CIOs find it hard to keep the cloud safe

The trust and perception of public cloud services continues to improve year over year, with most organisations viewing cloud services as or more secure than private clouds, and more likely to deliver lower costs of ownership and overall data visibility. Those who...

Cloud services market still booming

The worldwide cloud infrastructure services market grew 49% annually, reaching $10,3-billion in Q4 2016. AWS continued to dominate with a 33,8% global market share, while its three nearest competitors – Microsoft, Google and IBM – together accounted for...

Oracle’s schools turns 10, celebrates excellence

The Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School celebrated its 10th anniversary, with more than 1 400 students having matriculated with an average pass rate of 88% and a total of 66 distinctions garnered in 2016. “The success of Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School is a...

Re-use farm waste for sustainable agriculture

One of the biggest obstacles to sustainable agriculture in South Africa today, is the large amount of organic waste produced by farms. Re-using this carbon- and nutrient-rich waste to benefit plants and animals instead of polluting rivers, could contribute to efforts...

Apple Watch sets new shipment record

Apple set a new quarterly shipment record in Q4 2016, contributing to total smartwatch shipments exceeding 9-million units. This global market figure was largely driven by Apple’s 6-million shipments, representing year-on-year growth of 12%. It was the Apple...
Tax predictions for Budget 2017

Tax predictions for Budget 2017

Since 2009, National Treasury has embarked on fiscal expansion to enhance the public sector’s infrastructure programme and support future economic capacity in South Africa. However, anaemic global economic growth over the last nine years has left the...