Big data set to grow to $41,5bn

Sep 17, 2014

International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that the big data technology and services market will grow at a 26,4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to $41,5-billion through 2018, or about six times the growth rate of the overall IT market. Although IDC believes...

UCT improves in 2014 university rankings

Sep 17, 2014

The University of Cape Town has maintained its upward trend in the annual Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, moving up four places to 141st place for the 2014/2015 ranking cycle. The university was ranked 145th last year. The rankings were released...

PC sales see SA comeback

Sep 17, 2014

When iPads first came out, they were widely lauded as causing the possible demise of the PC. But it seems that there has been a definite turnaround, says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company. Riley says that when tablets hit the world, they were seen as a...
Connectivity drives competitiveness

Connectivity drives competitiveness

Sep 16, 2014

Kenya leads the pack in terms of growth momentum, according to the new Global Connectivity Index launched by Huawei Enterprise. Kathy Gibson reports from the Huawei Cloud Congress in Shanghai.

Digital transformation now a priority

Sep 16, 2014

At least 70% of business leaders are confident they can transition from a state of digital transformation to digital maturity in just five years. The latest research from Coleman Parkes, commissioned by Ricoh Europe, shows that digital maturity – where an organisation...

Service-driven cloud the future of IT

Sep 16, 2014

Kathy Gibson reports from the Huawei Cloud Congress in Shanghai – The future of ICT is the service-driven distributed cloud data centre. This is according to Yelai Zheng, president of the IT product line at Huawei Technologies, who says this is an extension of...