Intel debuts AI, analytics platform

Intel has introduced its 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and additions to its hardware and software AI portfolio, enabling customers to accelerate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics workloads running in data centre, network...
More pain to come for IT vendors and resellers

More pain to come for IT vendors and resellers

There has been widespread evidence of layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs at IT vendors, and there is more economic pain on the horizon. This is the word from GlobalData, which reports that, as of the end of May, the number of active jobs in the technology and...

Mobile drives Telkom revenue growth

Telkom has reported a 3% increase in revenue, to R43-billion, for the year to 31 March 2020. This has been driven mainly by a 54,4% increase in mobile service revenue in a year where South Africa slipped into a technical recession and consumer and business confidence...

Online shopping fraud on the rise

The restrictions in physical shopping activity since the start of the lockdown and consumers’ awareness about personal safety have increased the driver for online shopping in recent months. In line with the upsurge, fraudsters have also increased their attempts...

Server market is recovering from Covid-19

The market for servers in the European IT distribution channel is on the up, according to the latest data published by Context. Revenues from the server market, which includes server systems and upgrades, have returned to pre-Covid-crisis level in the latest weeks....

Governments respond to reopening of tourism

Governments around the world have responded quickly and strongly to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on their tourism sectors, new research from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has found. As many destinations begin to ease restrictions on travel, the specialised...