Apr 23, 2013
IDC’s preliminary results show that the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market declined 8% sequentially and 13% year-on-year in 2013 Q1 to reach 26,4-million units, coming in lower than IDC’s initial forecasts. China dragged the entire region down, as...
Apr 22, 2013
PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have continued to contract as expected in the first quarter of 2013, as consumers dedicate more of their budget to other devices like tablets, while the commercial segment remains under economic pressure. This...
Apr 22, 2013
Microsoft TechEd, Durban – Although it has only been a couple of months since its launch, Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative is already able to demonstrate some critical successes. Speaking at the closing keynote of the Microsoft TechEd 2013 conference, Louis Otieno,...
Apr 22, 2013
Lindani Dhlamini, CEO of professional services firm SekelaXabiso, examines the problem of unemployment in South Africa. Whenever South Africa’s latest unemployment statistics are released, I’m struck by how easily our very high levels of unemployment could destabilise...
Apr 22, 2013
Data centres around the world are facing more threats than ever before, with the total number of vulnerabilities on the rise, according to the HP 2012 Cyber Security Risk Report. The annual report reveals that disclosures grew 19% from 6 844 in 2011 to 8 137 in 2012,...
Apr 22, 2013
FNB has been voted as the most Innovative Bank in the 2013 Banking Innovation Study Results report. Carried out by the Innovative Agency (Systemic Logic), based in the UK and South Africa, findings were produced on the levels of banking innovations in South Africa....
