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In short Mentions of Covid-19 related themes by corporate CEOs faded in Q4 2020 - instead sustainability rose strongly in CEO attentionThe topics 5G, AI & Analytics, and IoT all grew and show the increasing interest in tech and innovationTech companies, particularly cybersecurity firms, cloud providers, and semiconductor companies had the highest sentiment at the end of 2020 Why it matters?...

As we start 2021, the IoT Analytics team has again evaluated the past year's main IoT developments in the global “Internet of Things” arena. This article highlights some general observations and our top 10 IoT stories from 2020, a year that was largely influenced by the global Covid-19 pandemic. (For your reference, here is our 2019 IoT year in review article.) A. The effect of...

For many companies, the third quarter of 2020 was characterized as “shifting back to the (new) normal”. While in Q2, companies were busy organizing for remote work, handling disrupted supply chains, and dealing with new cybersecurity threats, Q3 saw some of the pre-Covid themes rise in importance again (see here for our Q2/2020 analysis). The themes that had the highest increase in importance in...

The second quarter of 2020 was like no other. A record rise in unemployment, widespread layoffs, empty offices, and entire industries like travel or sports & entertainment losing the majority of their business within weeks. At the same time governments around the world provided a record $10 trillion in economic stimulus, while the value of Gold as well as the Nasdaq climbed to new all-time...