Fleet management market set for consolidation

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 4,4-million in Q4-2014. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15,1%, this number is...
Move over WiFi, here comes LiFi

Move over WiFi, here comes LiFi

WiFi networking could take on a new twist if experiments into using LED light bulbs to transmit data come to fruition, with LiFi a distinct possibility. Estonian company Velmenni has already developed a new generation of smart LED bulbs that can transmit data through...

Carsharers will reach 26m within five years

The number of users of carsharing services worldwide is forecasted to grow from 6,5-million people in 2015 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32% to reach 26-million people in 2020. New research from Berg Insight forecasts that the number of cars used for...

Outlook for the world energy market

Trade credit insurance company Coface offers its projections for the energy market in 2016. The energy sector has been hit by the fall in the oil price, down 59% between June 2014 and 24 September 2015 for a barrel of Brent. To overcome the fall in cash flow, major...

Price declines boost energy storage market

Commercial energy storage activity is currently consolidated in just a handful of leading regions, but falling system costs will be a major factor enabling broader global market growth. For the first time, South Korea, Japan and the US will each exceed a record 100...

Most Russian cyber-crime is about the money

Experts working in Kaspersky Lab’s Computer Incidents Investigation Department (CIID) have spent the last three and a half years investigating more than 330 cybersecurity incidents affecting government and private-sector organisations. Their findings reveal that...