Samsung and IBM launch new platform

Samsung Electronics and IBM have announced a new joint platform leveraging IBM Cloud and AI capabilities, and Samsung’s mobile offerings. The collaboration between the two companies brings together IBM’s capabilities with the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem for...

Shortlist for AfricaCom Awards

The AfricaCom Awards, one of the global technology and telecommunications industry’s most respected awards, has announced the current shortlist of nominees. The awards are a highly-respected extension of AfricaCom, the world’s largest Africa-focused...

Wesbank cautiously optimistic on new vehicle sales

While the South African economy fails to meet its GDP forecast this year, new vehicle sales look equally unlikely to reach the softer levels of slowdown expected by WesBank in January. But while the country reeled to the sober mid-term budget speech last week, new...
DX to grow to $7,4trn by 2023

DX to grow to $7,4trn by 2023

By 2023, digital transformation (DX) spending will grow to more than 50% of all ICT investment from 36% today to approach $7,4-trillion, says IDC, which has also revealed its 2020 worldwide DX predictions. In unveiling its IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Digital...

AI set to change every job

IBM believes 100% of jobs will eventually change due to artificial intelligence, and new empirical research from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab reveals how. The research, The Future of Work: How New Technologies Are Transforming Tasks, used advanced machine learning...

Tablet shipments return to growth

The worldwide tablet market returned to growth in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) with 37,6-million units shipped globally for a year-over-year increase of 1,9%. This is according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...