A new study from Juniper Research has found that domestic aide robotics will drive consumer robotics hardware revenues from an estimated $6.4 billion in 2018 to nearly $23 billion by 2022; an increase of over 250 percent.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the pharmaceutical industry at a rapid pace, according to new research from GlobalData. Indeed, IoT software and services in the pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow from $420 million in 2015 to $2,486 million by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 42.7 percent from 2016 to 2020.

While E-commerce and digital marketing have proven to be effective platforms, Virtual Reality (VR) is the next innovative technology that will improve and impact the retail and marketing sectors.  ABI Research forecasts that VR in retail and marketing sectors is expected to generate $1.8 billion in 2022.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the wearables market has begun to shift away from wrist-based devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, with other device categories forecast to grow much faster.

Data center network equipment revenue -- including data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers (ADCs) and software-defined enterprise WAN (SD-WAN) -- totaled $13.7 billion in 2017, IHS Markit says in a new report. That growth translates to a 13 percent increase over the previous year.

New findings from Juniper Research have concluded that the cross-border B2B money transfer market is ripe for disruption, as new technologies and legislative changes redefine traditional banking practices across the globe.

Digital pay TV subscriptions around the world, including cable, satellite and IPTV, exceeded one billion for the first time in 2017, according to new research from IHS Markit. This global growth comes despite the continued uptake of over-the-top (OTT) subscription video services, like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, which added more than three times the number of subscriptions than pay TV last year, according to IHS Markit.  

The market for the technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) is expected to reach $28.3 billion in 2018, according to the first-ever IDC Worldwide Semiannual Smart Cities Spending Guide. As these initiatives gain traction, IDC expects spending to accelerate over the 2016-2021 forecast period, reaching to $45.3 billion in 2021.

Nearly 20 percent of organizations observed at least one Internet of Things-based attack in the past three years. To protect against those threats, Gartner forecasts that worldwide spending on IoT security will reach $1.5 billion in 2018, a 28 percent increase from 2017 spending of $1.2 billion.

New data from Juniper Research has found that global business spend on cybersecurity solutions will grow by 33 percent over the next four years, reaching $134 billion annually by 2022.

Voice Assistants (VAs) are being integrated into an increasing number and variety of connected consumer devices in multiple markets and are on course to develop as a major user interface over the next two-to-three years, according to the latest Futuresource Consulting Report, “Voice Assistants in Consumer Electronics”.

Worldwide spending on mobility solutions is forecast to grow 3.2 percent year-over-year in 2018, reaching more than $1.6 trillion, according to a new Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC).

As Augmented Reality (AR) continues to create a beachhead in enterprise and shows promise for consumer AR in the coming years, attention is being paid not only to the potential applications for AR -- but also to what impact hardware components will have in the market, according to ABI Research.

The emergence of digitization and integration of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-based technologies will boost demand for EAM software and create a connected environment, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.

Global hardware sales revenue from Brain Machine Interfaces (BMI) will reach $19 billion per year by 2027, up from an estimated $2.4 billion in 2018, a new study from Juniper Research has found.

A new report from Navigant Research looks at cybersecurity threats related to the Internet of Things (IoT) that pose challenges to utilities and other enterprises, providing details on regulatory frameworks and basic strategies for secure IoT implementation.

SD-WAN (appliance + control and management software) revenue reached $147 million in 4Q 2017, with current year (CY) 2017 up 3.9 times over CY16, according to new research from IHS Markit.

The global software spend across all gaming platforms (mobile, PC and console) and regions reached $116 Billion in 2017, with mobile accounting for $46 billion, Futuresource Consulting finds in a new report.

A new study from Juniper Research has found that carrier billing, which allows users to make purchases by charging payments to their phone bill, will generate $9 billion annually for mobile operators by 2022.

Online sales will grow at an average of 11.9 percent per year over the next five years in Western Europe with 21 percent of non-grocery retail sales being online by 2022, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Although grocery will be one of the fastest-growing online retail categories, just 4.5 percent of grocery sales will occur online in 2022.