IT to drive retail bank revenue

IT to drive retail bank revenue

Retail bank IT investment in 2015 will be focused squarely on driving revenue growth, according to new research from Ovum. The large majority of investment made in 2015 will be focused on progressing with an omni-channel experience for customers.

Lower growth for global IT spend

Lower growth for global IT spend

Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,8-trillion in 2015, a 2,4% increase from 2014; however, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3,9%, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The slower outlook for 2015 is largely attributed to the rising...
Falcon fails to land on platform

Falcon fails to land on platform

Elon Musk’s SpaceX succeeded in delivering supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), but failed to land its rocket on a platform designed to retrieve it and allow it to be re-used. SpaceX attempted to land the first stage on an autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after stage separation. While the rocket made it to the drone ship, it landed hard, the company reports.

Tablet sales to stay muted

Tablet sales to stay muted

After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233-million units in 2015, an...
Healthcare set for ICT investment

Healthcare set for ICT investment

ICT investments will be boosted in the four core healthcare markets of Middle East and Africa. According to the newly released data by International Data Corporation (IDC), spending on IT services and products among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia, South Africa,...
Intel moves into wearables

Intel moves into wearables

Intel has announced a number of technology advancements and initiatives aimed at accelerating computing into the next dimension. The announcements include the Intel Curie module, a button-sized hardware product for wearable solutions; new applications for Intel...