A new ABI Research report has projected the biometric security and surveillance industry to reach $26.8 billion in revenues by 2020. The report notes that biometric technologies have begun to attract consumer and banking markets in addition to strong market adoption in law enforcement and government applications, ABI Research said Thursday. ABI Research also reports […] More

A MarketsandMarkets study predicts the machine-to-machine communications and Internet of Things market to be worth $947.29 billion by 2019 due to an increase in the use of Internet-connected devices. The market research firm said Wednesday the M2M and IoT market will experience a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30 percent in the next four years. The […] More

A new MarketsandMarkets report projects the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions would drive future growth in the global healthcare mobility solutions market to $84.82 billion by 2020. The market analyst said Thursday both economies have attracted local entrepreneurs and global leaders by modifying healthcare-related regulations and monitoring how policies are implemented. The report also suggests that the growing geriatric population in Japan […] More

MarketsandMarkets has forecast an Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communications market that will grow into a $947.29 billion industry by 2019. The projection represents a 29.9 percent compound annual growth rate from $255.87 billion in 2014, the market analyst said Monday. The report, which highlights market trends, drivers, opportunities, restraints, future growth potential and revenue forecasts per region, suggests an industry faced with […] More

Margaret Johnson, formerly executive vice president and global market development head at Qualcomm, has joined Microsoft as business development EVP for the software giant. She will report directly to CEO Satya Nadella and be responsible for helping to drive new business and partnership deals across different sectors, Microsoft said Tuesday. “Peggy shares our worldview and […] More

IBM said that in 2013, its inventors have received 6,809 patents, the 21st consecutive year that the company ranked first in the annual list of patent leaders in the country. Some of the company’s patents for 2013 include inventions for the Watson supercomputer, neuromorphic and synaptronic spiking neural network and an automated validation and execution […] More