2016 Trends presented by Chief Economist of CTA, Shawn DuBravac

2016 Trends presented by Chief Economist of CTA, Shawn DuBravac

January, CES 2016 – At the press day, a prelude for the Consumer Electronics Show 2016, Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist of the Consumer Technology Association presented to the media, the sales and forecast trends for the consumer electronics industry for the coming year.  He presented there are five factors that were developing over the years and are now a reality of daily-life. These are: ubiquitous computing, cheap digital storage, connectivity, the proliferation of digital devices and the sensor’ization of tech. Coming to the CES...

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Technology World Tour by Steve Koenig from CTA

Technology World Tour by Steve Koenig from CTA

January, CES 2016 – At the press event on January 4, Steve Koenig, Senior Director, Market Research presented Technology World Tour. Every year GfK and CTA announced Global Consumer Technology Spending Forecasts based on statistics from more than 340,000 retail stores in 80 countries. The analysis consider the geographical and financial aspects in electronics industry with separate numbers for mature (North America, Western Europe and developed APAC) and developing (Central/Eastern Europe, latin America, Emerging APAC, Middle...

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The Met Life: Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers

The Met Life: Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) the renowned French composer best known for his ground-breaking opera Carmen which premiered in Paris in1875 and is indisputably one of the most popular operas of all time. Exactly three months after it’s opening night however, and on his sixth wedding anniversary,  Bizet died of a heart attack at the age of 36 as a result of a chill he contracted after a swimming competition.   Unfortunately, Carmen had not been well received initially since it was the first time a major opera realistically depicted...

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Trusted Computing Group’s view on SEDs

Trusted Computing Group’s view on SEDs

January, 2016, Storage Visions - Mark Schiller is Executive Director of Trusted Computing Group, which provides security standards to the computing industry. The group is a collection of over 100 partners that include commercial companies, government participation, academia and experts in the field of security and privacy. Schiller covered the challenges facing security and protection of stored content, and shared his view on SEDs (Self Encrypting Drives). Why Self-Encrypting Drives? There are world-wide financial and legal...

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