Crypto exchange revenues set to plummet
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European tech leadership needs more innovation financing
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Eskom crisis demonstrates importance of succession planning
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Opportunities for early movers as green-market demand grows
Analysis from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 43% by 2030 to limit global warming to the required 1,5 degrees. A recent report from the IPCC shows that emissions are expected to...
Financial crime prevention software spend to hit $28bn
A new Juniper Research study found that global software spend on financial crime prevention tools will exceed $28,7-billion by 2027, increasing from $22,1-billion in 2023. It predicted this growth of 30% will be driven by cybercriminals' strategies of targeting the...
Steady growth for enterprise applications forecast
According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, worldwide revenue for enterprise applications will grow from $279,6-billion in 2022 to $385,2-billion in 2026 with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8%. Nearly all this growth will come...
Solar and wind power waste the elephant in the green energy room
Although solar and wind power are both sources of so-called "green energy", this does not mean that it has no impact on the environment. "On the contrary, very large amounts of waste need to be disposed of when solar panels and wind turbines reach their end life,"...
Finance app installs increase across Africa
There has been a significant increase in finance app installs across the African continent, as people turn to apps and technology as a way of managing finances, navigating economic uncertainty, and moving towards financial freedom. This is according to a new report...
December slowdown limits channel growth
A poor final few weeks of 2022 led to a below-anticipated Q4 revenue growth of 1,1% for European IT distributors, with value sales driving the quarter, according to Context. Despite strong year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth in October (4,9%) and November (3,8%),...
Continued strong growth in compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...
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Rubrik, NU release scalable fabric for cloud services
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