoption in China and strong government initiatives.
Smartwatches and ear-worn devices will account for more than 70% of the 200 million wearables shipped by 2023.
According to a new report, quantum computing will be a destabiliser for the telecom sector, making PKI obsolete in the near future.
Worldwide enterprise application software revenue totalled more than $193.6 billion in 2018, a 12.5% increase from 2017 revenue of $172.1 billion.
Manufacturers plan to double their hybrid cloud use to 45% within two years, far outpacing the global average, reveals a Nutanix report.
Shipments of 25Gbps Ethernet ports hit a record 1.5 million in 1Q 2019, driven by Tier 2 Cloud and high-end Enterprise demand, despite a server market slowdown.
The global server market registers its slowest growth in two years, with a 1% increase in Q1 2019, driven by a slowdown in Cloud Service Providers' spending.
The number of smart card shipments is forecast to increase from 618.8 million in 2018 to 732.7 million in 2023, according to ABI Research.
SaaS led Australian public cloud revenue in 2018, capturing 65.8% of the USD $4.01 billion market, as firms seek competitive edge, reports IDC.
New Zealand's traditional PC market saw an -8.3% YoY decline in Q1 2019, signalling a return to the downturn after two quarters of growth, reports IDC.