Growing demand for set-top boxes

The demand for government-subsidised set-top-boxes is up, with a total of 36 042 households registered for these decoders in February, compared to 11 709 registrations captured for January. “It is encouraging to see the growth in demand. The increase in...

UJ prof wins funding for world-leading research

Researcher Professor Qing-Guo Wang from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has been awarded an A-rating by the SA National Research Foundation (NRF) for his research in Control and Automation for Engineering and Financial applications. Prof Wang joined the Institute...

Widespread effects of Amazon storage outage

Some of Amazon’s cloud storage experienced outages yesterday, bringing down some of the world’s biggest websites and services. The breakdown affected storage buckets hosted in the US-East-1 region, and caused outages on sites including Imgur, Medium and...

Cell C unveils new SmartData share plans

Cell C has launched three new promotional products, which will be available from 7 March offering customers and their families unbeatable value. Cell C has enhanced three of its existing SmartData products and combined its Multi-Data Connect service to create the...
Axiz pumps up VMware value

Axiz pumps up VMware value

Axiz Advanced Technologies is investing in its VMware business unit, adding staff and resources to ensure it continues to add value to the software giant’s expanded portfolio. business unit manager Willie Jansen van Rensburg explains that VMware is leading a...

Steady growth forecast for mobility spending

A new update to the Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide mobility revenues to reach $1,57-trillion in 2017, an increase of 2,6% over 2016. Purchases of mobile hardware, software, and services is...