Positive growth quarter for EMC

EMC has reported quarterly financial results that were highlighted by year-over-year revenue growth for EMC’s Information Infrastructure business, and accelerated year-over-year revenue growth for VMware and Pivotal. Third-quarter consolidated revenue was...
SAP on track for $1bn in Africa

SAP on track for $1bn in Africa

Enterprise software giant SAP is well on track to achieve its goal of $1-billion in revenue in Africa by 2016. Although yesterday’s quarterly results showed global double-digit growth for the company – the 13th consecutive quarter to do so – Africa led the charge with...

Manuel throws down gauntlet to IT

Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town – The State IT Agency (SITA) and the industry as a whole have been challenged to develop strategies and services that will allow IT to empower South Africans across the board, Trevor Manuel, Minister in the...

SITA calls for IT, government partnership

Kathy Gibson reports from GovTech in Cape Town – Government and industry must join forces and work together to achieve the goals of a capable and developmental state. This is the word from Jerry Vilakazi, chairman of the SITA board, addressing GovTech delegates...

Samsung brings BBM to sub-Saharan Africa

Samsung has confirmed that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available to Samsung smartphone users in sub-Saharan Africa. This comes days ahead of the official rollout to other branded Android devices. The offer is valid until 20:00 on 24 October 2013. “The...

Slower growth for mobile devices

Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2,32-billion units in 2013, a 4,5% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. The market is being driven by a shift to lower-priced devices in nearly all device categories....