Alice Sommacal

The rise in consumer purchasing in the hi-tech sector recorded in Italy since lockdown highlights an increasingly clear trend towards the purchase of smart devices for the home. The population is effectively converting to the idea of improving their homes using latest generation solutions.

The refrigeration of medicines is a process which relies on the cold chain to enable long-term storage, thereby guaranteeing that medicines retain their pharmacological properties until the moment of use.

CR 2021, or China Refrigeration, is one of the most important events for Asia’s cold industry. Now in its thirty-second year, this international trade fair focuses on refrigeration, air-conditioning, heating and ventilation, frozen food processing, packaging and storage.

Data centres are a fundamental element of IT infrastructures, as they allow any IT system to function 24 hours a day. They consist of enormous rooms which house servers, storage, continuity groups and other equipment required to manage processes, communications and services for companies and private citizens.

Refrigera 2021 has been postponed again. An announcement stating the new (and hopefully definitive) dates was released by the organisers of this important Italian trade fair focusing on the refrigeration industry a few days ago.

The issue of printing documents in the Covid era is quite challenging, especially for workers who have suddenly found themselves obliged to work from home. Previously, the printer was an essential feature of any office, but this was not necessarily the case in the domestic environment.

Following the pandemic, the price of raw materials increased dramatically, mainly due to the long period of inactivity that mines were forced to undertake, as well as a sudden economic recovery in countries such as China and the United States.

The EU’s current energy strategy features some strong and some weak points. This inconsistency is mainly due to the insufficient effort invested by the majority of countries who signed the Paris Agreement in reaching decarbonisation targets.

5G is the new connection technology that will soon become widespread. It is already operative in major Italian cities and should be available throughout Italy within the next few years. Switching to 5G means having access to greater band width and much shorter response times.

User Behaviour Analytics, or UBA, is an IT security system which, unlike firewalls and antivirus software, focuses on the specific activity of single users. Rather than analysing system logs or perimeter events, this technology is able to build a profile for each individual user and identify any abnormal behaviours.

Working in space is certainly a fascinating prospect, but when it comes to the food served inside zero gravity space vehicles, astronauts often complain about the taste. This is due to the fact that meals have to be freeze-dried in order to minimise their size and weight and to ensure a longer shelf-life.

The energy label is a very useful tool which allows customers to benefit from extra guidance when purchasing household appliances. It contains precise, detailed information on the device’s energy consumption, as well as other important data, which can result in significant savings over time.