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Cisco to cut 7% of staff, integrate products
Cisco Systems aims to cut about 6 000 employees, about 7% of its total workforce. This is the second round of cuts that the tech company will make this year, after 4 000 workers lost their jobs in February. The company yesterday reported fourth quarter and fiscal year...
Global satellite IoT subscriber base to hit 21,2m by 2026
The global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace, according to a new research report from Berg Insight. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global satellite IoT subscriber base grew to surpass 3,9-million in 2021. The number...
Interest in NFTs falls to lowest point ever
Interest in NFTs fell to its lowest point ever at 14 in the fourth week of August, according to data from StockApps.com. This is a stark contrast to the interest in NFTs earlier this year, which reached its peak at 100 in the last week of January. Edith Reads from...
Share of blockchain voting sessions held by business institutions rises
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Low-code development drives greater efficiencies
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Businesses under attack as Dark Web supercharges threat landscape
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Global smartphone shipments set to drop in 2022
According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 6,5% to 1,27-billion units in 2022. The decline is due to record-breaking inflation, geopolitical tensions, and other...
Supply shortages, slow demand drive another African smartphone decline
Smartphone shipments across Africa declined quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q2 2022, continuing a trend that has been ongoing since Q2 2021. The latest Quarterly Global Mobile Phone Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that smartphone shipments to...
Altron appoints Walter Kapp as chief executive
Altron has announced the appointment of Werner Kapp as group chief executive with effect from 1 October 2022. Executive chairman Stewart van Graan, comments: “After a rigorous search and recruitment process by the board, we are very pleased to appoint a...
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Vox Telecom launches Sitebuilder for SMEs
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Kemp offers load balancing as a service
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