Retail shifts are now unstoppable

Digital transformation (DX) in the retail sector is accepted as essential and is now unstoppable. According to a new global study by Fujitsu, more than two-thirds of retailers in nine countries see DX as essential to retail technology, and only 7% disagree. With...

Covid-19 drives up livestreaming, e-sports popularity

International Data Corporation (IDC) and Esports Charts have released a joint report detailing the apparent effects of the Covid-19 outbreak and pandemic on Amazon’s Twitch platform and on esports tournament streaming generally. The report, The COVID-19...

Light at the end of the tunnel for Africa

African private sector activity continued to recover in June, but a PwC survey shows that “business as usual” will take more than six months after the pandemic ends. By Lullu Krugel, chief economist at PwC Strategy& Africa, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC...

Oracle brings the cloud on-premise

Oracle has announced Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer, a fully-managed cloud region that brings all of Oracle’s second-generation cloud services, including Autonomous Database and Oracle Cloud applications, to customer datacentres. With this offering,...

Pandemic exposes Internet shortcomings

The rapid outbreak of Covid-19 has affected the world in numerous ways, ranging from an economic halt to social distancing. As governments imposed lockdowns, many had to adapt to the new reality of all-things-online. The surge of users shifting their focus to the...

Remote work makes network visibility critical

IT teams critically require better visibility into the network. This is driven by a number of factors, including tremendous disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic, relentless technological advances, remote working reaching an all-time high and the expanding security...