Bulk Infrastructure, the Nordic’s leading provider of ultra-scalable, highly connected, sustainable data centers, teamed with S&P Global’s 451 Research on a Market Intelligence Business Impact Brief, Transition to Versatile Digital Infrastructure Is Key for Success. The key finding of the report is that more enterprises are now using or looking to use third-party data center solutions providers, with many decisions shaped by COVID-19.

Today’s college students have grown up in a digital world, so one might expect that most of them would prefer e-textbooks to print on paper, but that’s not the case according to a new survey conducted by Direct Textbook, a free textbook price comparison service. The survey reports that 62% of college students prefer print textbooks to e-textbooks.

The paper calls for the development of a new policy framework to effectively address issues of justice that arise in a range of digital contexts.

How robots help to qualify for the workplace of the future

A push to automate is changing the way humans and machines work together. The number of industrial robots installed in factories reached about 3 million units worldwide in 2020 – more than doubling in ten years. The IFR has researched how robotics training shapes current and future workforce education, enhancing skills development for employees.

The World Economic Forum today launches New Generation Industry Leaders – a community of young industrialists to champion careers and accelerate sustainability in manufacturing and production sectors.
The New Generation Industry Leaders community will transform perceptions around industrial companies and inspire new generations to seek work in industrial sectors.
50 leading firms have collaborated to appoint 100 young professionals to the community, representing 12 sectors and 20 countries – 50% are women.
Learn more about the New Generation Industry Leaders here and learn more about the Sustainable Development Impact Summit.

Results show 70 percent of UK businesses are missing out on the benefits of the technology

More than 18 months after the pandemic hit Germany and forced businesses into home offices, only two-fifths of companies say they have provided the tools and technology needed to maintain employee productivity regardless of where they work, according to a survey released today by Ricoh Europe.

The first in-person trade fairs have already taken place. Messe Frankfurt is ready to resume in-person events with its proven safety and hygiene concept and requirement that everyone be vaccinated, recovered or tested. The first events have already been held successfully, and the next in-person events will be opening their doors in Frankfurt in September.

By Craig Lewis, Head of Enterprise Printing, Ricoh Europe

The increase in employees working from home is one of the consequences of the pandemic that has been most talked about. Sometimes celebrated, sometimes criticised. But, inescapably, a hugely prominent corporate phenomenon of the last 18 months.

42 per cent of home office workers say that the lack of appropriate technology or equipment has affected their productivity. 45 per cent are not satisfied with their employer's support when working from home

A defining factor for graphics, packaging and publication printing across the next decade will be adjusting to print buyer demands for shorter and faster print runs. This will reshape the cost dynamics of print buying radically, and is creating a new imperative to invest in new equipment, even as the commercial landscape is reshaped by the experience of COVID-19.

As an important signpost for the European packaging industry, FACHPACK, which will take place from 28 to 30 September, naturally also aims to depict trends that move the industry.