Blockchain comes of age in lead generation

Blockchain for lead generation has reached the Innovation Trigger in Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for CRM Sales Technology. According to Gartner, the technology offers sales organisations the ability to provide users with the most current and highest-quality leads...

Decline in PC monitor sales

The worldwide market for PC monitors saw a year-over-year decline of 2,2% in the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19) with shipment volume totaling just over 30-million units. Although the market shrank, the results nonetheless exceeded forecast and maintained the seasonal...

Recession looms large for economists

Recession has emerged as the most frequently mentioned economic theme among the world’s leading economists on Twitter, with an average 40% monthly growth in conversations during the first half (H1) of 2019, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. An...

Top technology trends governments should plan for

Gartner has identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2019-2020 that have the potential to optimise or transform public services, and recommends that government CIOs include them in their strategic planning over the next 12 to 18 months. Gartner’s...

Bright outlook for PC gaming in EMEA

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming desktops and notebooks declined in the second quarter of 2019, dipping 1,2% year on year (YoY) and totaling 1,9-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Growth of 1.5% YoY is...

SABC gets another R3,2bn lifeline

Another R3,2-billion in public funding has been allocated to the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, minister of communications and digital technologies, says R2,1-billion will be transferred to the public broadcaster on Monday (7 October...