How security leaders can drive results

The overwhelming demands on security leaders today can have a paralyzing effect. Gartner analysts have provided guidance on how security leaders can be empowered to adapt their people, processes and technologies to address the old and the new; empowered to transform...

Tech improves maths, science in SA schools

In the next decade, 80% of all jobs will require skills in maths, science and technology. In order to keep up with changing times, South Africa needs to invest in methods to drastically improve its current ranking as one of the worst in the world for math and science...

Healthy MEA demand for PCs, but tablets falter

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, declined 5,3% year on year in Q1 2018, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global...

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...