Massive growth for used smartphones

The worldwide shipments of used smartphones, inclusive of both officially refurbished and used smartphones, is expected to reach a total of 206,7-million units in 2019. This represents an increase of 17,6% over the 175,8-million units shipped in 2018. A new IDC...

Business, IT set to collaborate more

Over the next two years, 50% of organisations will experience increased collaboration between their business and IT teams, according to Gartner. The dispute between business and IT teams over the control of technology will lessen as both sides learn that joint...

All change for Reflex Solutions leadership

Reflex Solutions has announced organisational changes that will intensify its focus in key strategic areas and allow the company to better serve its customers and their diverse business needs. Pieter van Zyl becomes the chief technical officer, with all business units...

The chances – and implications – for a rate cut

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is currently engaged in its first semi-monthly meeting of 2020. At its previous meeting (in November 2019), the MPC opened the door for an interest rate cut this year. The implied path of interest...

New threats drive electronic warfare growth

The emergence of stealth and low observable aircraft along with anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) systems has made integrated air defense networks very complex and difficult to counter. In addition, the development of new missile-seeker technologies for surface-to-air...

Global semiconductor revenue plummets in 2019

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totalled $418,3-billion in 2019, down 11,9% from 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Intel regained the number one position in the market as the downturn in the memory market negatively impacted many of the top vendors,...