Black Friday a shot in the arm for local economy
Black Friday sales are forecast to generate an additional R88-billion in November for South Africa’s wholesale, retail, and fuel sectors, according to research from fintech Capital Connect. The study shows that retailers in South Africa will generate R22-billion in...
Crowdfunding market is slowing down
In recent years, the crowdfunding market has been yo-yoing - with the annual growth rate falling by 6% and 4% in 2020 and 2022 respectively, and then rising to an average of 2,5% for the past two years. However, after a steady increase in 2023 and 2024, the entire...
Hardcopy peripherals see modest shipment increase
Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals grew 1,2% year over year to 21,2-million units in the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22). Shipment value increased 7,5% year over year during the quarter to $9.8 billion, according to the latest results from the International Data...
US recession looking certain
Some 51% of business executives say the US economy is either already in recession or will be by the new year, according to the fourth-quarter AICPA & CIMA Economic Outlook Survey. The survey polled chief executive officers, chief financial officers, controllers...
PMI sees November rise
The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose firmly back into expansionary terrain in November. The index rose to 52.6 points, up from 50 in October and an average level of 49.6 recorded in the third quarter. On its own, this suggests that the...
Tobacco taxes could reduce cigarette use
In the context of declining tobacco use at the global level, sub-Saharan Africa is positioned to experience a tobacco epidemic. This is as a result of fast economic and population growth, coupled with intensive marketing efforts by the tobacco industry. Increasing the...
Poorest populations still shut off from online opportunities
The cost of Internet services has inched downward across the globe in 2022, according to Facts and Figures, the annual worldwide overview on the state of digital connectivity from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Internet has become more affordable...
Strong growth expected for AR, VR
Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to reach $13,8-billion this year and grow to $50,9-billion in 2026, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide. The...
How to improve employee misconduct reporting
As chief compliance officers (CCOs) continue to face challenges in restoring employee misconduct reporting to pre-pandemic levels, there are three strategies they should implement to increase confidence in their processes among employees, according to Gartner. "There...
NHS Trusts roll out AI platform
A consortium of 10 National Health Service Trusts -- the publicly funded healthcare system in England -- is now deploying the MONAI-based AIDE platform across four of its hospitals, providing AI-enabled disease-detection tools to healthcare professionals serving...
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Conlog celebrates five decades in business
South African prepayment electricity meter specialist, Conlog, has celebrated 50-years in business. During the last five decades, the Durban-based business, which today is part of Schneider Electric, has founded groundbreaking technology, and made notable...
Incredible Connection launches Click 10X
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Call centres pivotal to day-to-day
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Real IRM launches IT4IT training programme
Enterprise Architecture specialist Real IRM has launched a two-day training programme - aimed at certifying individuals in The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard. This coincides with The Open Group conference in London this week which saw the official...
Why chatbots won’t replace humans
Fear mongering is everywhere, in every industry. And most recently, the contact centre has experienced its own dose of this with the announcement that Facebook will be making use of chatbots via Messenger to deal with customer queries. The concern, of course, is that...
Commvault extends workload portability
Commvault has announced support of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snowball, a secure petabyte-scale data transport solution to migrate large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud. Through its relationship with AWS, Commvault accelerates workload portability and...
Intervate ensures retailers comply with regulations
Local retailers can now ensure compliance with both the Affordability Amendment to National Credit Act (NCA), and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) thanks to a new solution from Intervate, a T-Systems company. As a multi-award winning, Microsoft Gold...
Red Hat powers cloud-scale DevOps
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Clour Suite and Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8, helping to bridge the gap between development and operations teams at the scale of cloud computing. With these products, Red Hat now offers a complete, integrated...
Pocket-sized PC from Asus
Asus has announced VivoStick, a pocket-sized PC that turns any HDMI display or TV into a Windows PC or smart TV for work or play. VivoStick is powered by an Intel Atom processor with 2GB RAM, and has 32GB of onboard storage space. It delivers fast and responsive...
Automated dimensioning boosts productivity
Automated dimensioning and weighing systems provide an efficient, accurate and rapid method of establishing the dimensions, mass and identity of inbound and outbound goods, required in today's fast paced logistics and e-commerce industries. MakeMeMobile, a provider of...
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