China’s smartphone market rebounds in 2024
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 76,4-million units in 4Q24, a 3,9% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This growth was driven by new product launches and...
WLAN market set to surge in 2025
Wireless LAN (WLAN) revenue is expected to grow 11% in 2025 after the 2024 contraction finally comes to an end, according to Dell’Oro Group, with WiFi 7 adoption shooting up and representing over a third of Indoor AP revenues. “The growth of WiFi 7 shipments has been...
WLAN market hits 11th quarter of YoY growth
Enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues grew 48% YoY in the first quarter of 2023 fueled by high shipment volumes and increasing prices, says Dell'Oro Group, adding that some vendors reported backlogs coming down faster than anticipated. "The enterprise-class WLAN...
Don’t forget to backup … and don’t forget data recovery
As businesses around the world are reminded about the importance of data backup during Backup Awareness Month, storage specialists Arcserve have stressed that recovery can often be the missing part of the successful business continuity equation. Global research...
Sluggish tablet market sees third year of decline
Global spending on all IT devices including PCs, tablets, and mobile phones has slumped by a massive $122-billion in the past two years, falling from $807-billion to an expected $685-billion in 2023. And while smartphone, laptop, and desktop PC sales revenues are set...
Demand for resiliency, automation drive European software growth
The European software market grew by 15% year on year in 2022 despite economic turbulence and global instability. This represented the highest growth in the last 20 years, demonstrating the resiliency of demand for software in the face of major macroeconomic factors....
Renewables, AI, crypto most in-demand investments in SA
Alternative investments are increasingly favoured by South Africans according to the results of the first Jaltech Alternatives Investment Survey. The survey probed the views of 1300 participants including over 200 investment advisors to gain insights into alternative...
Thousands stolen via fake hardware wallet
Cryptocurrency investors often turn to hardware wallets as a secure way to store their digital assets, assuming that they are impenetrable. However, even the most advanced hardware wallets on the market may not be foolproof, and there are still risks associated with...
BETI in May confirms economy is stagnating
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) slipped somewhat in May 2023, showing the third decline in the past four months and confirming the flat growth trend in the economy. "The BETI slipped to an index level of 132,3 in May compared to 132,7 in the...
Business confidence weighed down by load shedding and profitability pressure
The RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined for a fifth consecutive quarter to 27 in the second quarter of 2023 - down by nine points from 36 in the first quarter - marking the lowest level of confidence since 2020, and suggesting that only about a quarter of...
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EM to unveil home-automation tech at Decorex
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XON Gold boosts Huawei’s data centre in SA
XON is now a certified Huawei Gold Partner and Services Partner. The systems integrator (SI) has trained a high percentage of its technicians in the Huawei labs in China for pre-sales, sales and field engineering. "The certifications demonstrate our ongoing commitment...
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Sophos placed in UTM Leaders Quadrant
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Employees cover up cybersecurity incidents
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Arbor Networks further automates DDoS attack mitigation
Arbor Networks has announced a new version of its on-premise, always-on, inline distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection and mitigation platform for enterprise customers, Arbor Networks APS. Arbor APS v5.11 includes new features designed to ease the management...
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WASPA trains teachers in online safety
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A zero-trust approach to cybersecurity
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How IaaS is transforming business
Businesses that haven't invested in IaaS solutions will find themselves struggling to keep up with competitors that have, according to 59% of respondents to a recent Oracle survey. Cherian Varghese, vice-president and MD: Africa at Oracle, unpacks why IaaS adopters...
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Project Manager (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment – Western Cape Cape Town
About our client:Our client is a highly skilled team of software engineers, front-end developers, and UX/UI designers. They specialise in developing elegant solutions for intricate problems. They prioritise creating a dynamic and nurturing environment that empowers...
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