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By Dave Russell, VP of Enterprise Strategy at Veeam Source: Veeam. Russell. Throughout 2019, technology has continued to have a transformative impact on businesses and communities. From the first deployments of 5G to businesses getting to grips with how they use artificial intelligence (AI), it’s been another year of rapid progress. From an IT perspective, we have seen two major trends that will continue in 2020. The first is that on-premises and public cloud will increasingly become equal citizens. Cloud is becoming the new normal model of deployment, with 85% of businesses self-identifying as being predominantly hybrid-cloud or multicloud today. Related to this are the issues of cybersecurity and data privacy, which remain the top cloud concerns of IT decision makers. In 2020, cyberthreats will increase rather than diminish, so businesses must ensure that 100% of their business-critical data can be recovered. Here are some of the key technology trends that businesses wi...

Source: Adjust. Henschel (left) and Müller (right). By Paul H. Müller, Co-founder and CTO, and Christian Henschel, Co-founder and CEO, at Adjust The Co-founders at Adjust, which provides mobile measurement, fraud prevention and cybersecurity, have come up with four trends on mobile marketing to watch: Context will be king — and automation will do the heavy lifting The right ad delivered to the right person at the right time: it’s a marketing cliché that has been around for almost a decade, but it’s still something the industry is struggling to get right. With consumer demand for personalised content reaching an all-time high , 2020 will be the year we see new talent join the effort in the form of increased and highly-intelligent marketing automation. Importantly, marketing automation will provide increased visibility into data and possible outcomes, allowing marketers to pinpoint (and even predict) individual dropoff points in-app. Automation will make it possible to cr...

Source: Getac. BMW Group makes an order for Getac's rugged notebooks and tablets. Getac , a rugged mobile computing manufacturer, has been selected by the BMW Group to supply rugged mobile devices and solutions across its global network for a wide range of applications including research and development (R&D), production, warehouse logistics and workshop diagnostics. The announcement expands on an existing technology partnership between the two companies, which has seen Getac supply rugged equipment to the BMW Group for vehicle and application testing over the last six years. Under the expanded partnership terms, Getac will supply the BMW Group with its S410, V110, F110, A140, UX10 and T800 series of rugged notebooks and tablets. In order to provide solutions that meet the BMW Group's complex requirements, Getac adapted its equipment to the individual needs of the various user groups within the company. In the area of R&D, security and the protection of sensitive ...

Canopy Power's Hornbill – a platform for 24x7 monitoring and management of remote microgrid systems – has been updated. Microgrids are typically owned by businesses and communities which are remotely located or which are not connected to power grids, such as island resorts, fisheries and mines. Source: Canopy Power. The Hornbill Base (left) and Hornbill Portal (right). According to Canopy Power, remote microgrid systems are a huge enabler for significant economic development, but when poorly managed, can result in system reliability and performance sustainability issues. Its Hornbill features real-time monitoring, remote management and advanced analytics. When linked to a remote microgrid installation and with control services tailored to individual requirements, Hornbill minimises operation and maintenance costs, maximises uptime, and also increases project bankability. The system is composed of the Hornbill Base – hardware installed at the site with the microgri...