How to reduce IT costs quickly

The Covid-19 pandemic has had widespread impact on the global economy, leaving many CIOs with the challenge of making immediate IT cost savings, according to Gartner. IT spending is forecast to contract across all categories and regions in 2020. While businesses in...

African gaming takes centre stage at Fak’ugesi

The Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme, led by the Wits University’s Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg kicked off on 20 October and will run live and online until 20 November 2020. Now in its...

Kaspersky warns of fraudulent iPhone pre-order schemes

Following Apple’s recent presentation of the company’s updates, and the iPhone 12 launch in particular, Kaspersky experts have uncovered dozens of suspicious resources around the world which allegedly offered to pre-order the new smartphone. In reality,...

Zoom adds 46m downloads in September

Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that video conferencing platform Zoom added 46,26-million downloads in September. The downloads were on both Android and iOS platforms. Android had the highest downloads at 32,17-million. For iOS, the iPhone recorded...

Consumer channel drives client SSD growth

Although the overall client solid state drives (SSD) market has seen low demand during the pandemic, lockdowns and home working have had a positive effect on consumer-channel sales, according to the latest data published by Context. “The impact of the pandemic...

Emerge stronger by avoiding cost management mistakes

Many finance leaders are currently at a high risk of making four common mistakes that could negatively impact their ability to fund digital growth and reduce expenses overall, according to Gartner. This comes at a time when recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic will be...