Double-digit growth for cloud infrastructure

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 45,5% year over year in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), reaching $12,9-billion. This is according to the Worldwide...

Intel chief quits over employee affair

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned from the chip manufacturer, citing a past relationship with an employee that violates the company’s non-fraternisation policy. According to Intel, Krzanich has a past consensual relationship with an unnamed employee, which...

New high for LCD, panel shipment gap

Despite better-than-expected first-quarter demand for thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) TV sets and TV panels, market players would be well advised to adopt a more conservative outlook in demand growth for the coming quarters, according to IHS...
Is SA falling behind in the platform economy?

Is SA falling behind in the platform economy?

Unless an enabling environment is created, and critical mass attained, South Africa is in danger of falling behind as the world undergoes a fundamental economic shift: the rise of the platform economy. This is one of the conclusions from a whitepaper co-authored by...

5G key for autonomous vehicle connectivity

5G networks may be as much as 10 times more efficient than 4G networks, allowing communications service providers (CSPs) to secure future market opportunities with manufacturers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the fields of driver safety and data processing and...

MTN, Ericsson in 5G driving demo

MTN South Africa and Ericsson have demonstrated fifth generation (5G) wireless technology in a live feed from a car on a skid pan at the Gerotek testing facility in Pretoria. Mounting terminals in a vehicle on a live 5G network trial, using 100MHz of spectrum in the...