Gartner says PC shipments were up 1,9%
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60,6-million units in the second quarter of 2024, a 1,9% increase from the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This marks three consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth for the PC market. "The low...
Connected wellness solutions market in rude good health
The global connected health and wellness solutions market will reach $195,26-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 20,3% from 2024 to 2030, says research house Grand View Research. The demand for wearable medical devices and remote patient monitoring systems is...
High-performance computing innovator wins Turing Award
Jack Dongarra, an innovator in computational software development who holds joint appointments at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the 2021 A M Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. The award recognises...
Intel unveils the fastest desktop processor yet
Intel has announced full details and availability for the new 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS, the world's fastest desktop processor. The new chip It delivers up to 5,5 GHz max turbo frequency, in spec with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost and features Intel Adaptive Boost...
Obituary: Denis Smit
Denis Smit, a director of BMI-T and well-known doyen of the IT industry, died yesterday (29 March 2022). Smit was one of the original members of research company BMITechKnowledge, known today as BMIT. BMI was founded in the late 1970s, with BMITechKnowledge Group...
Analogue switch-off deferred to 30 June
The date for television's analogue switch-off date has been deferred from 31 March to 20 June by the High Court. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, minister of communications and digital technologies, has urged e-TV - which brought the challenge to the switch-off - to desist from...
South Africans switch on to digital payments
A massive 90% of South African respondents to a Kaspersky Digital Payment survey reported an increase in their use of e-wallet and mobile banking in 2021. Covid-19 was one of the main factors for that. In particular, online payment services helped 56% of the...
Unemployment reaches record 35,3%
The official unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 2021 was 35,3%, according to Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). The number of employed persons increased by 262 000 to 14,5-million, while the number of unemployed persons also increased by 278 000...
Africa’s biggest NFT collection goes live
Operated by a group of crypto natives and art lovers at global crypto asset manager Invictus Capital, the Invictus NFT Lab's first project aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world -- while remaining...
HSBC, IBM aim to accelerate quantum computing readiness
HSBC and IBM will work together on exploring applications for quantum computing in financial services. The new three-year collaboration is designed to bolster HSBC's expertise in quantum computing and ensure its organisational readiness to take full advantage of the...
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Infor announces Dynamic Science Labs
Infor, a leading provider of business application software, has announced Infor Dynamic Science Labs, a new internal organisation focused on infusing machine-learning and big data analytics into Infor applications, making them fast, smart, scalable and elegant....
Vodacom Business boosts African expansion
Africa continues to attract the interest of businesses abroad and of those here in South Africa, but the continent also presents some unique challenges. With on the ground support in 40 countries across the continent and as Vodafone Global Enterprise’s delivery...
Elliott to grow electronic payments adoption
MasterCard, a technology company in the global payments industry, has appointed Mark Elliott as division president for South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Elliott will oversee the performance, strategic direction and brand development of MasterCard in South Africa....
Airtel, Trace and Akon seek African talent
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has partnered with Trace Music Star and global recording icon Akon to roll out the largest mobile musical competition in Africa. Dubbed Airtel Trace...
Enhancing digital content security
There is a regular parade of stories in the media about companies accidentally losing data, either as a printout or in digital form, says Mark Hiller, GM at Lexmark South Africa. Traditionally, the focus for security is on preventing external threats such as viruses...
Multi-material 3D printers from Stratasys
Stratasys, a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, has introduced the Objet500 Connex1 and Objet500 Connex2 Multi-material 3D Printers featuring the company’s unique triple-jetting technology. Stratasys triple-jetting technology...
Storage is key in surveillance
In today’s market, storage is one of the most important elements in any surveillance system. That’s according to Fredy Issa, business development manager: Digital Security Industry for EMC Gulf, who says that organisations which invest heavily in CCTV and surveillance...
BT announces Glencore contract
BT has announced a contract with Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, to build and manage Glencore’s new global core network across Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The consolidated...
Businesses to prepare for e-commerce surge
Consumers are poised to put more pressure on retailers in the foreseeable future, expecting more in-store technology, a realtime view of stock, consistent prices and offerings –and they are demanding an around the clock service. This is according to Dieter Febel, MD...
SAP drives public sector innovation, agility
SAP Africa kicked off its public sector innovation roadshow in Johannesburg, to highlight how the SAP innovation solutions portfolio including, cloud and big data, supports all levels of government in order to facilitate socio-economic change throughout Africa and how...
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