Lock down the mobile Web this summer
South Africans familiar with securing mobile devices should also secure their mobile Internet access these holidays. That’s the word from ISPA, SA’s official internet Industry Representative Body (IRB), which says the ability of mobile devices to connect to the...
Uber debuts courier bakkie in SA
Uber has launched its Courier Bakkie product offering to drivers and users of the Uber App, effectively rebranding the “Uber Package” product as “Courier”, to better align with the growing range of transportation services. South Africa is Uber’s first global market to...
Biochips market set to hit $25,92bn
The global biochips market size is expected to reach $25,92-billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 12,66% during the forecast period, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The rising requirement for drug discovery and development coupled with the adoption...
Ecobank Group launches 2023 edition of its Fintech Challenge
Ecobank Group is inviting innovative and ambitious African fintech entrepreneurs from across Africa to apply to participate in the sixth edition of its Ecobank Fintech Challenge. Similar to previous editions, the Fintech Challenge offers exceptional prospects for...
Embedded car OEM telematics subscribers exceed 200m
The number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16,1% from 202,3-million subscribers at the end of 2022 to 426,4-million subscribers at the end of 2027. Forecasts from Berg Insight show that...
Technology buyers feel purchase regret almost by default
A survey by Gartner has found that 60% of technology buyers involved in decisions to renew or expand “as-a-service” agreements regret nearly every purchase they make, a 6% increase from 2020. These feelings of regret are largely driven by the challenges of buying...
Threat actors adept at hijacking your downloads
Threat actors are hijacking users’ Chrome browsers if they try to download popular movies or video games from pirating websites, according to the quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report. By isolating threats that have evaded detection tools on PCs, HP Wolf...
Enterprise WLAN growth continues strong
The enterprise segment of the worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market increased 43,3% year over year in the first quarter of 2023 (1Q23) to reach $2,8-billion, according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
Gaming PC market set to hit $129,9bn
The global gaming PC market size is estimated to reach $129,93-billion by 2030, registering an estimated CAGR of 12,9% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The significant growth can be ascribed to the increasing prominence of gaming as...
Cellular IoT module shipments flat, but revenues jump
Annual shipments of cellular IoT modules amounted to 427-million units in 2022, flat from the previous year, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Annual sales grew by 12% and amounted to $5,9-billion in the year. The five largest cellular module...
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Unlock opportunities with data-driven services
While data is an indispensable part of the business environment, many organisations are still not harnessing its potential. Kelly Preston, data analytics manager at SilverBridge, believes that data-driven services will empower insurers to do so, thereby addressing...
Don’t revert to BBEEE fronting to get tenders
Companies should not be compelled to adopt B-BEEE fronting to secure tenders as there are legitimate avenues to achieving the same result. This is according to Arnoux Maré, CEO of Innovative Solutions Group, who says hundreds of tenders are awarded by government...
It’s time to meet digital disruption head-on
Succeeding in a digitised world requires new ways of thinking and a new approach to how you do business, writes Laurent Pieton, director at Contineo Virtual Communications. Digital disruption is the current buzzword in the IT industry, but what does it really mean? It...
Ghana speeds up EMV migration
Gemalto is providing its PURE white-label payment solution to Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of Ghana's central bank that manages the country's interbank payment processing system. Gemalto's technology and consultancy will help...
CSPs could maximise their revenues
The competitive landscape for communications service providers (CSPs) is shifting, writes Peter Sinclair, MD: communications, media and technology business at Accenture in South Africa. With barriers to entry collapsing, a new class of digital competitors is...
Veeam acquires N2WS, adds AWS backup
Veeam Software has acquired N2WS, a provider of cloud-native Enterprise backup and disaster recovery for Amazon Web Services (AWS), in an all-cash deal worth $42,5-million. N2WS is a leader in IaaS data protection, providing a cloud-native backup solution specifically...
Millennials, character and an exponential world
Whether you love them or hate them, millennials will become the leadership that drives our society in the digital age, writes Paige dos Santos; digital transformation lead at SAP Africa. As individuals and as a collective, they will wield power that is unprecedented...
LG wins big at CES
LG Electronics (LG) was honoured with more than 90 awards at CES 2018, led by the Official CES Best TV Product Award for the fourth consecutive year, this time for the new LG AI OLED TV (model C8). LG also earned numerous best-of-show honors for the LG InstaView...
Mobility key to the future enterprise
Thuthuka Mhlongo, digital portfolio manager: digital workplace solutions at T-Systems South Africa, discusses how rapid mobile advances create unprecedented business opportunities for an always-on, real-time enterprise. South Africa now boasts an astonishing...
Get OSS benefits without the risks
Open source software continues its meteoric rise, as more and more large enterprises weave open source code into various areas of their operations, increasingly shunning the big-name, proprietary software vendors, writes Barry de Waal, chief executive of strategy and...
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