SMMEs key to SA job creation

Kathy Gibson reports from Sandton – Who is creating the new jobs that are so desperately needed in South Africa? It turns out that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are great job creators, says Paul Smith, CEO of small business research consultancy Igniter. A...

New player enters SA PC market

One of the MEA region’s fastest growing PC companies, I-Life Digital Technology, has entered the local market with the signing of an agreement with major retail group JD Group. After cementing its leadership in the Ultra Slim notebooks, 2 in 1 Detachable Tablets...

Teraco smooths the way for Amazon

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect is now live in South Africa and located at Africa’s only vendor neutral data centre, Teraco. AWS Direct Connect enables clients to directly connect to their AWS resources in an AWS region. The service is accessible via a...

Tech to the rescue in compliance

The business risk landscape continues to evolve and has challenged the compliance and ethics efforts of organisations worldwide. PwC’s 2018 State of Compliance Study shows how leading compliance and ethics organisations are prioritising cultural impact and...

Businesses collect more data than they can handle

At least two in three companies (65%) are unable to analyse all the data they collect – and only half (54%) of companies know where all of their sensitive data is stored. Compounding this uncertainty, more than two thirds of organizations (68%) admit they...

Higher PC prices to drive shipments down

Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — are on pace to record 0,9% growth to reach 2,28-billion units in 2018, according to Gartner. The PC and tablet market is estimated to decline 1,2% in 2018, while the mobile phone market is...