Smart payment cards show 4% growth

A total of 2,3-billion payment chip cards were shipped globally in 2017, according to top level findings from the 2017 annual review of the smart payments market by the Smart Payment Association (SPA). Following adjustments to accommodate shipment data provided by new...

New vehicle sales on track for 0,75% growth

At the start of the year WesBank predicted new vehicle sales of 0,75% growth for the total industry. Comparing this projection with data released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) for the first half of the year, WesBank...

$100m at stake in hacker crypto-challenge

A global hacker challenge has put up prize money of $100-million in cryptocurrency – if hackers can break the security, they can keep the tokens. Hoyos Integrity is a global secure mobile telecommunications as a service provider. For the Global Hacker Challenge,...

Printers sales through distribution stay flat

Sales of printer hardware through distributors in Western Europe (WE) during early Q2 were flat year-on-year (Y/Y). This improvement follows a steady decline in printer hardware sales over the last four quarters according to the latest distribution data published by...

Lenovo tops supercomputer charts

Lenovo Data Centre Group has become the world’s largest TOP500 supercomputing provider measured by the number of systems ranked on the TOP500 list. With 117 of the 500 most power supercomputers being Lenovo installations, this means almost one out of every four...

Hyundai, Autotalks partner on V2X comms

Hyundai Motor has formed a strategic partnership with Autotalks, a technology company specialising in the manufacturing of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication chipsets. The partnership is through a direct investment that aims to accelerate the development and...