Organizations in Europe are prioritizing adaptable business partnerships with strong governance frameworks to help them leverage AI and meet the data governance and compliance requirements set forth under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU AI Act, say experts from global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm Information Services Group (ISG).

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 1.5% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1.25 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. This is an increase from 1% growth in prior forecast, primarily driven by accelerated performance from Apple in the holiday quarter, rapid growth in key emerging markets and stabilization in China. Apple’s shipments are forecast to grow 6.1% YoY in 2025, up sharply from 3.9% in the last cycle.

Ninety percent of non-executive directors (NEDs) lack a measure of confidence in cybersecurity value, according to a new survey from Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

India’s tablet market shipped 1.33 million units in Q3 2025, a 19.7% year-over-year (YoY) decline, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The market includes both detachable and slate tablets. Detachables grew 7.3% YoY, but this was offset by a sharp 29.4% YoY drop in slate tablets. The overall decline was driven mainly by a steep 53.5% fall in commercial shipments, even as the consumer segment delivered strong 13.5% YoY growth—its best performance in more than a decade.

The intelligence community is confronting an operational paradox: threats are multiplying, data is exploding, but budgets and headcount remain largely fixed. The result is a widening gap between the volume of information agencies must process and their capacity to process it while addressing ethical issues and classification rules, among many other considerations.

As artificial intelligence systems reshape the global security landscape, intelligence agencies and law enforcement organizations are confronting more data, more complexity, and more scrutiny, without corresponding increases in budget or personnel. For many in the field, the question is no longer whether artificial intelligence (AI) will be incorporated into intelligence workflows, but how to do so in a way that improves accuracy, increases speed, and maintains public trust.

AI-optimized infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is emerging as the next disruptive growth engine for AI infrastructure. As a result, end-user spending is projected to grow 146% by the end of 2025, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company.

According to an IDC report, AI-Optimized Cloud Infrastructure in Asia/Pacific: The Rise of AI-Native Providers, IDC expects that global investment in AI inference infrastructure will surpass training infrastructure by the end of 2025, underscoring the growing strategic importance of AI-native cloud providers in enabling enterprise-grade Generative AI (GenAI).

The survey, which interviewed 3,887 business and tech executives from across 72 countries and territories, also finds that only around half of security and operations leaders say their organisation is ‘very capable’ of withstanding cyber-attacks, with only 6% say they’re ‘very capable’ across all areas surveyed, even as new and emerging technologies including AI and quantum computing transform the cyber risk landscape.

The Gartner survey found 79% of HR leaders believe HR should focus on enabling and motivating employees to leverage technology in ways that promote organizational growth. As CHROs continue to heavily prioritize leader and manager effectiveness, it’s imperative that they help managers build necessary AI skills and capabilities and improve their effectiveness.

International Data Corporation (IDC), the trusted technology intelligence leader, announced the release of its FutureScape 2026 research, a comprehensive outlook on the next five years in enterprise technology.

Fifty-four percent of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders said cost optimization is their top goal for adopting AI, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 68.4 million units in 3Q25, with the year-on-year decline easing to 0.6% after the previous quarter saw a drop of around 4%. This was despite the third quarter being traditionally a low season, characterised by fewer new product launches, as well as more rational consumer spending due to the tightening of government subsidy policy. However, market performance is expected to see some improvement early next quarter as various brands began the early, concentrated launch of a significant number of their flagship products.

According to Forrester's 2026 European Predictions, unveiled at Forrester's Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA in London, while European firms will intensify the quest to reduce their dependence on global resources and achieve sovereignty over their technology stack and digital platforms, no European enterprise will shift entirely from US hyperscalers in 2026.

The 2025 ISG Provider Lens Future of Work Services report for Switzerland finds that enterprises are expanding the use of AI, including autonomous agentic systems, to enhance efficiency, agility and decision-making. They are also developing comprehensive, transparent frameworks for responsible AI to foster employee trust and ensure sustainable productivity.

According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , global smartphone shipments increased 2.6% year-over-year (YoY) to 322.7 million units in the third quarter of 2025. The smartphone market continued its recovery, fueled by the premium segment as consumers upgraded to the latest devices, attracted by innovative form factors and more affordable AI-enabled smartphones.

Worldwide IT spending is expected to total $6.08 trillion in 2026, an increase of 9.8% from 2025, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

According to Forrester’s 2026 B2C marketing, customer experience, and digital business predictions, the rapid adoption of generative AI is exposing fragmented vendor ecosystems and increasing consumer skepticism. In 2026, a third of companies will harm experiences with frustrating AI self-service.

The 2025 ISG Provider Lens Future of Work Services report for Germany finds that economic stagnation and demographic pressures have combined to create a structural labor shortage that is reshaping corporate policy and accelerating the adoption of AI-enabled work models. Enterprises are also expanding international recruitment and reskilling programs, treating global talent acquisition as a long-term strategic necessity to fill domestic skill gaps.

As the quantum era draws closer, the cybersecurity conversation is shifting from technology to trust. What was once a matter of internal encryption policy has become a test of how effectively companies can coordinate across entire ecosystems. The arrival of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) will not simply change how organizations secure data—it will redefine how they work together.