Intel, SAP extend tech partnership

Intel and SAP have announced a multiyear technology partnership focused on optimising Intel’s platforms, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory, for SAP’s end-to-end enterprise software applications, including SAP...

Fintechs plug SA’s SME financing gap

For the more than 2,5-million small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa, access to funding remains their largest challenge faced. In fact, there is a funding gap of between R86-billion and R346-billion, according to a study sponsored by the SA SME...

US-China trade war drives semiconductor revenue decline

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $429-billion in 2019, a decline of 9,6% from $475-billion in 2018, according to Gartner. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of -3,4%. “The semiconductor market is being impacted by a...

Is China’s declining auto streak a sign of the times?

China’s light vehicle (LV) sales fell nearly 10% in June 2019 from prior year – the 12th consecutive month sales declined – casting new doubts on what has been the world’s biggest growth engine for auto sales, a recent analysis by business...

Economic trends that will dominate the Roaring 20s

The Roaring Twenties of almost 100 years ago was defined by a surge of consumerism, a brightly revitalised global economy and the arrival of the concept of “mass culture”. It was the era of jazz hands, fresh ideas and glamorous invention. It was also a...

IS extends cloud offering with Azure

To expand its hybrid multi-cloud offering to customers Internet Solutions (IS) is extending its cloud platform offerings to harness local Microsoft Azure capabilities. IS’s offering will expand from traditional networking, voice and hosting, to include cloud...