Cryptocurrency: the year in review

Cryptocurrency is a “blink and you’ll miss it” type of industry, writes Nic Haralambous, chief marketing officer of Coindirect. He looks back on what 2019 was like for cryptocurrency and offers a glimpse of what to expect in 2020. The bitcoin price fared well in 2019,...

Wearables to top 300m units with more growth to come

Continued end-user demand, proliferation of devices, and declining average selling prices will propel the worldwide wearables market in the years to come. According to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...

What’s holding CFOs back?

Only 22% of chief financial officers (CFOs) achieve a high degree of personal effectiveness, and Gartner research shows that just a limited set of activities and successful relationships outside the finance department are the biggest contributors to a CFO’s personal...

Consumer spend ticks up ahead of the festive season

Consumers are ringing in the holiday season with a solid start to retail sales, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which looks at overall retail spending trends across all payment types including cash and cheques. Black Friday sales at bricks and mortar stores...

Channel optimism grows despite economic headwinds

Resellers are more optimistic about the coming 12 months than they were a year ago and backed by robust growth in 2019, are driving investment in both traditional and emerging product categories such as IoT, according to Context. The analyst’s annual ChannelWatch...

IoT gateway shipments set to spike

More than 3,4-million cellular IoT gateways were shipped globally during 2018, at a total market value of approximately $921-million. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18,5%, annual shipments are expected to reach 8-million in 2023. This is according...