“The Rise of FinTech – New York’s Opportunity for Tech Leadership“, a report by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City, reveals that global investment in FinTech endeavors has tripled to nearly $3 billion in 2013 from approximately $1 billion in 2008. According to Economist, in 2014 FinTech firms attracted $12 billion in […]
What’s the cloud forecast for 2020?
In 2019, we saw how cloud computing transformed the way data is managed, the way applications are developed and deployed, and also the way IT teams operate. Organizations are starting to experience the plethora of benefits that come with going the cloud way while also scouting solutions to manage security, governance, and other concerns that […]
Is Analytics-driven Innovation the Ultimate Oxymoron?
Sometimes it just takes a simple, provocative statement to kick-off the innovation process – to remove an everyday given like driving a car or possessing a landline phone or centralizing all of your data in the cloud – to fuel the innovation process. Henrik Christensen, director of University of California San Diego’s Contextual Robotics Institute, issued […]
Cyber-crime profits reached $3.5bn in 2019, says FBI
Criminals netted $3.5bn (£2.7bn) from cyber-crimes reported to the FBI alone in 2019, according to the service’s internet crime complaint centre (IC3). It received 467,361 complaints from individuals and businesses during the year and has had nearly five million since its inception in 2000. Phishing and extortion remain the most popular ways of scamming people. […]
FlightHub and JustFly on Facial Recognition Technology, Travel and Privacy
For years facial recognition technology only existed in science books, television and cinema. The idea was brilliant. However, real-world technology hadn’t yet caught up with the concept. That’s changed in recent years. Facial recognition software is no longer a vague notion. It’s reality. To experience it firsthand, look no further than new smart devices, social […]
The Digital Era Moves Into The Information Era
Technological Progress—The Information Era Building on the groundwork of automation, connectivity and computing power that defined digital, the Information Era is characterized by our unprecedented ability to capture, store and make sense of masses of information. By next year, humans will have accumulated around 44 zettabytes (44 trillion gigabytes) of data. To put this into […]
Cyberconsolidation: Forescout to be taken private for $1.9B by PE firms Advent and Crosspoint
Cybersecurity software maker Forescout Technologies Inc. today said that its board has approved a deal to be acquired for $1.9 billion by Advent International and Crosspoint Capital Partners. The two private equity firms’ offer amounts to $33 per Forescout share. It’s a respectable premium over the stock’s Wednesday closing price of $27.98, but that figure doesn’t tell […]
10 Cybersecurity Companies To Watch In 2020
Worldwide spending on information security and risk management systems will reach $131B in 2020, increasing to $174B in 2022 approximately $50B will be dedicated to protecting the endpoint according to Gartner’s latest Information Security and Risk Management forecast. Cloud Security platform and application sales are predicted to grow from $636M in 2020 to $1.63B in 2023, attaining […]
Why Web Accessibility is Important and How to Avoid Lawsuits
In today’s digitally driven world, those with disabilities are normally the ones experiencing difficulties when using and navigating the web. This is the prime reason why web accessibility is conceived as a major remedy to eliminate possible barriers on the web. Similarly, various policies are currently implemented and mandatory compliance is required among businesses and […]
YouTube shines but Google ads continue to slow
Google’s parent company has published details of its YouTube and cloud business for the first time, as the firm’s advertising business continues to slow. YouTube’s ad sales in the last three months of 2019 rose 31% year-on-year to $4.7bn (£3.62bn), Alphabet said. Overall Alphabet revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to $46bn – the slowest rate […]
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