Integrated systems set for growth

Worldwide integrated systems revenue is forecast to total $12,3-billion in 2018, an increase of 18,4% from $10,2-billion in 2017, according to Gartner. The hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) segment will experience the strongest growth (55%); whereas integrated...

2017 a record for infrastructure sales

The value of worldwide infrastructure shipments, including servers, storage and networking products, reached a record $142-billion in 2017, up 7% on the previous year. Strong growth in servers was the primary factor. Rising DRAM component costs and increasing demand...
Lorna Hardie takes the reins at VMware

Lorna Hardie takes the reins at VMware

VMware has appointed IT industry veteran Lorna Hardie as its new regional director for sub-Saharan Africa, effective 2 May. Reporting to Henri van der Vaeren, vice-president: South Europe, Middle East & Africa (SEMEA) at VMware, Hardie will be directly responsible...
Flaw turns cameras into surveillance tool

Flaw turns cameras into surveillance tool

Multiple security vulnerabilities have ben discovered in popular smart cameras that are often used as baby monitors, or for internal home and office security surveillance. According to Kaspersky Lab research, the uncovered flaws could allow attackers to obtain remote...

Rise of the digital twins

Forty-eight per cent of organisations that are implementing the Internet of Things (IoT) are already using, or plan to use digital twins in 2018. A recent IoT implementation survey by Gartner also finds that the number of participating organisations (202 respondents...

Mobile gaming takes the lead

Direct spending on mobile games exceeded the combined spending total on home console, PC/Mac, and handheld console games by more than one third in 2017, up from a single-digit margin by the same measure in 2016. Games also generated nearly 80% of total worldwide...