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SA CEOs are cautiously optimistic about 2025
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Ethernet switch market continues strong
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New payment standard offers cash-like convenience
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OpenFL paves the way to confidential AI
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2023 is the ‘moment of truth’ for battery-electric vehicles
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2022 marked first year of decline for wearable devices
Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18,9% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 138,7-million units, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Shipments for the full year 2022 were down 7,7% compared to 2021, marking the first year of...
Disclosure inconsistencies linger in corporate ESG reporting, assurance
The largest global companies continue to show momentum on corporate reporting and related assurance involving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a new report from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and AICPA & CIMA,...
Aligning commercial functions top priority for sales leaders
Sales leaders say that aligning commercial functions such as sales and marketing strategies is their top priority for 2023, according to a new survey from Gartner. The research group surveyed more than 200 sales leaders last November and December to understand how...
Shipments of AR/VR headsets decline sharply
The pendulum for AR/VR headsets swung the other way through the course of 2022 as global shipments declined 20,9% YoY to 8,8-million units, according to new data from the IDCWorldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. The decline was not...
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Trend Micro signs up Obscure Technologies
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Property buyers, sellers favour digital platforms
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Why CMOs should commit to an innovation budget
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Unlegislated ‘other’ leave not a right
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Worker demands when it comes to on-the-job training
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parnters deliver compliant cloud-based call recording
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