Global device shipments expected to drop again

Global device shipments expected to drop again

Worldwide shipments of total devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to decline 4,4% in 2023, to total 1,7-billion units, according to Gartner. In 2022, the devices shipment market declined 11,9%. “The depressed economic market will continue to...

PMI almost unchanged from December

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came in at 53.0 index points in January 2023 – virtually unchanged from 53.1 in December. A decline in the employment and new sales orders indices to levels below 50 were offset by higher...

The most sought after IT pros on the dark web …

After analysing 200 000 employment ads between 2020 and 2022 on the darknet job market, experts from Kaspersky’s Digital Footprint Intelligence team have concluded that developers, attackers, and designers were the most sought after professions in the...

End-to-end supply chain resilience not expected anytime soon

Most companies will remain locked into an outdated model that will prevent them from achieving end-to-end (E2E) resiliency in their supply chains by 2026, according to Gartner. Gartner’s analysis indicates that few companies have accepted the necessary paradigm...

Syndicated loan paves way for Teraco growth

Teraco has concluded a syndicated loan facility worth R11,8-billion, of which R5,7-billion will be used to finance the company’s continued growth and R6,1-billion will refinance and extend the average maturity profile of existing drawn debt. The growth funding...