Wearables key to m-health initiatives
Wearable devices are expected to represent the next wave of m-health solutions and will potentially act as the gateway to the connected health world. The number of sensors and wearable devices that will be shipped globally will increase drastically over the next three to four years, reaching a market value of almost $40-billion by 2018. Frost & Sullivan will present some of the key requirements in the establishment of a connected healthcare ecosystem at the 5th annual Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) 2015: Africa Congress in Cape Town on 20 August.
Cloud services drive Microsoft revenues
Microsoft has reported revenues for the quarter ended 30 June 2015 of $22,2-billion. Gross margin, operating loss, and loss per share for the quarter were $14,7-billion, $2,1-billion, and $0.40 per share, respectively. These results include the impact of a...Apple posts record sales, but disappoints
Apple posted quarterly revenue of $49,6-billion and quarterly net profit of $10,7-billion, or $1.85 per diluted share for its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended 27 June 2015. These results compare to revenue of $37,4-billion and net profit of $7,7-billion, or $1.28 per...5G will drive autonomous vehicles
The world will soon see 5G emerge as a blend of pre-existing technologies such as 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi to allow higher network coverage, availability and density. With its key differentiator being greater connectivity, 5G will act as an enabler for autonomous vehicles, machine-to-machine and machine-to-infrastructure services, and the Internet of Things. It will also penetrate the over-the-air (OTA) updates space as level 3 or level 4 automation requires a massive amount of data processing to occur in realtime.