Forecast for PCs, tablets lower as tariffs, sentiment bite
In the wake of US tariffs on China as well as a weakening market sentiment, mostly in the consumer space, IDC has reduced its traditional PC forecast in 2025 and beyond. Global PC volume is now expected to reach 273-million in 2025, still growing +3,7% over the prior...
GSMA launches Open-Telco LLM Benchmarks
The GSMA Foundry has launched GSMA Open-Telco LLM Benchmarks, an open-source community aimed at improving the performance of large language models (LLMs) for telecom-specific applications. The community provides an industry-first framework for evaluating artificial...
Watsonx generative AI accelerates mainframe app modernisation
IBM has announced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product that will help enable faster translation of Cobol to Java on IBM Z and enhances developer productivity on the platform. This product will be generally available in Q4 2023, and is...
Financial inclusivity drives QR code payment growth
The volume of QR code payments in the leading southeast Asian market will increase from 13-billion in 2023 to 90-billion in 2028, according to a new study from Juniper Research. High growth in Southeast Asia and other developing markets is largely down to financial...
Tobacco sales ban failed to encourage smokers to quit
The 20-week sales ban on tobacco products introduced by the South African government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic did not have the intended objective of encouraging large-scale smoking cessation, a study has found. The paper, published in Tobacco Induced...
Global IPO activity still on a decline
Last year saw a dramatic slowdown in global IPO activity, with the total value of deals plummeting by 72% to $171,2-billion. However, 2023 doesn’t look much better as high inflation, rising interest rates, and the gloomy economic outlook continue to make fundraising...
Workplace equality key to ending gender-based violence
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but critical for reducing gender-based violence (GBV) and promoting sustainable economic growth. This is the key finding from a new study by KPMG South Africa in partnership with the Shared Value Africa Initiative...
Cyber incidents drive shareholder value down
A major cyber incident resulted in a 9% decrease in shareholder value - over and above the market - in the year following an event. This is the headline finding from Aon's 2023 Cyber Resilience Report, which helps business leaders benchmark their organisation's cyber...
What Americans know about AI, security and big tech
While digital literacy is widely seen as an essential skill, Americans' understanding of digital topics varies notably depending on the subject, according to a new report from Pew Research Centre. The report finds that Americans answer a median of five out of nine...
Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon
Russia's first moon mission in 47 years has failed, after its Luna-25 spacecraft spun out of control and smashed into moon. The state space corporation Roscosmos, said on Sunday (August 20), that it had lost contact with the craft shortly after a problem occurred...
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Acer introduces Synergy Partner Portal
Acer Africa has introduced Synergy, a bespoke rewards based program which will assist its partners to reach its internal and sales goals. The objective of Synergy is to motivate resellers to reach certain targets every quarter and offering tools like incentives and...
Big value in small business data
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Top global payroll trends for 2018
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Better deployment with HyperPod
Schneider Electric has released HyperPod, a rack-ready system designed to deploy IT in increments of eight to 12 racks, addressing the demand for greater computer capacity and flexible data centre architectures. Part of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure for Data Center...
Chatbots to be the differentiator
As South African customers increasingly avoid call centres and emails in favour of using more immediate digital communication channels, local companies - especially in the retail and services sector - will need to look toward intelligent chatbots to set them apart...
SRIC migrates to new platform
The Swaziland Royal Insurance Corporation (SRIC) has chosen to migrate to SSP's digital insurance platform, SSP Pure Insurance. SRIC wanted a platform with the digital capabilities necessary to maintain its position as the largest insurer in Swaziland. SSP Pure...
Sophos in Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant
Gartner has positioned Sophos as a Leader in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Sophos has been positioned as a Leader in all 10 of these reports since they were first published in 2007. In the report, Gartner states that the definition of an...
Avaya extends UC offerings
Avaya has announced that more end users can realise the benefits of true unified communications, now enabled by compelling enhancements to its signature user experience, Avaya Equinox. Already known for creating seamless communication experiences across applications,...
New Gautrain website, mobile app
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi launched the new Gautrain website and mobile application at the Technology Innovation Conference 2018 held at Gallagher Conference Centre this week. The new website and mobile application are user-friendly interfaces on...
New OfficeJet Pro 7720 debuts
HP's next generation wide-format, all-in-one printer, the OfficeJet Pro 7720 is now available to the channel from official HP distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Optimised for SOHO and SMBs environments, the OfficeJet Pro 7720 offers a seamless experience...
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