As 2016 gets underway, organizations are searching for new ways to grow, compete, and win. They know technology will play a role. While it's impossible to have a crystal ball to predict the future, some key trends have emerged in the coming year that are relevant for small and medium-sized organizations.

Beacon technology at airports – which has the propensity to completely transform duty free marketing and promotion – has been talked about for years, but is only now actually being deployed at a number of hub airports around the world.

Mark Thomson, director of Retail Industry Solutions at Zebra Technologies offers up his top tips to retailers looking to make the most of Cyber Monday.

On-campus beacon use can help IT provide local, targeted services and data to employees, temps, clients, and guests.

OpenROV’s Kickstarter campaign for its new Trident underwater drone is now live, and the early sales are impressive.

New technologies could either create a whole new market or transform the delivery of a product/service

WiFi is among the most preferred connectivity options and cloud aims to reduce dependence on hardware equipment. And the intersection between the two innovative ideas promises to push the contrivance of technology further.

With forecasts projecting that billions of new devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020, device makers are rushing to release new products they hope will corner the Internet of Things market.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents report faster access to technology with the cloud.

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