According to the article Event Management Software 2020 Trends, from a general perspective, the remarkable growth can be linked to the rise of technology-based goods and services across all markets. That said, the Mordor Intelligence study provides some more nuanced insights into why event management software growth has become one of the biggest event trends for 2020. Among these is the usefulness of mobile applications in the event setting. Mobile apps allow for event planners, speakers and attendees to stay up to date on everything in real time.

According to 2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch, organizations that are attacked by ransomware are frequently impacted to a degree where operations may completely come to halt. Cytelligence has handled a significant number of cases where recovering from a ransomware attack is a very long process and getting data back and systems operational is only one step in the process. In addition, the increase in scammers presents a problem as there are several organizations making promises that cannot technically be true, but during the time of crisis, some of the structured decision-making processes are thrown out the window.These same decision-making processes are not structured to remove emotional decisions which are very prevalent during a ransomware event and may result in a decision that is not business focused and support sound economic outcomes. For example, if a company is suffering $100,000 in losses for every hour of being unable to operate, then a ransom demand of $200,000 which is equivalent to 2 hours of an outage should be considered in terms of costs and possible future business impact.

According to the article Importance of information technology in modern work places, information technology (IT) is an integral part of every single business plan. Information technology plays a vital role in every business type including small, medium and large. Companies connect the inventory management system to their Point-of-Sale (POS) systems to gain maximum efficiency. In conclusion, IT plays a number of vital roles in organisations in improving communication, Inventory Management, decision making, data management as well as customer relationship management.

According to the article Best Hotel Accounting Software in 2020, if you own a small or medium-sized hotel group, check out Cloudbeds. Cloudbeds is an all-in-one property management, booking, and channel management system that boasts ease of use as one of its primary features: a must-have in order to keep your operations running smoothly. Unlike some competitors in its price range, Cloudbeds allows you to manage multiple properties all from one dashboard. It also serves as a point-of-sale, inventory management, and reservations management program

According to the article Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidelines for Point-of-Sale Systems, essential businesses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, gas stations and convenience stores must take new safety precautions for every aspect of their operation - especially high contact touchpoints like POS (point-of-sale) systems and PIN pads. They have taken into consideration how important it has become the use of POS during Covid-19 pandemic. They are following rigorous guidelines to avoid the spread of the virus while working with touchscreen devices. For example, they are suggesting to avoiding contact because is the best way to keep everyone safe. If available, encourage consumers to use contactless payment like tap-to-pay cards or Apple Pay.

According to the article Important Property Management Trends, they state the top 15 property management system and some of them are really interesting. For example, according to them the most influential trends might arrive from many different sources due mostly to technology. New cloud services, Internet connected devices, automation software are creating business advantages. Also, new software technology is offering improvements in simple accounting, time management, tenant screening, online payment, property maintenance and repair services, and property management analytics. Some offer complete solutions while others are woefully inadequate. Some might impose on your business creating additional costs and adoption issues.

According to the article "Thinner is Better" the recycling of e-waste is a critically important task, because if these devices end up in landfills, they pose potentially significant environmental hazards because of the toxins contained within them. E-Waste recycling allows the metals and other usable parts within them to be used to make new products, which helps hold down production costs. Also, they state that the problem of irresponsible e-waste disposal could get worse as consumers continue to drive up sales of paper-thin tech devices. Researchers say that the slimmer and more compact electronics are, the harder it is to take them apart for recycling.Design trends are now believed to play a growing role in the problem of e-waste, since thinner tablets and phones with fewer components are harder to dissemble and are increasing the cost of recycling.

According to the article Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself, researchers have created software that borrows concepts from Darwinian evolution, including "survival of the fittest," to build AI programs that improve generation after generation without human input. In recent years, scientists have sped up the process by automating some steps. But these programs still rely on stitching together ready-made circuits designed by humans. That means the output is still limited by engineers' imaginations and their existing biases. The program discovers algorithms using a loose approximation of evolution. It starts by creating a population of 100 candidate algorithms by randomly combining mathematical operations. It then tests them on a simple task, such as an image recognition problem where it has to decide whether a picture shows a cat or a truck. This article was very informative and shows lots technological advances towards artificial intelligence.

According to the article Top cloud providers in 2020: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, hybrid, SaaS players, cloud computing in 2020 is more mature, going multi-cloud, and likely to become more focused on vertical and a sales ground war as the leading vendors battle for market share. The COVID-19 pandemic and the move to remote work and video conferencing are accelerating moves to the cloud. Enterprises increasingly are seeing the cloud as a digital transformation engine as well as a technology that improves business continuity. As work was forced to go remote due to stay-at-home orders tasks were largely done on cloud infrastructure.

Due to the current situation we are living with Covid-19 we are required to use a mask all the time in public places. One of the latest updates on IOS 13.5 that I found very helpful is that now our Iphones can be able to unlock with facial recognition while having the mask on. Before it was frustrating being in public to have to take off the mask so facial recognition could work and unlock my phone. Apple did a great job with this update and has become a most for Iphone users like me during these days.