No policy changes on the cards, says Lesufi
By Kathy Gibson - The seventh administration has no intention of changing any of the policies set by the previous administration. This is the word from Panyaza Lesufi, premier of Gauteng Province, who says the new government of national unity will not entertain any...
Transition to a circular economy essential for sustainability
As the global community faces mounting environmental challenges, the necessity to transition from a linear to circular economy has never been more critical. The severe stress on the planet due to resource requirements and overflowing landfills demand an immediate...
Worldwide private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure market could hit $8,3bn
New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure revenues will reach $8,3-billion by 2026, a significant increase from revenues of $1,7-billion in 2021. The market is expected to achieve a five-year...
Dormant IPv4 addresses could help mitigate expected network outages
Global internet outages have been increasing since the beginning of the pandemic. And the world's reliance on a stable internet connection will only continue to grow, which has led to gloomy predictions regarding its resiliency due to immense user traffic. However,...
SA IT industry loses a leading light
By Mark Davison - One of the South African IT industry’s most admired and ebullient executives, Jacques Malherbe, chief technology officer of the Axiz group of companies, has died. He was 67-years-old. He suffered a suspected heart attack at his home in Johannesburg...
Shenzhen lockdown could impact tech supply chain
The global technology supply chain could be adversely affected by the latest round of lockdowns in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. The city, home to more than 17-million people, houses the head offices of Huawei and Tencent, as well as the factories that turn out most...
Employers should brace for mass talent exodus
IT workers are more inclined to quit their jobs than employees in other functions, with a 10,2% lower intent to stay than non-IT employees -- the lowest out of all corporate functions, according to a survey by Gartner. Gartner surveyed 18 000 employees globally in Q4...
US consumers think brands should reconsider Russian business
Sixty percent of US consumers believe that brands should reconsider doing business in Russia or partnering with Russian companies in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine, according to Gartner. A Gartner survey of 281 consumers based in the US between 25...
NASA’s NuSTAR makes illuminating discoveries with ‘nuisance’ light
A design quirk in the X-ray observatory has made it possible for astronomers to use previously unwanted light to study even more cosmic objects than before. For almost 10 years, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been...
Wearables deliver double-digit growth
The worldwide wearables market hit a new record high in the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21) as shipments reached 171-million units, up 10,8% from the same quarter last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable...
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Gartner names Check Point as UTM leader
Check Point Software Technologies, a leader in securing the Internet, recently announced that it is again positioned as a Leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM). This is the fourth consecutive year that Check Point has been named...
Seagate ships first 8Tb hard drive
Seagate Technology has announced that it is shipping the world’s first 8Tb hard disk drive. An important step forward in storage, the 8Tb hard disk drive provides scale-out data infrastructures with supersized-capacity, energy-efficiency and the lowest total cost of...
KZN learners provided with ICT training
A total of 25 rural KwaZulu-Natal students – all of them recent school-leavers – have successfully completed NQF Level 4 learnerships in ICT technical support, an invaluable qualification given the current employment crisis. The programme is the result of a...
DHL Express forecast to grow in Africa
Despite a challenging global economic environment, import and export trade volumes for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa remain strong and are forecast to grow. This is according to Charles Brewer, MD for DHL Express sub-Saharan Africa, who adds, “The first half of 2014,...
Stand out with optimised WFM
In a market in which business success hinges on acquiring the right service from the right provider at the right time, competitive advantage means everything. Service providers focused on technology to streamline business management processes believe the area of...
RS, Allied Electronics expand offering
RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics (Allied) have signed an agreement with ROHM Semiconductor that positions RS and Allied as an authorised global distribution partner of the electronic component vendor. RS and Allied hold a sizeable inventory of several hundred...
NetTraveler gets 10th anniversary makeover
In 2014 the actors behind global cyber-espionage campaign Operation NetTraveler celebrate 10 years of activity. Although the earliest samples appeared to have been compiled in 2005, certain indicators point to 2004 as the year when the malicious activity started. For...
Schneider showcases PV Box ST
Schneider Electric will showcase the organisation’s new PV Box ST at the Xperience Efficiency event in Johannesburg on 26 and 27 August 2014. The New PV Box ST is a containerised plug and play conversion system designed for centralised photovoltaic (PV) power plants...
T-Systems honoured by Frost & Sullivan
T-Systems in South Africa has been named Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year in the IT Services Industry for 2014. Each year, this award is presented to the company that has demonstrated the highest level of excellence in terms of growth strategy and...
Use analytics to make informed decisions
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