Boom time for remote patient monitoring

Revenues for remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions reached € 17,5-billion in 2018, according to research from Berg Insight. This includes revenues from medical monitoring devices, mHealth connectivity solutions, care delivery platforms and mHealth care programs....

Modernised, multilateral global architecture key, says Merkel

Multilateral institutions are indispensable if we want to live well in the world of tomorrow. This is the word from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at last week’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. In a fractured world characterised by...

Female leadership at a tipping point

The world needs more women leaders in business, politics and culture, concurred an all-female panel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held last week in Davos. We are still a long way off from achieving gender parity in employment – 108 years off,...

Global IT spending set to reach $3,8trn

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,76-trillion in 2019, an increase of 3,2%from 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Despite uncertainty fuelled by recession rumours, Brexit, and trade wars and tariffs, the likely scenario for IT...

As cyber threats mount, ‘coalition of the willing’ needed

Cybersecurity experts at last week’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting called for a “coalition of the willing” to embrace the Paris Call of 12 November 2018 for Trust and Security in Cyberspace (the Paris Call), a multistakeholder declaration that...