Aug 1, 2018
South African micro-businesses spend around 20 times more of their available hours on tax-related accounting than medium-sized companies, and around four times more of their available hours than small companies. An economic report from Sage highlights the impact of...
Aug 1, 2018
The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 29,5% in 2017 to total $23,5-billion, up from $18,2-billion in 2016, according to Gartner. Amazon was the top vendor in the IaaS market in 2017, followed by Microsoft, Alibaba, Google and IBM. “The top...
Aug 1, 2018
Businesses are most concerned about losing customer trust in the event of an Internet of Things (IoT) related cyber attack – but they remain unprepared for such an attack. A Trend Micro indicates major discrepancy between the investment in IoT systems and the...
Aug 1, 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed his government to support a change to the constitution that will open the way for land expropriation without compensation (EWC). At the same time, he announced a new economic stimulus package. At the conclusion of a two-day...
Aug 1, 2018
South Africans are the first consumers in Africa to get access to Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay allows users to make secure, simple mobile payments, almost anywhere, when purchasing goods at any store, simply tapping their compatible Samsung Galaxy phone on a payment...
Aug 1, 2018
Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342-million units during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), resulting in a 1,8% decline when compared to the 348,2-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2017. The drop marks the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year...
