Max Planck commits to MeerKAT funding

South Africa’s National Research Foundation and the Max Planck Society last week signed a collaboration agreement in respect of the MeerKAT radio telescope, a precursor of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA project is an international enterprise to build...

China set to dominate flat panel manufacture

While conventional thin film transistor liquid crystal (TFT LCD) displays are rapidly trending towards commoditisation and currently suffering from declining prices and margins, China is quickly adding capacity in all flat-panel display (FPD) manufacturing segments....

Massive decline for East African PC sales

The East Africa PC market – comprising Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia – suffered a year-on-year decline of 24,8% in Q3 2015, with shipments slipping to 108 088 units, according to the latest figures released by global research and consulting firm...

Companies not sure of protection

More than one-third (36%) of global organisations still lack confidence in their ability to detect sophisticated cyber-attacks, according to the annual EY’s Global Information Security Survey 2015, “Creating trust in the digital world”. The survey of...

Pay rises of 6,9% expected in 2016

Companies in the South Africa are forecasting 6,9% pay rises for staff in 2016, according to the latest Salary Trends survey by ECA International. However, once inflation is taken into account “real” salaries will rise by only 1% on average next year. This...

Stalwart partners scoop HP awards

Three of HP’s most dedicated partner companies – First Technology, Datacentrix and Aptronics – saw their years of loyalty rewarded as they took home the lion’s share of partner awards available.