All articles by Stu Robarts

Stu Robarts

Stu is editor for Thematic Intelligence at GlobalData, overseeing news and features that cover the major themes affecting industries.

Repeated corporate governance failures damaging consumer trust – report

Tax avoidance, corruption, excessive executive remuneration and relentless lobbying are major corporate governance issues.

Price pushes and belt-tightening as streaming platforms prioritise profits

Streaming platforms are now increasingly focusing on profitability having operated at losses for years to grow subscriber numbers.

Trump’s trade, tech wars to hit ‘businesses in all sectors all over the world’

A new briefing predicts that Trump’s expected trade and tech wars will be his policy areas with the most global impact potential.

Business confidence in robotics strengthens as AI pairing for automation emerges

A new survey has revealed that business confidence in the potential of robotics has risen to its highest for two years.

AI and blockchain in mining: Unearthing value in the emergent with the emerging

AI is emerging as a complementary technology to blockchain in the mining sector, allowing data to be interrogated in new ways.

Agentic AI ‘key to turning language models into revenue generators’

Agentic AI can carry out tasks autonomously by making decisions and taking actions within the context of a given environement.

AI ‘revolutionising’ data analytics

GlobalData estimates the total data analytics market to have been worth $112.3bn in 2023 and expects it to hit $190bn by 2028.

AI ‘key differentiator’ in growing collaboration tools market

Providers in the collaboration tools market must adopt advanced AI capabilities to remain competitive in the long term.

Digitalisation and decentralisation to deliver ‘identity revolution’

A new GlobalData report suggests that digital identity is one of the world’s most significant technology trends.

AI hype cooling, but business confidence remains – survey

Almost three quarters of survey respondents expect AI to disrupt their industries to some extent, despite falling levels of hype.