Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 31 | Page 15

NEWS

Telenor report : IoT adoption in APAC set to surge months . In addition , emerging IoT adoption in the region , particularly from India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Indonesia and Thailand , is expected to push the 14.5 billion IoT devices in circulation today to a forecasted 38.9 billion IoT devices by 2030 .

APAC is set to overtake the rest of the world in IoT adoption – according to an Asian IoT Megatrends report from the global research firm , OMDIA , and global connectivity provider Telenor IoT .

APAC Digital Transformation of enterprises has been slower than the rest of the world . However , with investments on the rise , APAC is expected to soon accelerate fast , pushing the adoption of IoT into unprecedented growth and giving IoT scale like never before .
OMDIA found that 20 % of enterprises in APAC anticipate their IoT deployments to reach beyond 500,000 devices that can be connected wirelessly to a network and used to transmit information within the next 12
“ Clearly , digitalization and sustainability are moving to the core of company ’ s future strategies . IoT and digitalization are no longer an option for enterprises in the region , but a necessity – as technology hardware , connectivity and software takes center stage in the digital future ,” said Seth Ryding , Chief Sales Officer ( CSO ) and Head of Telenor IoT Asia .
“ As no other region is poised for IoT growth on the scale of APAC , the megatrends set out in this report can be used as a valuable guide for enterprises looking to be successful in an increasingly connected future .”

Pearson study reveals Australia ’ s most in demand skills amid labour market challenges

New research from Pearson , a world leading learning company , finds that despite new technologies transforming the world of work , the top five most in demand skills in Australia today are human skills , with the trend set to continue through at least 2026 .

Using an analysis of half a million recent Australian job ads , Pearson ’ s Skills Outlook identifies today ’ s new ‘ power skills ’ – those capabilities now powering the world ’ s economy and individual careers . The analysis shows that while technical capabilities remain vitally important for many roles , employers highly prize human skills such as collaboration , communication and leadership .
Pearson ’ s Skills Outlook shows that job ads in 2022 were dominated by five human skills : communication , attention to detail , customer service , leadership and teamwork .
Looking ahead to 2026 , Pearson ’ s AIbased modelling suggests that the top five power skills that will be most indemand to meet economic need are also human skills : collaboration , customer focus , personal learning and mastery , achievement focus , and cultural and social intelligence Dr Richard George , Vice
President , Workforce Skills at Pearson , said : “ In Australia we ’ re seeing businesses and governments alike scramble to fill the 1.2 million tech jobs that will be needed by 2030 . It is alarming to see that the most pressing skills needed in the Australian workforce today and in the future are in fact human skills .”
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