Operations leaders believe insufficient investment in technology could hold back the effectiveness of their departments to manage expected periods of additional significant change, according to new research commissioned by software company Pegasystems.



Sales of smartphones with an average selling price of more than US$400 ($533) — a category that has been labelled premium — increased by 24% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this outpaced by far the growth for the overall smartphone market last year.

Qualcomm announced the launch of the Snapdragon Metaverse Fund, established to invest up to US$100 million in developers and companies building unique, immersive XR experiences, as well as associated core augmented reality and related artificial intelligence technologies.

Next-gen data management provider Cohesity has appointed Brian Higgins as head of channels in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region.

The FBI has ranked ransomware outside the top six online threats to Americans in terms of cost in a 2021 report, but a ransomware researcher this is misleading as most ransomware attacks are not reported.

According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, total global revenue for the broadband access equipment market increased to US$16.3B in 2021, up 12% year-over-year.

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