Hybrid cloud leads as interoperability, mobile drive decision

Hybrid cloud is set to take off, with most companies citing it as the ideal IT model. This is one of the findings from Nutanix’s first annual global Enterprise Cloud Index, which measures enterprise plans for adopting private, hybrid and public clouds. The new...

Black Friday alert: Beware Trojans

As the big annual holiday shopping season gets underway, new Kaspersky Lab research shows that banking Trojans are actively targeting online users of popular consumer brands, stealing credentials and other information through these sites. The company detected...

SA’s illegal alcohol headache

The South African economy suffered a fiscal loss of R6,4-billion in 2017 due to illicit alcohol activities which generates annual revenue of R12,9-billion and goes unregulated. In addition, cheaper, therefore more accessible, illegal alcohol products encourage binge...

Smartphones to spur foldable panel growth

Spurred on by growing demand for innovative user experience in smartphones, shipments of foldable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels are expected to reach 50-million units by 2025 for the first time since their launch in 2018, according to IHS...

Cool, committed, in charge – SA’s dads

Today’s South African dad is different from dads of the past. Better educated and with more earning power than his grandfather or even his father, he is carving out a new social standing and position in the family. This is according to Rachel Thompson, insights...

Smart meters reach record levels

Yearly shipments of smart energy meters in Europe will reach a record level of 31,3-million units in 2018, according to IoT analysts Berg Insight. Smart electricity meter shipments grew 16% compared to the previous year to 22,2-million units. At the same time, smart...