Storage needs set to double

Data storage requirements for small and mid-size businesses are predicted to double over the next four years, according to a new Fujitsu study among senior finance professionals in SMEs. There is, however, widespread concern (from 76% of respondents) that high or...

Gates Foundation highlights ‘remarkable progress’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched an inaugural annual report showcasing the remarkable progress that has been made in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades, but issuing a stern warning to the world that future progress is in...

VPN crackdown will hurt China

GlobalWebIndex reports that China’s campaign to crack down on VPNs will seriously disrupt the work of students, entrepreneurs and scientists. China currently has around 100 million regular VPN users, around 14% of its population. VPNs are used to access the...

MEA hardcopy peripherals bounce back

The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) hardcopy peripherals market (HCP) grew 17,4% year on year in Q2 2017 to total 1,19-million units, according to IDC. Much of this growth was spurred by accelerated demand for lower-priced inkjet devices, with the research and...

Cell C slashes OOB data rates

Cell C has tackled two of the major issues faced by data customers and is making some dramatic changes in an attempt to address those challenges. “The way customers consume data has changed and as a business, to remain customer focused, we need to adapt our own...
Kenyan startup shakes up fintech

Kenyan startup shakes up fintech

Kathy Gibson at VMworld in Barcelona — A Kenyan startup is leveraging the cloud to shake up big data, fintech and agritech in its home market and the broader sub-Saharan Africa region. Intelipro is barely two years old and already it touches literally millions...