Mar 31, 2017
The number of cellular M2M connections in the retail industry reached 33,7-million worldwide in 2016, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Cellular M2M technology enables devices such as POS terminals, ATMs, digital signs and ticketing machines to be...
Mar 31, 2017
Revenues for big data and business analytics (BDA) in Western Europe will reach $34,1-billion in 2017, an increase of 10,4% over 2016. According to a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Big Data and Analytics Spending Guide from International Data Corporation...
Mar 31, 2017
Akhanani Distributors has been appointed as a distributor for Panasonic’s security solutions in South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). “Akhanani Distributors is the perfect company for us to align ourselves with,” says...
Mar 31, 2017
In a 2015 report titled “Death Of A (B2B) Salesman”, Forrester predicted that 1-million business to business (B2B) sales reps would lose their jobs between 2012 and 2020 – and it looks like this will come true. Two years later, Andy Hoar, the lead...
Mar 31, 2017
Rise, Barclays Africa’s innovation hub in Cape Town, hosted a water hackathon last weekend (24-25 March) to help harness the power of technology, innovation and collaboration in finding solutions to the water crisis in South Africa’s Western Cape province....
Mar 31, 2017
IBM scientists have been granted a patent around a machine learning system that can dynamically shift control of an autonomous vehicle between a human driver and a vehicle control processor in the event of a potential emergency, providing a safety measure that can...
