DATA CENTERS: MAKING THE BUSINESS AND CONSUMER WORLDS GO ’ROUND

Today, a connection to the Internet is absolutely critical. Many activities require network support, from checking social media and sending emails to video conferencing with colleagues and accessing an employer’s online tools. Each time you take part in processes like these, you’re using a data center to do so.

Intelligent Virtual Assistant Market to Reach $3.6 Billion by 2020

Allied Market Research forecasts the global intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) market to earn revenue of $3.6 billion by 2020, at a compounded annual growth rate of of 35.2 percent.

Among the technologies involved, speech recognition and text-to-speech are the most dominant, the firm stated in its "World Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) - Market Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014-2020" report.

The financial services industry was the highest revenue-generating segment, accounting for 39.9 percent share in 2014. IVA solutions are widely used in the BFSI sector, owing to faster response time, improved customer handling, and high customer satisfaction. However, the automotive segment is expected to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period, driven by a huge surge in in-car infotainment systems that enable drivers and passengers to surf the Internet, navigate, and make calls through speech recognition technology.

3D Camera Market Expected to Reach $2B in 2020

Allied Market Research's new report "World Smartphone 3D Camera-Market Opportunities and Forecast, 2014-2020" forecasts that the world smartphone 3D market would garner $2,028.8 million by 2020, registering a CAGR of 48.2% during the forecast period of 2015-2020.

There is 3D and 3D

Stereoscopic 3D camera technology is the most preferred and cost effective technology for smartphone 3D camera. Stereoscopic technology would drive the market significantly throughout the forecast period (2015-2020) and would maintain its dominant position in the market.

Whereas, the time of flight 3D camera technology segment, is expected to exhibit a faster growth, with a CAGR of 51.8% during the forecast period, owing to its accurate sensing of the object feature.

Key findings of the study 

• World smartphone 3D camera market is expected to grow rapidly owing to increased smartphone adoption, technological advancements and availability of unique features such as picture clarity and depth sensing
• Time of flight technology for smartphone 3D camera would grow at a CAGR of 51.8% during 2015-2020, owing to its accurate sensing feature
• Smartphone 3D camera with resolution of 8-16MP, would generate highest revenue throughout the forecast period, growing at a CAGR of 48.3%
• Asia-Pacific proves to be one of the most lucrative and fastest growing regions, in terms of growth. The market in the region is expected to grow at a CAGR of 48.6% during 2015 - 2020

Read More: http://www.stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/history/digital/4153-3d-camera-market-expected-to-reach-2b-in-2020

Two-thirds of Britons will own a smartphone by 2018, research finds

By 2018 two-thirds of Britons will own a smartphone and be an avid tablet user, according to new research.

The surge in popularity of portable devices to consume TV, video and other media shows no signs of abating, according to media agency ZenithOptimedia’s New Media Forecast.

The report found that by the end of this year 51% of Britons will own a tablet, up from just 3.5% just five years ago, which ranks the UK the seventh highest in the world.

By 2018, 65% of Britons will own or have regular access to a tablet device, which will rank sixth behind Hong Kong, Singapore, Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland.

The rise of the tablet is mirrored in the smartphone world with 55% of the UK population expected to own one by the end of this year, rising to 69% by 2018.

“The rapid spread of mobile technology is transforming media consumption and marketing communications across the world,” said Jonathan Barnard, head of forecasting at ZenithOptimedia. “For more and more people, their smartphone or tablet is the first place they look for information or entertainment. Marketers need a mobile-first approach to communicate with these people effectively.”

Read More : http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/23/two-thirds-of-britons-will-own-a-smartphone-by-2018-research-finds

4G drives smartphone growth in Sept quarter

Shipments of smartphones in the third quarter of 2015 grew by over 21 per cent mainly on the back of rising demand for affordable 4G devices.

According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 28.3 million smartphones were shipped to India in the third quarter of 2015, against 23.3 million units for the same period last year.

In the period under review, 4G enabled devices witnessed a near three-fold increase in unit shipments over Q2 2015. Samsung emerged as the biggest 4G player in India with its sub-$150 LTE models such as Galaxy Grand Prime and Galaxy J2.

“The growth in the smartphone market was helped by rising demand for affordable 4G smartphones,” Karthik J, Senior Market Analyst, client devices for IDC, said in a statement.

E-tailers such as Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon continue to drive shipments of the Chinese vendors, who have been aggressively trying to capture the 4G smartphone market in India,” he added.

The closing weeks of the quarter witnessed incremental supplies as many vendors were preparing their channels in lieu of the festive season and online mega sale programmes.

In addition, growth was also driven by low-cost phones with larger screens.

Read More: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/4g-drives-smartphone-growth-in-sept-quarter/article7908326.ece