Decline for entry-level storage shipments

Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined -13,4% year over year to 16,7-million units in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), but were up 10,3% compared to the previous quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

New leaders needed for digital business

Kathy Gibson reports from Oracle Cloud Day in Bryanston – A new type of leader, and a new leadership model, is needed for digital businesses. Abbie Lundberg, president of Lundberg Media and contributing editor of the Harvard Business Review, defines digital...
The nature of dark matter

The nature of dark matter

The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, or...

Nigeria tops Most Influential Africans list

A majority of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2015 are from Nigeria, with South Africa following a close second. The annual 100 Most Influential Africans of 2015 presents the continent’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game...

SA’s fibre land grab intensifies

Fibre to the home (FTTH) could reach more than 360 000 active subscriptions in South Africa by 2019, with the majority of the growth coming from subscribers in residential suburbs,  where much of the recent action has been focused. This is according to a new report...

Watson predicts festive season favourites

IBM’s Watson Trend App is a new way for shoppers to understand the reasons behind the top trends of the holiday season and also predict the hottest products before they sell out. The app is available via a free download at the Apple App Store. The IBM Watson...