Aug 29, 2013
The global server market continues to decline, with the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker showing a factory revenue decline of -6,2% year-over-year to $11,9-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13). This was the second...
Aug 28, 2013
Only 28% of top decision-making roles in South African businesses are filled by women, despite the fact that women make up almost 40% of the country’s total workforce. This is one of the key findings of the 2013 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR)...
Aug 27, 2013
An image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the “Glenelg” area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013. The orbiter’s High...
Aug 26, 2013
Two of South Africa’s largest distributors, Tarsus Technologies and Platinum Micro, are to merge. The two companies, both members of the MB Technologies group, will merge from 1 October 2013. The merger takes place ahead of the planned move to MB Technologies’ new 30...
Aug 23, 2013
This week saw a new Facebook-led consortium that aims to connect more people, particularly in emerging markets, joining numerous other campaigns to connect new users. However, companies will have to step up if they hope to achieve these goals. The next wave of mobile...
Aug 22, 2013
Communications minister Yunus Carrim has presented a draft strategy for action to be taken by the department between now and the elections next year. The Draft Strategy and Programme for the Department of Communications was delivered to Parliament’s Portfolio...
