Economic conditions weigh on new vehicle sales
New vehicle sales declined 14,2% year-on-year in May as consumers and business played their final waiting card in search of political stability. "While the politics will play out during June, the new vehicle market will hopefully be able to display more positivity...
Homeowners signal cautious optimism
Absa's Homeowners Sentiment Index for the first quarter of 2024 reveals an uplift in confidence in the property market, with overall sentiment among respondents surveyed climbing to 82% as optimism begins to remerge. In the survey of 1 149 respondents, the number of...
Tourism critical for economic recovery in 2022
The important role that tourism will play in the recovery of national economies and global trade has been highlighted in the 2022 edition of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report by the United Nations. Drawing on data from the World Tourism...
New grant opportunity for African entrepreneurs
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses under five years, are encouraged to apply now for $5 000 seed capital, mentorship, business...
Watch the Falcon 9 launch
On Thursday (January 13) at 10:25 a.m. EST, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-3, SpaceX’s third dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the tenth launch and landing of this...
SA workers communicate better when they work remotely
Most South African employees (73%) don't feel isolated while working remotely - in fact, a massive 44% of remote workers manage to communicate even better with their colleagues this way. However, while the extensive use of non-corporate communication services enables...
Digital tools key for frontline workers
Technology can help to unlock a new future for frontline workers, according to a Work Trend Index Special Report released by Microsoft. The 2-billion frontline workers worldwide represent 80% of the global workforce, with 88% of organisations employing people in...
IDC says PC growth streak unabated
Worldwide shipments of Traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) reached 92,7- million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), marking 1% growth over the same quarter in 2020, according to preliminary results from the International Data...
SA users take to cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency adoption is on the rise in South Africa, according to Finder.com's latest Cryptocurrency Adoption Index. The study shows that 11% of South African adult Internet users, or an estimated 4,5-million people, owned cryptocurrency in the December survey, up...
What the future holds for our lifestyles
The year that has passed brought us closer to home than we've ever been. As we learned and felt the different speeds and volumes of change, we understood the fast rate we're moving towards the future, and the different feelings tied to it. So, what do these mean for...
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DCC wins at APC MEA awards
Earlier this month, distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) won the Enterprise Solutions Distributor of the Year 2013 award at APC by Schneider Electric’s Middle East and Africa (MEA) Partner Conference, held in Athens, Greece from 4 to 6 May 2014. This award...
Econz Wireless, Hisense in partnership
Econz Wireless and Hisense Mobile have announced their partnership to deliver the full suite of Econz mobile time and attendance management solutions on the Hisense range of Android smartphones. Harry Lane, vice-president of Global Channel Sales at Econz says; “We...
Epicor offers support for SQL Server 2014
Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organisations, announced its support for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 in its new Epicor ERP version 10 release introduced here today at the...
English proficiency boosts SA call centres
Major companies are increasingly looking to outsource their call centres to South Africa, with the country’s English premium voice quality being highlighted as one of the major drawing cards. This is according to Andrew van Niekerk, a director of Teleforge...
POPI Act brings burden to businesses
There could be serious operational, financial and legal implications for businesses that actively outsource a large proportion of their operations to third party service providers, particularly some critical business activities once the new Protection of Personal...
McAfee announces Mobile Security update
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has announced the latest version of McAfee Mobile Security that now enables consumers to instantly run free privacy and security scans. These scans allow users to identify apps that are over sharing personal information. It also scans...
Oblivious users under threat of attack
Mobile devices and tablets are no longer used solely for communication, with social media and the development of applications that can do almost anything you can think of, these devices are being used for work, play and everything in between, says Gregory Anderson,...
SDS impacts data protection
Software-defined storage (SDS) is the new buzz phrase in the cloud world and as usual, vendor after vendor is jumping on it. In the case of storage, you have system vendors on one side looking to defend their proprietary stance whilst newer, software-only companies...
DCC expands Huawei telepresence offerings
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is expanding its Huawei product portfolio with the addition of a range of video conferencing (VC) and telepresence solutions for all sizes of business. These products will augment the existing Huawei products available from...
Canon, Volkswagen in global MPS partnership
Canon has announced that the company has signed a global service agreement with German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen AG for the provision of multi-function office systems and solutions. Over the next few years, Canon will serve as a global partner to Volkswagen,...
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