Marking 20 years of Internet activism

Today (6 June 2016) marks 20 years since five Internet industry representatives – David Frankel, Mark Todes, Jon Oliver, Steve Corkin and Ant Brooks – met at the offices of the The Internet Solution to form the Internet Service Providers’ Association...

Black graduates add to SA’s research pool

The number of science, engineering and technology (SET) doctoral degrees awarded to black graduates in South Africa is slightly overtaking the number awarded to whites graduates; however, they lag behind in business as researchers. This is according the latest annual...

Innovation contest to empower African children

In preparation for the Day of the African Child, Reach for Change Africa has launched an innovation contest that will empower one young African to solve a problem affecting children. The innovation contest will award $500 to a young person with an idea to improve the...

Huge drop in PC shipments in MEA

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a 25,9% year-on-year decline in shipments in the first quarter 2016, according to global technology research and consulting firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Shipments to the region fell for the fourth...

Virtual reality set for massive growth

According to the Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast, 2016-2020, worldwide shipments of Virtual Reality (VR) hardware will skyrocket in 2016. The broader VR ecosystem will benefit from this rapid growth. The shipments of VR devices worldwide are...

Modest growth for Ethernet switches

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $5,48-billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2016 (1Q16), an increase of 1,4% year over year. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market finished at $3,47-billion in...