Samsung takes lion’s share in digital signage

The worldwide digital signage market saw shipments of more than 870 000 units in the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), up 15,9% year over year and an increase of 10% compared to the first quarter of 2018, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
ISPA slams new call termination rates

ISPA slams new call termination rates

The industry silence around the new call termination rates announced by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) indicates that they are still anti-competitive. This is according to Dominic Cull, regulatory advisor to the Internet Service...

Robotics set to become standard in finance

Corporate controllers are set to dramatically increase their adoption of robotic process automation (RPA), according to new research by Gartner. Today, RPA is used by just 19% of controllers, but that number is set to grow to 73% of controllers by 2020. This growth...

Regulating Airbnb encourages anti-competitive behaviour

By Chris Hattingh, researcher at the Free Market Foundation – The Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA) has called on government to regulate Airbnb in South Africa. TBCSA claims that Airbnb is threatening the viability of conventional lodging providers such as...

Massive spending growth for servers

International Data Corporation’s (IDC) EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the second quarter of 2018, the EMEA server market reported a year-on-year (YoY) increase in vendor revenues of 29% to $4,1-billion, with a YoY decline of 3,7% in units shipped to 515 000....

Talent shortage is top risk for business

A shrinking pool of qualified candidates surfaced as a top business risk for global executives in risk, audit, finance and compliance, according to a recent survey by Gartner. In a time of historically low unemployment where the supply of available workers is much...