Gartner Identifies 4 Shifts Shaping the Future of Work
By 2029, 30% of Employees Laid Off Due to Replacement by AI Will Need to Be Rehired As AI continues to accelerate the pace and scope of work, CIOs must prepare for four shifts that will influence the future of work, said Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “When business and IT executives look back on the early AI-era, they will realize their greatest mistake was believing that work automation was the point, when workforce amplification was the opportun
Closing Digital Literacy Gap Could Unlock Trillions of Dollars in Global GDP Growth
New report, authored by GSMA Intelligence in partnership with Huawei, released at UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week Digital literacy – not coverage – is the main barrier keeping 3.1 billion people offline. AI could potentially widen the digital literacy gap. Bridging the usage gap could boost global GDP by $3.5 trillion from 2023 to 2030. Citing Huawei’s Skills on Wheels initiative, the report urges policymakers, telcos, and tech vendors to treat AI literacy as critical infrastr
中國AI基礎數據服務市場規模達62.62億元，頭部廠商格局初顯
隨著人工智慧從「技術探索」全面邁入「規模落地」階段，基礎資料服務已不再是簡單的勞動密集型產業，而是決定模型性能上限的核心基建。然而，市場對資料服務的價值衡量標準、技術演進路徑及商業模式仍存諸多認知斷層。為釐清產業真實水位，指引企業制定可持續的資料戰略，國際資料公司（IDC）首次將AI基礎資料服務作為獨立賽道進行系統性量化研究，並於近日正式發布《中國人工智慧基礎資料服務市場研究報告，2025》（Doc#CHC52204325，2026年8月）。報告顯示，2025年中國人工智慧基礎資料服務市場規模達到62.62億元人民幣，同比增長27.8%，增速超出市場預期。預計2026年市場規模將進一步增長至78.34億元，2025-2030年複合年均增長率（CAGR）達19.6%。 儘管整體經濟環境面臨下行壓力，但在人工智慧強勁帶動下，AI基礎資料服務市場逆勢上揚。當前客戶群體已從傳統AI企業擴展至政府、自動駕駛、具身智能等更廣泛的領域，資料需求正由AI應用落地方向牽引，從消費娛樂轉向實質生產力提升場景。 市場格局：頭部廠商集中度仍低，其他佔比超56%...
Gartner Says CFOs Must Prioritize Platformization and Monetization as Growth Drivers
Analysis of 1,180 Enterprise Growth Initiatives Shows Shift from Product Innovation to Monetization and Platform Strategies CFOs and executive leaders must embrace efficient revenue growth by monetizing existing assets and strengthening customer engagement through platformization, rather than by new product innovation or market expansion alone, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Gartner analysts examined the 1,180 growth-related investment
Gartner Survey Finds Only 22% of Organizations Have Successfully Scaled AI Across Multiple Business Units
Despite Lack of Success, Investment in AI Continues to Accelerate Only 22% of organizations have successfully scaled AI across multiple business units or adopted an AI-first approach according to a survey by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Roughly 11% of organizations are entirely unaware of what their function spent on AI in 2025. A Gartner survey from January-April 2026 of 1,303 respondents from organizations with enterprisewide annual revenue of
Ping An Digital Bank Launches Purchase Order Financing Tailored for Cross-Border E-Commerce Businesses
Empowering SMEs to Expand Globally Ping An Digital Bank (International) Limited (“Ping An Digital Bank”) has launched Purchase Order Financing product that specifically designed for cross-border e-commerce businesses, becoming the first digital bank in Hong Kong to offer dedicated factoring financing solution to export cross-border e-commerce merchants. Requiring no traditional collateral, eligible businesses can obtain financing of up to 95% of their accounts receivable base
Forrester Honors Recipients Of Its 2026 Technology Awards For Asia Pacific
Singtel, CLP Power, Nan Shan Life Insurance, DBS Bank, and Grab recognized for leveraging technology to successfully drive business impact Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) announced on August 4 that Singtel is the winner of its 2026 Technology Strategy Impact Award for Asia Pacific; CLP Power and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd. are the recipients of its Enterprise Architecture Award; and DBS Bank and Grab are the inaugural APAC winners of its Data & AI Impact Award. These awards re
Bridge Data Centres and Morong Electric Jointly Launch the World’s First Fully Prefabricated Power Module for AI Data Centres
Called PowerCore 5.0, the containerised module will reduce power infrastructure delivery timelines by more than 50%. Bridge Data Centres (BDC), a Singapore-headquartered hyperscale data centre provider, and Morong Electric, an electrical manufacturing specialist, have launched PowerCore 5.0, the world’s first fully prefabricated power module designed for high-density AI data centres. BDC’s Power Core 5.0 module Built for high-density AI workloads on accelerated deployment tim
