Just two days left to vote in Channelwise Awards survey

The next few days are the last chance for reseller partners to vote in the Channelwise Awards, that recognise and salute the cream of our industry. Voting has been extended, and will close at midnight tomorrow (Thursday, 7 March 2019). The annual awards are based on...

Half of PaaS offerings are cloud-only

Nearly half of today’s platform as a service (PaaS) service offerings are cloud-only, according to Gartner. Currently, there are more than 360 vendors across 21 market segments, delivering more than 550 PaaS offerings. Forty-eight percent of these offerings are...

Mobile malware attacks double in 2018

The number of attacks using malicious mobile software nearly doubled in just a year. In 2018 there were 116,5-million attacks, compared to 66,4-million in 2017, with a significant increase in unique users being affected. Despite more devices being attacked, the number...

Economic growth slips to 0,8% in 2018

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on 5 March 2019 that the South African economy expanded by 0,8% during 2018 from a reading of 1,4% in the preceding year. The full-year growth calculation was slightly better than the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)...

How SA is performing in social progress

South Africa has ranked 77th out of 146 countries on the 2018 Social Progress Index (SPI), a multi-indicator index that assesses the social and environmental performance of different countries. The country performed highest in Basic Human Needs categories such as...

Intel releases Thunderbolt 3 protocol

Intel aims to making the innovation delivered with Thunderbolt 3 available to everyone. The company has announced that it contributed the Intel Thunderbolt protocol specification to the USB Promoter Group, enabling other chip makers to build Thunderbolt compatible...