Home working surge drives major sales growth

Web cams, headsets, software and notebooks are the categories generating the biggest increase in channel revenue across Western Europe, as home working and schooling forces major changes in demand, according to market intelligence company Context. Latest figures from...

Cloud IT infrastructure sees positive growth in 2019

Total end-user spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, recovered in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) after two consecutive quarters of decline. According to...

Refurbished computers in huge demand

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a huge demand for refurbished computers as South Africa companies quietly execute their disaster recovery plan and staff set up to work from home. Deemed an essential service, Xperien has ramped up its production line and has been able...

ZACR aims to keep SA connected during lockdown

The current lockdown due to the rampant Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the livelihoods of billions of people all over the world. Since the only logical way to curb the spread of infections is to stay at home, the value of solid and reliable Internet is...

Your computer can help scientists combat coronavirus

IBM has announced a new project whereby anyone in the world with a PC, laptop or Mac and an Internet connection could help scientists seek chemical compounds that might be effective against Covid-19. To do so, volunteers’ devices will perform small, virtual...

Are South Africans heeding lockdown call?

Following the directive by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 March 2020, South Africa entered a 21-day national lockdown at midnight on 26 March 2020. But have our citizens heeded the call to stay at home? One way to verify whether South Africans are indeed confining...