Nov 1, 2018
Last week’s Investment Summit sought to kick-start the activity necessary to grow South Africa’s economy. Gavin Reardon, founder and general partner of Kingson Capital, attended the event. These are his top take-outs, from a venture capital (VC)...
Oct 31, 2018
In a move destined to shake up the local IT channel, Partner Tech Corporation – a subsidiary of $25-billion conglomerate and Taiwanese-listed Qisda Group – has bought specialist ICT Distributor Corex. Although financial details of the transaction have not...
Oct 31, 2018
Tech support scams affected 71% of South African consumers in 2018, down seven points from figures in 2016, according to global research from Microsoft. The Web based survey of 16 048 adult Internet users in 16 countries (1 000 per country), sampled an equal number of...
Oct 31, 2018
Global retail sector technology spending will grow 3,6% to reach almost $203,6-billion in 2019, with similar growth rates for the next two years, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Customer expectations and competition are forcing retailers to evolve and...
Oct 31, 2018
Organisations that do not embrace modern business automation will flounder and struggle to survive. This is among the findings of a CA-sponsored study, “The State of Automation”, by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). The global state of automation...
Oct 31, 2018
Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, and the Centre for Proteomic & Genomic Research (CPGR) have embarked on a joint project bringing together the intelligent cloud and genomics research to create a scalable, cost-effective technology platform to power...
