Tough year ahead, but it’s positive

Tough year ahead, but it’s positive

National Treasury expects South Africa’s GDP growth rate to be 1,3% for 2017. The outlook points to a tough year ahead for business – however, there are a few trends that promise a positive narrative for businesses during the year. “It isn’t...
Uber to share data with cities

Uber to share data with cities

As it battles for full acceptance in many cities around the world, Uber is offering an olive branch in the form of data which is planning to share with the metros in which it operates. Jordan Gilbertson, product manager and Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation...
2 000 year-old star explosion to play out

2 000 year-old star explosion to play out

A binary star that merged and exploded almost 2 000 years ago will be visible from earth within the next couple of years. Calvin College professor Larry Molnar and his students along with colleagues from Apache Point Observatory (Karen Kinemuchi) and the University of...
Record consumer revenues for 2017

Record consumer revenues for 2017

Increasing consumer enthusiasm for the Internet of Things (IoT) and adoption of emerging technology will drive the US consumer technology industry to $292-billion in retail revenues ($228-billion wholesale) in 2017. This is according to new research from the Consumer...
2016 a poor year for infrastructure

2016 a poor year for infrastructure

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise infrastructure market, which covers servers and external storage, suffered a 7% year-on-year decline in value to total $581-million in Q3 2016. According to the latest Quarterly Server and Disk Storage Systems Tracker from...
Telkom ploughs R1bn into BCX

Telkom ploughs R1bn into BCX

Telkom will provide R1-billion to Business Connexion (BCX) as working capital to settle debts and fund further expansion. In a statement, Telkom says: “This is aligned with our announced strategy of integrating our enterprise business with BCX as our go-to-market...