SOCs can limit damage of cyberattacks

Enterprises with an internal Security Operation Centre (SOC) estimate their financial damage from a cyberattack at $675 000, which is less than half the average impact cost for all enterprise-level organisations ($1,41-million), a new survey from Kaspersky and B2B...

CMOs upbeat despite drop in budgets

Marketing budgets have shifted downwards, dropping from 11,2% of overall company revenue in 2018 to 10,5% in 2019, according to a survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) by Gartner. Findings from Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey 2019-2020 report reveal this is the...

5 ways technology is changing insurance

It’s no secret that the insurance sector is conservative by nature and has largely been slow to embrace technology. In the past year, many of the large incumbents have been touting new “digital” offerings to keep the insurtech challengers like...
AI holds new hope for paralysed patients

AI holds new hope for paralysed patients

Brown University is exploring concepts with Intel technology for an Intelligent Spine Interface project that aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to restore movement and bladder control for patients paralysed by severe spinal cord injuries. “As a...

Blockchain comes of age in lead generation

Blockchain for lead generation has reached the Innovation Trigger in Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for CRM Sales Technology. According to Gartner, the technology offers sales organisations the ability to provide users with the most current and highest-quality leads...

Decline in PC monitor sales

The worldwide market for PC monitors saw a year-over-year decline of 2,2% in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) with shipment volume totaling just over 30-million units. Although the market shrank, the results nonetheless exceeded forecast and maintained the seasonal...