Improve retail insights with realtime integration

It’s possible for retail technology buyers to make a business case or improve a current business case for technology to support an omni-channel loyalty and promotional customer strategy.A new IDC Retail Insights study, Best Practices: Omni-Channel Loyalty and...

SA urged to spend broadband budget wisely

South Africa’s Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) has urged government to build a monument to the future by tripling its proposed R1,1-billion broadband investment, while also providing roll-out specifics. Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene allocated...
White dwarf shreds planet

White dwarf shreds planet

The destruction of a planet may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a team of astronomers has found evidence that this may have happened in an ancient cluster of stars at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. Using several telescopes, including NASA’s Chandra...

Graduate verification service debuts in SA

A South African private higher education institution has, in a first for the country, launched an electronic verification system to accompany its degrees. In addition to making educational information of students easily accessible, the development will also help to...

Information sharing to combat cybercrime

IBM is making its vast library of security intelligence data available via the IBM X-Force Exchange, a new cyber-threat intelligence sharing platform powered by IBM Cloud. This collaborative platform provides access to volumes of actionable IBM and third-party threat...

PC shipments in EMEA decline

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) reached 20,2-million units in the first quarter of 2015 – a 7,7% decrease year-on-year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). After a strong 2014, the market returned to a decline as...