Marginal increase in mobility revenues

A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from IDC forecasts that European mobility revenues are expected to reach $224,8-billion in 2017, with a marginal increase of 0.1% over 2016. Purchases of mobile hardware, software, and services are...

Entries open for Global Impact Challenge

Singularity University (SingularityU), a US-based benefit corporation whose mission is to educate, inspire and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s greatest challenges, has launched the annual Global Impact Challenge (GIC) for...

Fashionable design to boost wearables

The overall wearables market is expected to return to strong growth after a brief slowdown in 2016 that resulted from delayed launches of major platforms and notable vendors struggling to maintain pace. Looking ahead, new vendors, emerging form factors, and an...

Africa must overhaul its business model

Rethinking the African “business model” to remain relevant in a changing and competitive environment set the tone for the opening of the fifth edition of the Africa CEO Forum. The Forum is a Jeune Afrique Group initiative, organized in partnership with the...

Cyberattacks continue to cost users

A new report from Kaspersky Lab indicates that, on average, a single cybersecurity incident now costs large businesses $861 000, and the average SME $86 500. Most alarmingly, the cost of recovery significantly increases depending on the time of discovery. SMEs tend to...

SA lags in advanced API management

CA Southern Africa has revealed the results of a survey with a view to quantifying the business value of digital transformation and the impact of Application Program Interfaces (APIs). The global research, commissioned by CA Technologies and conducted by Coleman...