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U.S. CHAMBER STAFF | November 10, 2015

The European Commission in May launched a strategy entitled the Digital Single Market (DSM) – a plan to create “better access for consumers and businesses to digital goods and services across Europe,” along with leveling the playing field in the digital economy and maximizing its growth potential. Cameron F. Kerry writes that “the use and flow of data is a vital component of the US-EU economic partnership....

  | November 17, 2015

Digi-Key is considering widening the range of products it sells from its websites to take advantage of the growing market in design of devices and systems for the internet of things (IoT). The online distributor, which has been strategically focused on semiconductors, is looking at adding electromechanical products to its linecard. “The IoT has got us thinking that maybe it is time to broaden our product offering, in the area of electromechanical parts for example,” said Mark Larson,...

ServiceMax - From GE Digital | November 18, 2015

The Internet of Things presents a stark choice to field service organizations, says Kevin Ashton, author, visionary and IoT expert: Prepare today … or fail. “The first industry to be massively disrupted by IoT is the field service industry,” Ashton said at ServiceMax’s recent MaxLive Europe conference. “Field service is the killer app for IoT, and it’s coming whether you like it or not. This is not something that is maybe about to happen; it’s happening...

| December 01, 2015

ICT spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) will top $260 billion in 2016 as organizations across the region increasingly embrace digital transformation initiatives in a bid to streamline their costs and bolster their flexibility. That's according to global technology research and consulting services firm International Data Corporation, which today hosted an event at Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah to announce a series of "IDC FutureScape Predictions" for the year ahead...