A new study from Juniper Research has found that global smart grid deployments will lead to annual energy savings of 1,060 terawatt-hours by 2026, from 316 terawatt-hours in 2021. This is the equivalent of powering over 42 million 90-minute football matches at Wembley stadium. The research identified increased sustainability and energy security as critical to the appeal of smart grids, […]

CIOs and IT leaders are helping to lead finance transformation and shifting strategies to meet evolving business and technology demands, as 70% of them accelerated their finance transformation strategies by at least a year due to COVID-19, according to the Deloitte report “A More Effective CIO-CFO Partnership”, conducted in collaboration with Workday, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance […]

CEOs of the world’s largest businesses are increasingly optimistic about the outlook for their own business and despite the Delta variant slowing down the ‘return to normal’, their confidence in the global economy has returned to levels not seen since the start of the pandemic. The KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook, which asked more than 1,300 global CEOs about their strategies […]

UiPath Inc.(PATH), the first Romanian unicorn, born in a modest Bucharest apartment, has been moving quickly since its IPO this April to position itself to lead a new tech market that is poised to expand massively in the near future. The global Robotic Process Automation Market is expected to grow to more than 18 billion USD in 2027 from 2.7 […]

Since the onset of the COVID-19 lockdown, many companies have moved their hiring operations and job-interview practices online. As a result of these changes, data-driven job boards—websites that aggregate job listings from various internet sources—have become an essential part of finding employment, as well as recruitment. It has been estimated that remote work postings have doubled during the pandemic granting […]

Cost is the most important factor in deciding to subscribe to a brand new video streaming service for almost half of the consumers (46%), according to Deloitte Digital Media Trends 2021 report, driving 55% of respondents to choose free, ad-supported video services. The report also highlights that price sensitivity is key across all types of entertainment services, as respondents using […]

Slovenia ranks the highest in Europe on the 2020 Youth Development Index which assesses the state of young people between 2010 and 2018. In the top five scoring countries from Europe, Slovenia is followed by Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. The index further reveals that the conditions of young people have improved around the world by 3.1 per cent between […]

Technology is key to overcoming many of the big societal challenges we are facing. That’s why we’re leaning into the critical role companies like ours play – to create solutions that drive social and economic progress. Today, as we share our Progress Made Real annual social impact report, our eyes are on the future and the role we can play […]

Global EPOS shipments fell to 1.7 million, the lowest level since 2010, according to new research. However advanced point-of-sale technology continues to play a key role in retailers’ operations and a gradual recovery is expected Store closures during retail lockdowns cause activity drop 2020 saw global programmable EPOS shipments decline by 20%, according to Global EPOS and Self-Checkout 2021, the […]

When many offices and downtown areas locked down early in 2020, entire workforces shifted to remote-working, with some employees leaving major cities to find more space at a lower cost, among other factors. But tech leaders believe the industry’s future success will rely on a balance between physical workspace and greater flexibility. More than 800 industry leaders were surveyed for […]

For IT service providers, 2020 was one of the most challenging years for revenue growth. Their profitability fell as organizations resorted to cost optimization amid the COVID-19 crisis. According to analysis by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, 50% of the top 20 IT service providers by revenue reported YoY revenue decline in 2020, while nine saw a drop […]

More important than all the tools and platforms that exist are the ways in which companies can use social media (social media) to increase the effectiveness of marketing programs, to generate new and relevant marketing opportunities, to serve and understand customers better and to become more valuable partners. by Gabriela Streza, Business Development Director, Valoria In order to do this, […]