Both internal and external forces are motivating data center operators to seek renewable energy sources, according to new research from IHS Markit.

The market for specialized fitness wearables integrated into clothing and ear-based “hearables” will grow from an expected 4.5 million shipped in 2018 to nearly 30 million in 2022, an increase of more than 550 percent, Juniper Research forecasts.

Energy and utilities rank among the top three verticals in terms of Augmented Reality (AR) glasses shipments and total value chain revenues, according to ABI Research.  

Organizations are embracing self-service analytics and business intelligence (BI) to bring these capabilities to business users of all levels.

In 2018, 85 percent of operator respondents plan to create, or will have already deployed, smart central offices, according to a new operator survey by IHS Markit.  Specifically, operators will be installing servers, storage and switching to create mini data centers in selected central offices.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global retailer spending on AI will reach $7.3 billion per year by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion in 2018, as retailers target new avenues to increase personalization of the customer experience.

Annual 2016 U.S. dollar sales of home automation products experienced growth of 57 percent versus 2015, according to The NPD Group.  Security and monitoring products continued to lead the category, making-up over 60 percent of dollar share.

New consumer research from Parks Associates reveals that 10 percent of U.S. broadband households are likely to cancel their fixed broadband service over the next 12 months. According to 360 View: Mobility & the App Economy, these consumers would use wireless or mobile data services as a replacement for their traditional broadband service.

Forrester predicts that US business and government tech spending will surpass $1.5 trillion in 2018, up nearly 6 percent from 2017, Forrrester noted Dec. 21. In its newly published 2018 outlook for US industry tech budgets, Forrester reveals industries with the fastest-growing tech budgets as well as the technologies they’re choosing to invest in.

ABI Research forecasts that wearable data and analytics services revenue will reach over $838 million in 2022, increasing from over $247 million in 2017 -- a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 27 percent.

Emotion artificial intelligence (AI) systems are becoming so sophisticated that Gartner predicts that by 2022, personal devices will know more about an individual's emotional state than his or her own family.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that roboadvisor platform revenues will reach $25 billion by 2022, up from an estimated $1.7 billion in 2017, as the automation of wealth management revolutionizes the way individuals invest.

Adoption of newer connected home solutions is still at the early adopter phase, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey, of nearly 10,000 online respondents in the U.S., the UK and Australia during the second half of 2016, found that only about 10 percent of households currently have connected home solutions.

2018 is shaping up to be a big year for high dynamic range (HDR), and to be ready, Cobalt Digital is working with Technicolor to upgrade and develop new products that give the broadcast television industry what they need to create and deliver HDR content and entertainment, says Jesse Foster, director of products and business development at Cobalt Digital, in a podcast interview for journalists.

In the final days of December 2017, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) approved Technicolor's SL-HDR1 amendment as a Proposed Standard, and once voted on, is expected to be added as an option to the ATSC A/341 video standard.

Although virtual reality (VR) has had a rocky, but predicable, start, by 2020, the virtual reality market will be worth 20 times what it was in 2016 – a whopping $37.7 billion -- according to a new report from SuperData.

Growing preference for over-the-top (OTT) content is catalyzing demand for streaming media devices and smart TVs, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The market, which slowed down during 2014-15 fiscal, is now ready to match consumer expectations by offering seamless accessibility to on-demand content through a new generation of competitively priced streaming devices.

The PC industry experienced modest growth in the business PC market, but this was offset by declining consumer demand, according to a new report from Gartner. In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 12.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline from the first quarter of 2016.

New research from Parks Associates shows that more than half (55 percent) of U.S. broadband households want to use voice to control their entertainment and smart home devices.

The home automation system market is expected to be valued at $79.57 billion by 2022, growing at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.3 percent between 2017 and 2022, according to a recent report from Allied Market Research.