One-in-two hide social media activity from their bosses

With 90% of people in employment going online several times a day, it can be hard for most workers to keep their private and work-life separate during the working day (and beyond). The recently published Global Privacy Report from Kaspersky Lab reveals that 64% of...

University of Pretoria students scoop IITPSA award

A team of final year BCom Informatics students at the University of Pretoria has won a Women in IT award sponsored by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) for what it says is an outstanding final year project. The new IITPSA...

CFO’s cost management style can reap benefits

The best CFO approaches to cost management deliver up to a 7 percentage point return on invested capital premium since 2010, according to Gartner. The findings come from a new study of long-term value creation in more than 1 000 of the world’s largest companies...

3D printing materials see surge in revenue

Revenues from materials for Industrial/Professional 3D printers have surged by $4,6-billion over the past five years with 29,9% year-on-year growth in 2018 alone, according to new research from research organisation Context. The market looks set to better the 2013 to...

China gaming industry regains momentum

China’s gaming market reached RMB58,44-billion in the first quarter of 2019, up 8,8% from the previous quarter and 5,1% from a year earlier, according to the 1Q19 China Gaming Industry Report jointly released by IDC and GPC. The research groups say the market is...
Viable use cases for today’s connected vehicles

Viable use cases for today’s connected vehicles

Automobile manufacturers globally that have integrated telematics into their vehicles can use WiFi today and generate significant revenue for a number of use cases, including predictive maintenance and repairs, as well as over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates. These use...