Poor SA growth mirrors global woes

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut South Africa’s growth outlook to 1,4% in 2014 and 2,3% for 2015 in its October report. This is down from the July set of forecasts (for 1,7% and 2,7% respectively) and below the most recent forecasts of the South African...

Use your vote to improve the channel

ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2014 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for SME and Consumer resellers in the 2014 Channelwise Awards is now...

MTN Nigeria rolls out 100G fibre optic network

Alcatel-Lucent is opening up Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, to the benefits of ultra-broadband connectivity by launching a superfast, 100Gbps fibre optic network with MTN Nigeria. MTN Nigeria, which covers more than almost 90% of Nigeria’s land mass and 86,2%...

Massive growth for file synchronisation and sharing

International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that the file synchronisation and sharing (FSS) market will grow at a 23.1% five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2018 to $2,3-billion. The healthy growth rate through 2018 will continue to be driven by the...

SA needs to step up digital technology innovation

South Africa needs to become the new source of digital technology innovation. That’s the word from Professor Barry Dwolatzky of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE), who will present the keynote address at 2014 Wired Women Conference, talking about...

Comstor gets new chief

Westcon has announced that it has appointed a new director for its local Cisco distribution business, Comstor. Louise Taute, an industry and Westcon stalwart with more than 22 years in the ICT industry, will head up the only Cisco Collaboration Accredited distributor...