According to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, revenue in security-related areas, such as platforms and licensing systems integration, IT spend, and connectivity will exceed US$40 billion in 2024, with notable efforts in privacy and security across these segments.

Hiring freelancers has many advantages for companies: they do not have to pay social security contributions for them, they can be used flexibly, are often specialized in a certain subject area and can be implemented for projects that arise at short notice.

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting lives across the globe, forcing people to change how they work, learn, stay informed, exercise, connect with one another and access entertainment options. Streaming is at the forefront of this new normal with Singaporeans now engaging with online video for an average of four hours and 47 minutes every day. One of the highest video consumption rates globally, according to a new global “How Video is Changing the World” report from Limelight Networks Inc., that exposes the new ways online video supports our daily activities during and after the pandemic.

One of IDC’s recent report, titled ‘Empathy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Becoming an Empathetic Enterprise in the Next Normal’, details how the most digitally mature organizations adapted quicker to challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. IDC highlights what organizations must focus on to become empathetic organizations – using technology to provide empathy at scale in areas of customer conversation, customer journey, customer experience, and customer satisfaction.

The age of digitization pervades almost all areas of life - from the world of work to road traffic and the health sector to communication.

WaterBear Network is a free interactive video-on-demand platform that allows viewers to watch high quality content, interact with hundreds of purpose-driven organisations, and take action instantly, giving everyone, wherever they are, the tools to support the issues they feel inspired by.

MacOS has the reputation of being a relatively attack-proof operating system. Not only among Apple users, MacOS has always been far less susceptible to malware and cyberattacks than the market leader Windows. The fact is, however, that even Mac users are not immune to compromises or dangerous infections, as there is more and more malware that specifically targets MacOS.

Google's goal is to provide searchers with high-quality answers to every question they could possibly ask. To do this, it relies on a complex collection of rules and ranking factors. Some of these factors fall under the category of E-A-T, meaning Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness.

Last month, IMDA and SGTech, together with the ICT community in Singapore stepped forward to extend support to businesses impacted by the COVID-19 situation.

With the circuit breaker announced by Prime Minister Lee, remote working is now in full swing for the majority of Singaporeans – many of whom are now facing immediate challenges with the new arrangements.

Whilst the global pandemic has influenced new ways of work in Singapore, as well as contributed to the changing dynamics in customer experience, it has also set the stage for customers’ and employees’ future expectations in the new normal setting, post Covid-19. Qualtrics CoreXM updates can empower businesses to listen and act on the needs of their customers and employees, identify key business drivers via its predictive AI analytics engine, and fix experience breakdowns as they happen with the launch of a workflow automation solution. New capabilities help organizations better serve customers and employees by going beyond simply measuring experiences, to taking intentional action on closing experience gaps.

Online video is more popular than ever with Singaporeans watching eight hours, 42 minutes per week on average, higher than the global average of seven hours, 55 minutes per week. With consumers homebound during the pandemic, video viewing in Singapore increased 14% compared to last year. This is according to the “State of Online Video 2020,” a report commissioned by Limelight Networks, Inc., to understand consumer perceptions and behaviors around online video.

Since the pandemic has put a halt on face-to-face interactions, entire industries turned to virtual ways of working. As a result, digital documents have become a centerpiece for how we communicate, collaborate, and transact. Hence, to no surprise, the demand for Adobe’s Document Cloud product and services has been skyrocketing: Adobe Sign usage has risen more than 200% and Acrobat DC monthly active users have more than doubled in 2020, reflecting the growing role PDF plays across all segments of the economy. In fact, it is estimated that there are currently more than 2.5 trillion PDFs in the world today.

For marketers and brands attempting to engage their audience at a time like this, there is no one answer to how consumer behavior has changed since the COVID-19 outbreak. Different people react in different ways, and general observations are no longer actionable.

It’s no secret – marketers are time-strapped individuals. With the ongoing pandemic, we’ve also had to take on the role of part-time fortune teller.