Small business is big business in SA

Kathy Gibson is at the Cisco Small Business Summit in Sandton – The opportunity for southern African small businesses to adopt technology as a means for boosting their competitiveness is huge – and resellers are well positioned to grasp this opportunity. Globally,...

Emerging markets lead the move to cryptocurrencies

The adoption of cryptocurrencies in developing countries has been well documented and the anomaly is often flagged that people who have less appear to take greater financial risks. Initial findings from the Luno “Future of Money” survey, which took the...

Elite DevOps practices are owning it, says survey

The 2019 DevSecOps Community Survey shows mature programs are 700% more likely to automate security, as adversaries accelerate pace – so says a recent survey hosted by open source software development company, Sonatype. Represented locally by 9TH BIT Consulting,...

Commercial, consumer adoption drives IoT spend to $1trn

Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) is forecast to pass the $1-trillion mark in 2022, reaching $1,1-trillion in 2023. A new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide shows the compound...

Supply industry facing skills shortage

Recruiters are still finding it difficult to find the right people at the right time compared to previous years as the search becomes more challenging. A survey indicates that 9% more respondents than last year said it was hard to find and retain talented individuals...

MicroLED set to hit the big time

Rising from negligible levels this year, the global market for microLED displays is expected to grow to 15,5-million units in 2026 as steep declines in manufacturing costs make the emerging technology suitable for the mass market, according to the recently released...