Analytics shown to improve sales ROI

Forty-two percent of sales leaders rate their sales analytics return on investment (ROI) as significantly higher than expected, according to a sales operations survey by Gartner. This is the case no matter where sales analytics is located within the organisation...

SA’s Internet is slow, but proving resilient

News that a repair ship left Cape Town harbour on 23 January to repair the SAT-3 and WACS submarine cables is welcome news for local Internet users coping with slow web speeds since both telecoms cables were severed the previous week. The cables provide international...

Big three dominate the 2019 PC market

The global PC market recorded its first full year of growth in eight years in 2019. Inclusive of desktops, notebooks and workstations, 268,1-million units were shipped, up 2,7% on 2018, according to Canalys. The growth, though, is focused on the largest three vendors,...

What you should know about the new coronavirus

University of the Western Cape’s Professor Burtram Fielding unpacks what we need to know about the Corona virus. Viruses are quick studies. They’re prolific at adapting to new environments and infecting new hosts. As a result they are able to jump the...
Vampire star undergoes a super-outburst

Vampire star undergoes a super-outburst

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star’s face. Fortuitously, the same design makes it ideal for spotting other astronomical transients – objects that brighten or dim over...

How to ensure your cloud projects thrive in 2020

Cloud computing is firmly established as the new normal for enterprise IT. Across industries, cloud continues to be one of the fastest-growing segments of IT spend. With greater spend, however, comes greater responsibility for CIOs to invest budgets wisely, and a...