Worldwide PC shipments totaled 77.5 million units in the first quarter of 2022, a 7.3% decrease from the first quarter of 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. A sharp drop in Chromebook sales significantly contributed to the overall market decline.

Ukraine is a major contributor to the global tech community, with 250,000 highly-skilled individuals well known for their talent and commitment, often involved in mission-critical projects. Companies are now scrambling as the workers they count on are pushed out of the picture. These employees cannot move forward on daily tasks and worry they may not have a job to return to when the dust settles.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and transportation providers all face unique pain points within their supply chain operations. As a result, these enterprises are looking at asset visibility as a way not only to mitigate costs but to use it as a competitive advantage and to generate higher-quality supply chain data both at an item level and at a network level.

Transformational forces are influencing the global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market’s growth. Disruptive, innovative business models and technologies mandate the need to commercialize personalized therapies and focus on improvements in manufacturing technologies.

5G networks are reaching scale in many developed nations, delivering an exceptional user experience and higher data rates to consumers and enterprise users. 5G has proven to be 90% more energy-efficient than 4G in terms of energy consumption per unit of traffic.

The Russia-Ukraine war has dramatically shifted the global geopolitical landscape. Countries and companies around the world are struggling to respond. While not as exposed as European nations, Asian nations will undoubtedly feel the spillover effects of the economic sanctions on Russia, as will the ICT industry in Asia/Pacific.

With investment and interest growing exponentially, the augmented reality market is set to grow at an equally significant rate over the next five years. According to ABI Research, nearly 40 million Augmented Reality (AR) smart glasses will ship in 2027, with the total augmented and mixed reality market surpassing $220 billion in the same year.

Frost & Sullivan finds that global demand for 5G network infrastructure by communication service providers (CSPs) is considerable and driven by consumer and enterprise needs. The consumer market drove 4G revenues for CSPs and will still be essential in 5G, but there is little room for growth.

According to ABI Research, shipments of smart credentials will return to a pre-pandemic level of 596 million units in 2022, followed by significant growth year-on-year to a forecasted 766-million-unit shipments in 2026. ePassport shipments will rebound to 176 million in 2024, driven by the restored appetite for passport renewal as travel restrictions ease.

Frost & Sullivan finds that computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR) application standards offer more benefits than X-ray film-based radiography and will expedite the adoption of X-ray inspection systems worldwide. The digital features of CR and DR application standards are driving wider market acceptance for digital X-ray inspection equipment.

A Gartner survey of 3,515 employees revealed 65% of women report the pandemic has made them rethink the place that work should have in their lives. Nearly 70% of women with children agree the pandemic has changed how they value certain aspects of their life outside of work.

Leading home improvement retailers and manufacturers are redefining how they design, develop and deploy digital strategies to integrate employee (ESAT) and customer satisfaction (CSAT) levels to accomplish critical future-state objectives, according to Christina Cooley, Director of the Home Intelligence Practice with J.D. Power.

Frost & Sullivan finds that the increasing adoption of advanced surveillance systems and technology innovations is accelerating market growth. Innovative features in surveillance technology such as new integration capabilities and analytics offerings are catalyzing the industry, enabling a shift away from legacy analog.

ABI Research, expects the global CDN market to more than double by 2030, reaching $23.9 billion. This growth is driven in part by expanding its presence in services beyond core content delivery and caching, which includes security (network, content, and enterprise) and edge computing.

Parks Associates’ research finds that over half (54%) of those employed worked remotely throughout the pandemic, with approximately 38 million households having at least one household member working at home during 2021. The research report Work Transformed: Impact on Communications and Technology Markets addresses remote worker demographics, device ownership rates, internet usage, and interest in future communications and broadband services.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the global oil & gas automation market finds that digital transformation is occurring on a massive scale due to the need for increased efficiency, safety, and sustainability. New disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), are already in use and driving digital trends across the industry.

Chief sales officers (CSOs) play an important role in an organization’s response efforts to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and there are three immediate actions CSOs should prioritize, according to Gartner, Inc. CSOs play an important role in ensuring commercial efforts are aligned with the company’s broader response to the war.

In new research on asset visibility in the pharmaceutical supply chain, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research has identified the regulatory changes which are driving serialization in the pharmaceutical industry, dividing the regulatory landscape into 4 world regions: Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World.

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies have long been used to aid the military in finding, fixing, and tracking friendly and hostile elements, as well as assessing damage to targets in areas of interest. While these technologies are recognized as essential tools for the execution of complex military operations, they are now gaining traction as a key element for a vast array of emergency management scenarios.

End-user spending on security and risk management in India is forecast to total $2.6 billion in 2022, an increase of 9.4% from 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. There is a significant shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals. Therefore, end-user organizations in India often engage with security service providers to meet their cybersecurity objectives.