PC sales trends: Commercial up, consumer weak

Trends that characterised Western European PC distribution during 2018 are continuing in the first weeks of 2019, with good demand from commercial buyers offset by weaker consumer sales, according to the latest distribution data published by research group Context....
Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Huawei unveils slimmest foldable 5G smartphone

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – Huawei has launched a foldable smartphone, the Mate X, making it just the second vendor to offer a commercially-available foldable device. The 5G phone, with its flexible OLED FullView display, is either a...

New role for Cell C’s Dos Santos

Jose Dos Santos will step down as Cell C’s CEO effective 1 March 2019. He will take up a role as a consultant offering strategic advice to the chairman of the Cell C board. In his new role, Dos Santos will be involved in the delivery of Cell C’s strategic intent,...
Flexibility key for multi-cloud approach

Flexibility key for multi-cloud approach

Driven by the need for faster digital transformation, hybrid IT estates have become the norm, with the most successful customers opting for a “right workload for the right cloud platform” approach. But this is also creating new types of complexity, with...

Personalised experiences pay off for retailers

Thirty-five percent of shoppers feel today’s brands do not care enough about personalising their shopping experiences. However, when retailers do invest in personalisation it pays. This is according to a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study conducted by Forrester...

Despite downturn, SA smartphone sales rise 7,2%

The South African smartphone market enjoyed solid growth in 2018, with unit sales rising,7.2% year-on-year to around 13,5-million and value growing 13,2% to just under R35-billion. That’s according to newly released point of sale tracking data from GfK South...