Used smartphone shipments still flourishing
More than 195-million used smartphones - including officially refurbished and used smartphones - were shipped into the market in 2023, an increase of 6,4% compared to 2022. The value of these shipments was $72,9-billion, up 12,4% year over year, according to data from...
Three-quarters of cars shipped with embedded telematics
The number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14,6% from 239,7-million subscribers at the end of 2023 to 473,8-million subscribers by 2028, according to research from Berg Insight. Shipments of...
Businesses are still introducing security risk into cloud environments
While cloud computing and its many forms (private, public, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments) have become ubiquitous with innovation and growth over the past decade, cybercriminals have closely watched the migration and introduced innovations of their own to...
Compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend on upward trajectory
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments, increased 22,4% year over year in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) to $22,6-billion. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Automation is on the corporate agenda
A massive 85% of infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders that do not currently have any full automation expect to become more automated in the next two to three years. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 70% of organisations will implement structured automation to...
Your personal data could go for less than the price of a Big Mac
Cybercriminals sell users' data on the dark web for dirt-cheap prices - often less than the price of a Big Mac in the US. For instance, a batch of American mobile phone numbers costs $4.50, US payment card data can be bought for around $5.80, and the Twitter login for...
Mobility as a service could save users $10,8bn in fuel
A new study from Juniper Research found MaaS (mobility as a service) will generate fuel cost savings of $10,8-billion by 2027 globally; increasing from $2,8-billion in 2022 - a growth of 282%. The research anticipates these savings will be achieved by MaaS' ability to...
Joburg teens shine in global AI contest
Three teenage girls from Johannesburg have competed against thousands of others in a global artificial intelligence (AI) programming festival and have won the event's country recognition category, each earning $500 (about R9 000) and a certificate of global...
Fintech, edtech dominate SA venture capital investments
Growth in South Africa's venture capital (VC) industry remains robust - with early-stage fund managers investing R1,31-billion into 121 entities through 186 investment rounds. This is according to the 2022 Southern African Venture Capital Association (SAVCA) Venture...
Telkom, MTN still in acquisition talks
Telkom has renewed the cautionary announcement issued on 22 August and relating to Discussions between Telkom and MTN. MTN is proposing to acquire MTN of the entire issued share capital of Telkom in return for shares or a combination of cash and shares in MTN. The MTN...
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Is construction in the cloud Africa’s answer?
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Predictive maintenance reduces costs, improves uptime
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Self-service can help to improve ITSM efficiency
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Standard Bank expands in Africa
Standard Bank Group has expanded its already extensive East African footprint with the official opening of a representative office in Ethiopia. This means that Standard Bank, which is Africa's largest bank by assets, has a continent-wide footprint in 20 African...
Ericsson, E.On, ABB work on smart energy
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Huawei enhances energy efficiency
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