Healthy growth for converged systems

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, worldwide converged systems market revenue increased 9,9% year over year to $3,5-billion during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18). “Data centre infrastructure...
Tiny satellites could track storms

Tiny satellites could track storms

How many times have you stepped outside into a surprise rainstorm without an umbrella and wished that weather forecasts were more accurate? A satellite no bigger than a shoebox may one day help. Small enough to fit inside a backpack, the aptly namedĀ RainCubeĀ (Radar in...

Musk pays fine, leaves Tesla board

Elon Musk will step down from the board of Tesla, the electric car-maker that he founded, and pay a $20-million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is according to a statement issued by the SEC over the weekend, following a fraud charge it laid...

Delving deeper into mismanagement at Eskom

Unisa’s Graduate School of Business Leadership’s (SBL) Professor PMD Rwelamila, a specialist in management systems, offers insight into the failure of Eskom to adopt sound project management strategies that could have circumvented billions of rands wasted...

PC numbers on the rise

The number of PCs sold by Western Europe’s largest distributors increased by 3% year-on-year during the first two months of Q3 2018 while revenues grew by +5%, according to data published by Context. “As in Q2, PC volume growth was driven by the commercial...

Intel addresses new supply constraints

The semiconductor business is thriving, with massive growth in both data centre and PC demand – a situation that has led to supply constraints. Bob Swan, chief financial officer and interim-CEO of Intel CFO and Interim CEO, says in an open letter that the first...