Monthly new app releases in Google Play Store plunges
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Medical usage drives strong growth in 3D printing plastics
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Increased chip demand will fuel steady OSAT growth
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Top business priorities for CEOs and CFOs
Growth remains the top strategic business priority for both CFOs and CEOs, according to a survey by Gartner, which says 45% of CEOs ranked growth in their Top 3 strategic priorities (down from 53% in 2022) while 62% of CFOs put it in their Top 3 (up from 59% in 2022)....
Expanded capacity empowers cloud, CDNs and SaaS providers in Africa
A report from research group TeleGeography has unveiled the tremendous opportunities for content delivery networks (CDNs), cloud services, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers in Africa's ever-expanding connectivity landscape. One of the key findings of the...
Campus switch market to exceed $100bn
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Altron set to divest of two operations
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Half of breached organisations unwilling to up security spend
IBM Security's newly-released annual Cost of a Data Breach Report says that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4,45-million in 2023 - an all-time high for the report and a 15% increase over the last three years. Detection and escalation costs jumped 42%...
Business and ethics in the age of AI
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big game-changer in business this year, and enterprises need to ensure they are not left behind in this quickly-changing world. At the same time, vendors and IT resellers need to keep themselves informed and...
CIOs aim for hybrid by design
Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises the world over recognise the need for a hybrid cloud IT model - but too often these environments end up as a hodge-podge of solutions that don't necessarily address the business's core issues. Sandile Dube, country manager of HPE...
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Alternative payment solutions key for economic inclusion
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Utility management in East Africa
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Britehouse aligns brand identity with Dimension Data
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Fujitsu to provide enterprise transformation offering with AWS
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Collaboration key to protecting critical infrastructure
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Keep your business safe over the festive season
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Uber launches 24/7 phone support
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Financial plans should be living documents
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What are lost sales costing your business?
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Retail trends and predictions for 2019
2019 is almost here and, if you're in retail, you're likely wondering what the next 12 months will bring. What must merchants do to win? Will the retail industry prosper and thrive? To help answer these questions, Francesca Nicasio, Retail Expert at Vend, looks at...
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