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Total number of IoT connections to reach 83 billion by 2024
The total number of IoT connections will reach 83 billion by 2024, rising from 35 billion connections in 2020, according to Juniper Research. This represents a growth of 130% …
Looking at the future of identity access management (IAM)
Here we are: at the beginning of a new year and the start of another decade. In many ways, technology is exceeding what we expected by 2020, and in other ways, well, it is …
Worldwide ICT spending forecast to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020
Worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) is forecast to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.6% over 2019, according to IDC. Commercial …
Seven cybersecurity and privacy forecasts for 2020
The developments in the area of cybersecurity are alarming. As the number of smart devices in private households increases, so do the opportunities for cyber criminals to …
Global spending on smart cities initiatives to total nearly $124 billion in 2020
Global spending on smart cities initiatives is forecast to total nearly $124 billion this year, an increase of 18.9% over 2019, according to IDC. The top 100 cities investing …
Do your employees feel valued? 64% have one foot out the door
The estimated current cybersecurity workforce is 2.8 million professionals, while the amount of additional trained staff needed to close the skills gap is 4.07 million …
2020: A year of deepfakes and deep deception
Over the past year, deepfakes, a machine learning model that is used to create realistic yet fake or manipulated audio and video, started making headlines as a major emerging …
Revenue from cloud IT infrastructure products declines
Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, declined …
Worldwide IT spending to total $3.9 trillion in 2020
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2020, an increase of 3.4% from 2019, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Global IT spending is expected …
Global security services industry to experience spend growth of more than $80 billion
The global security services industry is poised to experience spend growth of more than $80 billion between 2019-2024 at a CAGR of over 8% during the forecast period, …
2020 forecast: Attackers will target non-traditional systems
While plenty of attacks will continue to hit traditional targets such operating systems and humans, 2020 will see many attackers taking aim at non-traditional systems. …
Number of 5G connections to reach 1.5 billion globally by 2025
The total number of 5G connections will reach 1.5 billion globally by 2025, rising from only 5 million in 2019, according to Juniper Research. This is an annual average growth …
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