Time to seize the African opportunity

Sep 10, 2014

Kathy Gibson reports from Gartner Symposium – Digital business is as relevant in Africa as anywhere. Rene Jacobs, MD of Gartner Africa, says that digital business ushering an unprecedented convergence of people, business and technology creating new revenue...
Apple enters the wearables fray

Apple enters the wearables fray

Sep 10, 2014

Apple has unveiled a wearable device, the Apple Watch, which features new technologies, and a user interface and design that honours watchmaking traditions. The device will enable you to communicate in new ways right from your wrist by sending and receiving messages, answering calls to your iPhone and monitoring something as personal as your own heartbeat.

Intel extends technology reach

Sep 10, 2014

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich kicked off Intel’s annual technical conference with a broad set of computing initiatives and projects showing how the company is moving quickly to enable new market segments where everything is smart and connected. Krzanich and other...

Urban planners don’t see a role for IT

Sep 10, 2014

Only 20% of urban designers believe that IT is having a significant positive impact on the well-being and happiness of people living in cities around the world. That is the headline of research into the impact of IT on cities and towns by global architecture, urbanism...

Cloud computing to boom in SA, Kenya

Sep 10, 2014

South Africa and Kenya have seen rapid development in cloud computing services on the back of expanding bandwidth capacities, following the landing of undersea cables. Enterprises are steadily embracing outsourcing and managed services for various business and...

Mimecast moves into Middle East, Africa

Sep 10, 2014

Overall IT spending in Africa is expected to total $33,4-billion over the next five years. With this fuelling its trajectory through the continent, Mimecast has partnered with Grove Group to launch Mimecast’s unified information management services into Africa and the...