• By 2020 the IoT Will Include 26 Billion Units, Creating New Challenges for All Aspects of the Data Center
• Data Center Trends to be Discussed at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Center Summit 2014, May 21-22 in Sydney

Heightened Volatility Possible

Geopolitical risks brought on by the confrontation between Ukraine and Russia are unlikely to slow global gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2014, according to the March Global Macro Views from Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the Boston-based fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon.

The report "Thin Film Material Market, By Type (CdTe, CIGS, a-Si, Others), End-User Industry [Photovoltaic Solar Cells, MEMS, Semiconductors and Electrical (Circuit Boards), Optical Coating, Others], and Deposition Processes - Global Trends & Forecast to 2018", defines and segments the thin film material market with an analysis and forecast of the market value. The thin film material market value expected to grow by significant CAGR to reach $10.25 billion by 2018.

The advantages offered by thin film material in industrial as well as domestic operations, coupled with the rising demand for efficiency and miniaturization, will continue to drive the thin film material market.

The report "Thermoplastic Polyurethane Market by End Industry  (Automotive, Building & Construction, Engineering, Footwear, Hose & Tube, Medical, and Wire & Cable) & Geography -Trends & Forecasts to 2018", defines and segments the global Thermoplastic Polyurethane Market with analysis and forecasting of the global revenue and consumption. It also identifies driving and restraining factors for the global Thermoplastic Polyurethane Market with analysis of trends, opportunities, burning issues, winning imperatives.

New research conducted by IDTechEx finds that the RFID market - including tags, readers, software and services, for passive and active RFID - will grow from $7.88 billion in 2013 to $9.2 billion in 2014. Most growth is due to active RFID/RTLS systems, interrogators, and then tags, in terms of total money spent.

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global wearable device sales will surge tenfold from 15 million units in 2013 to 154 million by 2018. Smartwatches, smartglasses and fitness bands, from major brands like Samsung and Nike, will be the big three device categories driving wearables growth for the next five years.

Matt Wilkins, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, "We forecast global wearable device sales for consumer users to rise tenfold from 15 million units in 2013 to 154 million in 2018. Wearables are a high-growth market that no hardware or software vendor can ignore.