Shipments of connected wearables will reach 262.5 million in 2021, with Bluetooth remaining the primary connectivity option in the coming years, Internet of Things (IoT) analyst firm Berg Insight said in a statement on Thursday. The Gothenburg, Sweden-based machine-to-machine/IoT market…
Total IT spending by small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around the globe will approach US$568 billion in 2017 and increase by more than $100 billion to exceed US$676 billion in 2021, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC, the…
The global insurance brokers sector will reach US$54.8 billion in 2021, according to data from research company MarketLine. The global insurance brokers sector has experienced “impressive growth” in recent years, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% between…
Worldwide spending on security technology is forecast to reach US$81.7 billion this year, according to a recently released guide from International Data Corporation (IDC), a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services and events for the information technology, telecommunications and…
Global organizations will spend US$1.2 trillion on digital transformation this year, with the fastest growth coming from insurance, banking, retail and healthcare providers, International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Thursday. A new update to IDC’s Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide…
Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will reach US$122.5 billion in 2017, an increase of 24.4% over 2016, suggested new research from Framingham, Mass.-based International Data Corporation (IDC). The new update to the IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud…
The global Internet of Things (IoT) insurance market is estimated to grow dramatically at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 65.89% to reach US$42.76 billion by 2022 from 2016, according to a new report from Research and Markets. The…
The global insurance services market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% over the next five years due to the increase in the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and changes in operating…
Worldwide purchases of 3D printers, materials, software, and related services are expected to experience a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.3%, with revenues reaching US$28.9 billion in 2020, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). Earlier this week,…
Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) was forecast to reach US$737 billion in 2016 and grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6% from 2015-2020 to US$1.29 trillion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The…
The number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.4% from 26.5 million subscribers at the end of 2015 to 170.2 million subscribers at the end of 2021, according to…
Worldwide revenues for security-related hardware, software and services will grow from US$73.7 billion in 2016 to US$101.6 billion in 2020, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) first Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide. The report, released on Wednesday, said that…