YouTube to celebrate 20 years with South Africa
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, YouTube has grown from a simple 19-second video into a platform that allowed over 20-billion videos to be uploaded and now features myriads of videos, music clips, shorts, and podcasts giving voice to diverse content creators and...
Juno mission peeks under the surface of Jupiter and Io
NASA’s Juno mission has gathered new findings after peering below Jupiter’s cloud-covered atmosphere and the surface of its fiery moon, Io. Not only has the data helped develop a new model to better understand the fast-moving jet stream that encircles Jupiter’s...
Software testers embrace AI
A new "Future of Quality Assurance 2023" study by LambdaTest of 1 615 software testing professionals from 70 different countries has shed new light on software testing practices in 2023, including finding that 78% have already adopted AI. 2023 has seen a number of...
Tourism ends 2023 at 90% of pre-Covid levels
International tourism is on track to recover almost 90% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year. According to the latest data from the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), an estimated 975-million tourists travelled internationally between January and September...
Black Friday sales numbers show consumer strain
Although the volume of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales increased over the sales period, data from Ecentric Payment Systems shows that the value of transactions and the timing of purchases made indicates that consumers are carefully shopping around while also...
Party is over for WLAN as revenues dip
Vendors depleted their backlogs of Wireless LAN (WLAN) orders faster than expected, bringing worldwide revenues down 4% year-over-year (Y/Y) in 3Q 2023. Following an unprecedented stretch of revenue expansion, vendors are now reporting flat or declining orders from...
Modest growth for wearables shipments
Worldwide shipments of wearable devices grew 2,6% year over year during the third quarter of 2023 (3Q23) and reached an all-time high for the third quarter of 148,4-million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
ASSAf study shows the way forward for nuclear
South Africa is not making the best use of its considerable nuclear technology resources, and could be a lot more effective if it capitalised on its existing programmes, with better integration and support from the private sector. The Department of Science and...
Cloud set to be a business necessity
By 2028, cloud computing will shift from being a technology disruptor to becoming a necessary component for maintaining business competitiveness, according to Gartner. IT spending on public cloud services continues to rise unabated. In 2024, worldwide end-user...
Global smartphone shipments finally turn the corner
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to see 7,3% year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The improved forecast for the holiday quarter follows...
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SME perks with accounting software solutions
South African entrepreneurs and small business owners are pulled in every direction on a daily basis - needing to lead their business across all departments and switch between roles in operations, sales and finance in a matter of minutes. While support in these areas...
How can I be compliant at a reasonable cost?
While the cost of compliance has escalated due to the ever-changing regulatory landscape, which can often mean a ripple effect of change across the business, there are solutions that enable organisations to reduce these costs. Taking a closer look at what these costs...
Nokia adds Nuage virtualised services
Nokia is introducing the latest release of the Nuage Networks Virtualised Network Services (VNS) platform, offering the most powerful and secure end-to-end network governance across a multi-cloud environment, with complete visibility and control from a single...
Mastercard partners with world’s largest esport
Mastercard has announced a multi-year partnership with Riot Games to become the first global sponsor for League of Legends esports, the largest esport in the world. Esports - a category of competitive gaming watched by an audience - is growing exponentially in South...
Bitdefender adds online crime defences
Bitdefender's new 2019 consumer security product line includes Network Threat Prevention, providing in-depth monitoring of systems, searching for avenues of attack to prevent exploitation of vulnerabilities. Network Threat Prevention also detects, and blocks...
Schneider Electric revamps partner portal
Schneider Electric South Africa has revamped its online portal for IT channel partners to enhance profitability, support, enablement, and overall experience with a focus on providing more efficient and intuitive access to incentives, training and support, product...
Liquid Telecom partners with Zindi
Liquid Telecom has announced a partnership with Zindi to support the rollout of its new data science competition platform across Africa. Zindi was launched last week at the AI Expo Africa in Cape Town, providing a platform for African data scientists to "convene,...
Ericsson wins 5G Enabler of the Year award
Ericsson has been named 5G Enabler of the Year at the Telecoms World Middle East 2018 that took place in Dubai last week. The award is based on Ericsson's position as a consolidated technology leader driving 5G innovation regionally and globally. Ericsson's network...
RubiBlue’s easiPol reaches 6m policies
easiPol, the insurance administration solution from RubiBlue, has officially recorded 6-million policies as of August 2018. The web-based subscription management platform has played a pivotal role in the effective management and control of policies and subscriptions...
Argility buys SkyData Communications
The Argility Technology group has acquired SkyData Communications. Last year the group revealed the finalisation of a partnership deal with SkyData to complement its comprehensive IoT framework that enables local enterprises to integrate, manage and optimise their...
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