Jan 30, 2014
Lenovo has once again surprised the industry, this time by acquiring the Motorola Mobility smartphone business from Google for close to $3-billion. With a strong PC business and a fast-growing smartphone business, this agreement will significantly strengthen Lenovo’s...
Jan 29, 2014
The year ahead has been tipped as the year of the enterprise as regards telecommunications services, with IDC’s top 10 predictions for the African telecoms services market in 2014. Spiwe Chireka, program manager: telecoms and media – Africa at IDC, points out that...
Jan 28, 2014
While nearly 87% of African IT leaders rank new technologies such as analytics, cloud computing, mobile and social media as being critical to business success, only 53% are pushing forward with adoption. These are among the findings of a new IBM study, Setting the...
Jan 27, 2014
A new global survey of Internet users reveals distinct regional findings and differing viewpoints between the developed and developing world. However, overwhelmingly the more than 10 000 people surveyed from 10 nations said they embrace personal technology,...
Jan 24, 2014
The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon that has been reshaping IT in business offices is now spreading to the manufacturing sector, with employee-owned smartphones and tablets playing an increasingly important role in manufacturing settings for 2014 and beyond....
Jan 23, 2014
The Internet of Everything (IoE) could generate R152,58-billion ($14,3-billion) in value for South Africa’s public sector over the next decade, according to a new study released by Cisco. The IoE can help the South African government create value by saving money,...
