According to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service, manufacturers sold 49.3 million digital TV receivers worldwide in 2004, a 50 percent increase on the previous year and an all-time record. Revenue growth was even higher, at 70 percent, because of the growing importance of higher value integrated digital TVs. Global demand will continue to soar in 2005 and beyond as new services are launched and the user base expands. New digital terrestrial television and IPTV services will be key drivers of device sales over the next five years. Strategy Analytics predicts that 2005 sales of digital TV receivers (set-top boxes and integrated digital TVs) will grow a further 38 percent to reach 68.2 million units. By 2010 annual sales will have reached 181.3 million units, worth $39.1 billion in retail revenues. Because of the strength of its integrated digital TV market, North America will account for 65 percent of revenues in 2010. Asia-Pacific will account for 19 percent and Europe 14 percent.
In the past decade, many organizations have pursued a singular vision of cloud-centric transformation; consolidating data, applications, and compute into centralized datacenters managed by hyperscalers. Yet, the explosive growth of connected devices, the rise of Applied-AI and real-time data requirements, and new operational models are reshaping that paradigm. Edge computing — the practice of processing data closer to the source where it is generated — has moved from niche experiment to strategic imperative. According to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC), edge computing is now the new core in the distributed Global Networked Economy. Edge Computing Market Development IDC forecasts global spending on edge computing solutions will reach approximately $450 billion by 2029, that's up from $265 billion in 2025, driven by rapid advancements in edge-based AI workloads, distributed architectures, and enterprise transformation initiatives. Several key data poin...