PC sales through distribution return to growth
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Duxbury reaches 40-year milestone
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Big growth for end user spend via carrier billing
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Airport digitalisation could boost African economic recovery
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AI-generated endangered species mingle with the nightlife in Times Square
Bengal tigers, red pandas and mountain gorillas are among the world’s most familiar endangered species, but tens of thousands of others — like the Karpathos frog, the Perote deer mouse or the Mekong giant catfish — are largely unknown. Typically perceived as lacking...
Metaverse could add $3trn to global GDP
The metaverse has the potential to add an estimated $3-trillion to the global economy in a decade if adoption and growth are similar to mobile technology. Estimates are that the metaverse could add $40-billion in sub-Saharan Africa alone - a 1,8% contribution to...
Ransomware victims say they would pay up if hit again
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Food price inflation could hit Africa the hardest
Higher international food prices will have a more aggressive impact on African CPI readings than those in advanced economies. According to Oxford Economics Africa, this is due to heavier weightings of foodstuffs in CPI baskets. But the impact will extend far beyond...
IBM in strategic collaboration with AWS
IBM has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalogue as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on AWS. Building on IBM Software being available as-a-Service (aaS) on IBM Cloud, this...
Total private investment in AI more than doubled in 2021
A moneytransfers.com analysis of the sector places private investment in AI in 2021 at $93,5-billion - more than double what it was in 2020. The total amount of funding raised by venture capitalists (VCs) for AI startups has increased significantly since 2017....
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XON scoops top Juniper Networks award
XON has scooped Juniper Networks’ top award for South African partners for the second year running at the recent award ceremony in Dubai. XON is a value-added reseller of the Juniper Networks telecommunications and networking infrastructure throughout Africa and has...
SWIFT extends Sanctions Screening
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Thermal imaging cameras for surveillance
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DCC offers Kingsons bag range
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Five hot tech trends for 2015
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Video surveillance trends for 2015
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Schneider Electric wins brand award
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Make 2015 the year of resilience
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Is your IT environment enabling users?
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Hisense releases curved ULED2 TV
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Mid Software Developer at Accenture
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