According to the latest annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report from the GSMA, 55% of the world’s population is now connected to mobile Internet. That leaves a lot of citizens not connected via mobile devices. As the GSMA puts it, “Lack of Internet access holds them back from playing an active role in an increasingly online world, making them less able to cope with continuing economic and social disruptions.” Of the world’s unconnected, 94% are more likely to live in rural areas. Cha...

Electric vehicles are gaining popularity and market share. In Q2 2022, EV sales accounted for 5.6% of the total auto market, up from 2.7% in Q2 of 2021. Electric car sales in August accounted for one in seven new cars registered in the UK, according to new data from New Automotive. Ten years ago, just 120,000 EVs were sold worldwide.

The challenge governments and power companies now face is increasing the charging capacity to meet the demand from these thirsty devices. With so many electrically...

Content delivery network (CDN) services continue to grow in popularity, with much of the world’s web traffic now being delivered through them. But there are challenges to deploying them effectively, with data privacy and security significant issues.
A CDN is a geographically distributed group of servers that caches content closer to end users. In the ever-evolving world of the internet, the role of CDNs can’t be overstated: they’re essential for ensuring that content is delivered quickl...

Robots have been in production lines for years, assembling everything from cars to white goods and making manufacturers more efficient and productive. And it shows little sign of changing: the global manufacturing industry is facing a labor shortfall and needs more workers as it attempts to bounce back from the disruptions of the past couple of years.

So, what has happened to the manufacturing workforce? The manufacturing industry was already dealing with a significant labor shortages before th...

Gartner recently reported that for the third year in a row, 80% of its clients say they plan to increase or sustain their spending on hyperautomation. It is perhaps a reflection of continuing trends in the employment market, factors like skills and talent shortages and rising wages, that companies are turning to automation tools to save precious time and money and give them a competitive edge.

Indeed, it can also be explained by taking in broader economic shifts. Forecasts around the world poin...

Companies have enabled more flexible work for employees, leveraging cloud collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams to support new working methods.

But there’s a lot to manage. The shift was imposed on companies, with instant pressure to transform digital workflows. Companies had to enable workers with remote working tools to maintain productivity while building collaboration, communication and teamwork. And there was no real roadmap for it.

Companies deployed cloud collaboration apps to worker...