SA mining looks to be in good shape

The world’s 40 largest mining companies have delivered an impressive financial performance in 2017, increasing revenue by 23% to $600-billion, according to PwC’s ‘Mine 2018’ report, which was released on the sidelines of the Junior Mining...

Improved switch market bodes well for year ahead

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6,29-billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), a healthy increase of 10.9% year over year, while routers saw $3,31-billion in revenue in 1Q18, a 1,4% decrease. These rates are according to...

Huge increase for enterprise storage sales

The total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 34,4% year over year during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18) to $13-billion, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker. Total...

Out of home video viewing on the rise

More than half of internet users surveyed in the US, UK, Brazil, Japan and Germany watched video content out of their homes at least once a month, according to consumer surveys conducted in the first quarter of 2018 by business information provider IHS Markit. Of...
Millennials wary of business, unprepared for Industry 4.0

Millennials wary of business, unprepared for Industry 4.0

Millennials and Gen Z are sounding the alarm for businesses to step up their efforts to make a positive impact on the broader world. This is the word from Deloitte’s seventh annual Millennial Survey. Deloitte’s past two surveys suggested millennials felt...

Limited benefit so far from Industry 4.0 …

Manufacturers are yet to use Industry 4.0 operating principles such as interoperability, transparency and decentralisation to get closer to customers, suppliers and distributors, according to a new Oracle study. The survey of 700 business leaders from manufacturing...