Cloud boom grows Microsoft revenue

Jul 23, 2014

Microsoft has announced revenue of $23,38-billion for the quarter ended 30 June 2014. Gross margin, operating income and diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter were $15,79-billion, $6,48-billion and $0,55 per share, respectively. Microsoft completed the...

iPhone, Mac drive record Apple revenue

Jul 23, 2014

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended 28 June 2014, posting quarterly revenue of $37,4-billion and quarterly net profit of $7,7-billion, or $1,28 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $35,3-billion and net...

SA companies wake up to DevOps need

Jul 23, 2014

According to a new study conducted on behalf of CA Southern Africa, demand for DevOps is rising fast among South African organisations. The study, one of the first in South Africa to focus on DevOps, reveals that although 94% of South African respondents believe there...

Road Buddy aims to cut traffic accidents

Jul 23, 2014

IBM has announced that its entrepreneur programme has helped produce a new vehicle alert system and mobile application called Road Buddy, intended to address the growing need for a more proactive approach to road safety.

Marketers fail to connect content to value

Jul 23, 2014

Most B2B marketers have wised up to the value of content marketing, but many are still early on in the journey from product-focused to relationship-building content marketing. According to the 2014 Forrester Research/Business Marketing Association/Online Marketing...

VMware reports increased revenue for Q2

Jul 23, 2014

VMware has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2014, with revenues at $1,46-billion – an increase of 17% from the second quarter of 2013. Excluding revenues attributable to Pivotal and all divestitures that occurred in 2013, revenues for the...