State of the world’s software skills

International Data Corporation (IDC) has issued new estimates for the worldwide software developer and ICT-skilled worker population. Heading into 2014, IDC believes there are 18,5-million software developers in the world, of which 11-million are professional software...

Big data, analytics set to grow in 2014

The CIO focus on business intelligence (BI) and analytics looks set to continue through 2017, according to Gartner. Gartner says that the benefits of fact-based decision-making are clear to business managers in a broad range of disciplines, including: marketing,...

Five innovations that will change our lives

IBM has unveiled the eighth annual “IBM 5 in 5”, a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years. This year’s IBM 5 in 5 explores the idea that everything will learn – driven by a new era of...

LG unveils Curved Ultra HD TV at CES

LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling the world’s first 21:9 aspect ratio Curved Ultra HD TV (Model 105UB9) at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. LG’s newest premium TV is also the company’s very first Curved Ultra HD model. The...

M2M World Alliance promotes machine comms

The M2M World Alliance, comprised of Etisalat, KPN, NTT Docomo, Rogers, SingTel, Telefonica, Telstra and VimpelCom, has officially unveiled its solution which aims to simplify and promote the adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications worldwide. The solution...

SA professionals plan to work over the holidays

Busy professionals in South Africa are so married to their jobs that they will even take them on holiday with them. Latest research from Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces, also reveals that professional men in South Africa are...