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With COVID-19 continuing to impact the global economy in its second year, the semiconductor market continues to experience uneven shortages and tight supply, according to analysts IDC.

Forrester's analysts share insights ahead of International Privacy Day on how privacy is now a priority for nearly every company worldwide.

This is the first year-over-year decline following six consecutive quarters of growth. For the year, PC shipments reached 339.8 million units in 2021, a 9.9% increase from 2020.

By 2023, at least 85% of governments without a total experience (TX) strategy will fail to successfully transform government services, according to Gartner.

New research from Gartner reveals that 66% of logistics leaders increased their logistics outsourcing budget in 2021, and 74% anticipate an increase in the next two years.

“Senior executives in the public sector must address the early apprehension among the government workforce by showing how the technology helps them to getting their work done."

The largest area of investment in 2021 will be hardware, where companies are expected to purchase $228 billion in endpoint devices, enterprise hardware, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and robotics and drones.

Marketing analytics platform Adjust has released a new report that finds mobile app growth is up by 31% in 2021.

"Our overarching message to organisations everywhere is one of caution. With the right planning and consideration, the return to work will be smoother and more successful for all involved.”

“Gartner expects larger enterprise data centres sites to hit pause temporarily and then resume expansion plans later this year or early next. However, hyperscalers will continue with their global expansion plans due to continued investments in public cloud.”

By 2022, 90% of industrial enterprises will be utilising edge computing, with the multi-access edge computing market set to reach $7.23 billion by 2024.

Shipments of smartphones grew 1% this quarter, despite falling 2% generally in 2019.

“Chinese companies have demonstrated great determination to digitise their organisations against the current complex business environment. But to stay ahead of the competition, business leaders need to achieve disruptive growth and reinvent businesses and ecosystems.”

The endpoint is increasingly the frontline in the war against cyber-threats and IT teams are overwhelmed by the volume of alerts they must manage.

Digital transformation and the adoption of automation technologies will be driving investments in applications, analytics, middleware, and data management software.

“This report is a testament to our ThingWorx IIoT platform, corporate strategy, comprehensive road map, and key strategic alliances.”

The Hillstone NIPS appliance operates in-line, and at wire speed, collating all network traffic and performing deep packet inspection of the traffic.

The 2019 Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation Software is Gartner’s first evaluation of vendors in the rapidly-growing robotic process automation (RPA) market.

NSS Labs testing focuses on the main differentiators for next generation firewall (NGFW) products: security, performance/functionality and cost.

Smartwatches and ear-worn devices will account for more than 70% of all wearable shipments by 2023.

By industry vertical, the healthcare, telecom & IT and manufacturing segments are expected to witness a comparatively higher CAGR in the global modular data centre market.

The ERP enterprise software segment is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.53% during forecast period 2019-2025 driven by retail segment in particular.

“Pega has created a powerful platform for driving digital transformation across a wide array of use cases, from complex to relatively simple.”

Email remains the preferred attack vector for cybercriminal activity, from low-level cybercriminals to nation states.