Big data investment on the increase
Investment in big data continues to increase in 2015, but not as rapidly as in previous years. More than three-quarters of companies are investing or planning to invest in big data in the next two years, a 3%increase over 2014. This is according to a recent survey of...WFFSA commits to industry engagement
The WiFi Forum of South Africa has already engaged with leading ICT industry associations including the FTTH Council Africa, Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) and Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) on areas of common interest, and plans to up the ante considerably for the remainder of 2015.
Need for speed boosts Ethernet switches
Growth in Ethernet switching continues with worldwide revenue up 9% sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, reaching a total of $5,6-billion, according to IHS. “A rebound in North America and China, coupled with strong uptake of 40GE solutions in data centre...Online video revenue soars in Europe
A new study released by IHS and SpotX has found that revenue across Europe from online video jumped from €22-million in 2012 to €375-million in 2015. IHS forecasts that €2-billion, which is over half of all online video advertising revenue, will be generated...Huawei debuts open cloud fabric
The network has become the bottleneck stifling the ability of cloud computing to scale effectively; but software-defined networking (SDN) could hold the key to unlocking performance and scale. To this end, Huawei has launched its Open Cloud Fabric.