Among the news items relating to M & A’s this week was something of great interest to those of us concerned with the Healthcare Technology world. IBM’s Watson Health unit just announced acquisition of not one but two healthcare focused startups Phytel and Explorys. The truly interesting thing was the Big Data connection of both…
The healthcare industry has been traditionally termed as an industry which is slow in terms of adoption of latest technologies. However, this is changing very fast. As technology continues to transform every aspect of our lives, it has started to create important and profound impact in the healthcare domain as well. The industry is leveraging…
Retail industry is beginning to feel the impact of soaring mobile device penetration across the world. A recent Barclays report suggests that the retail sales made via mobile devices are expected to reach GBP 32 billion by 2019. Another research suggests that the online retail is expected to grow to about $50 billion by 2016 –…
A Frost & Sullivan report has estimated that this year as many as $ 111.19 Billion worth of payments will be made through NFC. One would assume that with such robust growth on the cards in the payments space the proponents would have their hand full but this is not the case. Companies with a…
