PC shipments tank as memory crunch bites

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4,9% year-over-year in Q2 2026 to 68,2-million units, according to IDC — the first decline after nine consecutive quarters of growth. A persistent memory chip shortage drove the reversal, pushing vendors to pull inventory forward as far as...

AI, cross-border trade reshape e-commerce in SA

AI could soon choose what we buy, sustainability has shifted from nice-to-have to non-negotiable, and second-hand shopping is rapidly becoming mainstream, according to DHL’s E-Commerce Trends Report 2026. Based on survey findings from 29 000 online shoppers and 5 800...

How air transport industry plans to move 10bn passengers a year

It really sounds like a frequent flyer’s dream: Borders cleared in 10 seconds; weather delays cut by 65%; lost luggage down 90%; AI continually driving efficiency. But all this is becoming reality, says the SITA Impact Report 2025, documenting a year of customer-led...

Euclid space telescope marks a milestone in cosmic history

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the most ancient quasars ever found - and two of these giant and dazzling galaxy cores, powered by gargantuan black holes, are the earliest quasars yet observed in cosmic history. They shone with...

Civil unrest, protest activity a top risk in 2025

Businesses have ranked political risks and violence as a top 10 global risk for the past three years, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2025, demonstrating that it has become a key concern for companies of all sizes. According to a new report from Allianz...

University of Edinburgh installs largest CS-3 cluster in Europe

Operated by EPCC, the supercomputing centre at the University and part of the Edinburgh International Data Facility, a new cluster consists of four CS-3s using Cerebras’s latest 3rd generation of Wafer Scale Engine processors – the world’s largest AI chip ever built....

No clarity yet on VMware partners’ status

Broadcom remains tight-lipped on how – or if - South African VMware partners will be affected in its upcoming partner programme shake-up. The company, which acquired VMware on 22 November 2023, sent termination notices to all VMware partners around the world on 22...

Half of tech worker training goes to waste

New research from Skillable reveals that, while tech workers want to learn and organisations are spending thousands of dollars per employee on learning technology, it is not translating into improved on-the-job performance for four out of 10 IT employees. Inadequate...

Semiconductor market set to recover in 2024, with 20% growth

According to IDC’s latest research, with the global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) exploding, coupled with the stabilizing demand for smartphones, personal computers, infrastructure, and resilient growth in automotive; the...

SA makes top 10 for interest in crypto

The pervasive influence of cryptocurrency has continued to captivate nations worldwide in 2023. The advent of digital currencies and blockchain technologies has sparked a surge of interest, prompting countries to explore and embrace the potential of this...

Prolific ransomware groups switch on remote encryption for attacks,

Some of the most prolific and active ransomware groups, including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal abd Black Basta, are deliberately switching on remote encryption for their attacks. In remote encryption attacks, also known as remote ransomware, adversaries...

Top Chinese companies bet big on AI

By 2027, the Top 2000 companies in China will allocate over 50% of their core IT spend on AI initiatives, leading to double-digit increase in rate of product and process innovations. During the IDC FutureScape China event in Beijing, IDC local analysts also revealed...

Enterprise WLAN declined in Q3

The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market declined 5,2% year over year to $2,5-billion in the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23), according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN...

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Tighter data security regulations drive intelligent storage strategies

Data protection is becoming a priority, as governments roll out new data security regulations with eye-watering penalties for non-compliance, some of them up to 4% of annual turnover. By Hayden Sadler, country manager at Infinidat, South Africa These regulations,...

Safer Internet Day: better together

Yesterday was Safer Internet Day - a call for collaboration that comes at a time when corporate privacy scandals, global ransomware epidemics, nation-state attacks and the regrettably fast-expanding cybercriminal world all threaten to tear the internet apart....

Digitalisation boosts productivity in mining sector

Innovation and technology are playing increasingly valuable roles in boosting performance and sustainable efficiency in mines throughout Africa. Schneider Electric, which has been partnering with mining companies for more than four decades, has a dedicated Mining,...

What were the top-selling pre-owned cars in 2018?

OLX has released the top 10 cars sold on its platform in 2018. According to OLX, there were 4,14-million ads listed on OLX in 2018, with cars making up just a little over a quarter of that total. "We looked at the fastest selling, the most wanted and most listed ads...

Key technologies for telecom digital transformation

Enterprises have been undertaking digital transformation for years. However, only recently has the telecom industry started to specifically focus on digital transformation to improve customer experience and increase network automation and agility. By Michael Howard,...

A continuous approach to privileged access management

When we think of insider threats, the image that comes to mind is often that of a disgruntled employees looking to cause damage to an organisation. However, these threats are caused by honest mistakes more often than not, says Byron Davel, product manager at Credence...

Managed service provides hyper-personalised collections

Current debt collections procedures often produce small returns on investment in large call centres, exacerbated by SMS costs, and protracted action plans. "Looking at the collections cascade from probability of contact to probability of payment, right-party-connect...

Integrated HCM empowers businesses to master African tax

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