In an increasingly crowded gaming space that is ripe with repetition, players are looking for new ways and new types of content to engage with. This is where Vampire Therapist looks to stand out. Developed by Little Bat Games and slated for a July 18th release, this innovative game blends cognitive behavioral therapy with vampire lore, offering a novel gameplay experience that enlightens while it entertains.

Paul E. Davis, CEO and president of Adeia Inc., highlighted the importance of trust in the international intellectual property community. He emphasized the need for comprehensive trust among stakeholders to sustain rapid rates of innovation and support the IP sector. Davis also noted the impressive trajectory of innovation in the United States, citing a significant increase in granted patents over the years.

While leaders at small and medium organizations (SMOs) may not match their larger counterparts in terms of scale and budget for technology investments, modernization, automation and business transformation are increasingly recognized as the keys to remaining competitive and meeting the evolving expectations of customers and other stakeholders. The good news is that new developments in technology and the emergence of new services have democratized SMO access to a growing array of business process automation capabilities.

By 2025, global IoT adoption is expected to peak, potentially generating $4-11 trillion in economic value. However, this surge in IoT devices also brings security risks, leading to a rise in global IoT attacks. While IoT networks empower enterprises, the market is not fully prepared to invest in IoT security.

The Versatile Video Coding (VVC) community is exploring new ways to optimize the efficacy of film grain to accomplish creative objectives and overcome technical limitations in digital video. Dolby and InterDigital are researching how VVC can improve the entertainment technology sector and deliver compelling visual experiences to audiences.

FlexProfessionals CEO Gwenn Rosener notes the cautious approach of small and medium businesses toward post-COVID-19 labor market trends. Their inaugural edition of the FLX-100 Index indicates a shift towards flexible hiring practices, such as part-time and hybrid work arrangements, which is essential for smaller businesses to compete with larger corporations for talent.

45% of CFOs plan to invest in AI for growth, but 89% doubt successful implementation. Economic uncertainty is a major concern for CFOs, with 90% worried about hitting growth and revenue targets. High-interest rates, rising energy prices, and supply chain disruptions are seen as major external threats. Additionally, 39% of CFOs struggle to keep up with AI advancements.

In today’s rapidly evolving technological environment, midmarket companies grapple with meeting the demands of both internal operations and external customer expectations. From cybersecurity to data integration, the complexity of technology requirements presents significant challenges.

Many organizations turn to outsourcing as a viable solution. But how do they navigate this landscape effectively? What are the critical pain points, and how can they choose the right outsourcing partner?

March Madness attracts fans not only for the thrilling games but also for the iconic venues that host them. Maximizing the venue experience is critical for tournament and venue decision-makers. IPTV is rapidly emerging as an important feature at athletic facilities and arenas, playing an increasingly important role in delivering a diverse fan base's desired experience. Attendees at live games during March Madness experience much more than just the games themselves.

Companies struggling to bridge the white-collar talent gap in major metropolitan areas would be well advised to understand the role of flexible work arrangements in attracting and retaining women -- an increasingly important pool of labor in an otherwise constrained environment. So says Gwenn Rosener, CEO of FlexProfessionals, a recruiting and staffing agency for professionals that serves the Washington DC and Boston metropolitan areas, in a podcast interview for journalists.

UK law firms face increasing financial fraud and ransomware attacks, posing severe threats to both the firms and their clients. Leaders in the sector must reassess their risk mitigation strategies. Nic Miller from Counter-RansomwareTM warns that law firms are often targeted since they handle high-value payments and possess sensitive client data.

According to Lukasz Litwic, Research Leader at Ericsson, Versatile Video Coding (VVC) offers broadcasters and streaming service providers new options for delivering high-quality digital entertainment experiences. VVC also provides a future-proof strategy for dealing with the constantly-evolving technological landscape. Litwic will unveil guidelines and best practices for implementing VVC for Next-Gen Video Experiences at the Mile High Video conference in Denver

As demand for high-quality video continues to rise rapidly with the popularity of streaming services, social media video, and user-generated content, analysts at Verified Market Research project that the market for video encoding technology will reach $3.1 billion by the end of the decade, growing at a steady CAGR of 5.31%.

It is in this context that Versatile Video Coding (VVC) — a video codec that offers improved efficiency and applicability for a wide range of applications — provides significant business and economic implications for many sectors of the economy that depend on high-quality video experiences.

While most large enterprise technology leaders have reconciled themselves to running complex hybrid enterprise infrastructures made up of on-prem and cloud-based resources for the foreseeable future, their risk-management posture should be firmly rooted in cloud-native security principles. So says Sean Flynn, Director of Security Technology and Strategy at Akamai, in a recent podcast interview with BizTechReports. 

The highly competitive streaming video landscape is prompting executives in the over-the-top (OTT) video streaming market to explore features and capabilities that drive customer retention and greater audience engagement. High Dynamic Range (HDR) is a technology that falls into this category of emerging solutions as it gains more attention from consumers and the industry, according to Nick Mitchell, Media Solutions Consultant for InterDigital, in an interview for journalists.

While the market for digital video entertainment has never been more vibrant, the factors that created opportunities have also seeded the challenges faced by the sector today, says Serhad Doken, chief technology officer for Adeia in a podcast interview for journalists.

The ability to ensure high-quality images, regardless of network conditions in a theatre of operations, has emerged as a critical success factor for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities that depend on video-based intelligence to establish situational awareness and support effective decision-making. This is because missions are rarely executed in controlled laboratory environments. Quite the opposite, says Mark Rushton, global defence and security lead at VITEC, a leader in the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) technology community.

As pay-TV and over-the-top (OTT) streaming service providers fight to retain customers through a challenging economic cycle, effective content navigation strategies have emerged as the key to improving audience engagement to prevent subscriber churn, according to Dr. Mark Kokes, chief licensing officer for media at Adeia in an interview for journalists.

If extended reality (XR) offerings – including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) – are to realize their full market potential, the organizations participating in this complex sector would benefit to double down on efforts to establish industry-wide open technical specifications and business conventions to integrate operations across the entire ecosystem.

As it stands today, the outlook for this market is already bright. According to new research by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, nearly 40 million AR smart glasses will ship by 2027. The total augmented and mixed reality market will surpass $220 billion in the same year.

Cloud migration and on-prem modernization initiatives have fundamentally changed how enterprise IT and security teams assess threats and manage risks to protect mission-critical assets. As a result, organizations across industries and geographies are expressing growing interest in the role that Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Security Service Edge (SSE) technologies play in managing risks associated with today’s complex hybrid, multi-cloud infrastructures.

So says Yuval Yatskan, Cisco’s senior director of solutions and product marketing for SSE, SASE, Cloud and Network Security, in a podcast interview for journalists.