PC sales slump sees shipments slashed by 100m units
Over the past two years, PC shipments plummeted by more than 100-million units, according to research group Stocklytics, which adds that 2023 culminated in a historic low for the industry. Global PC shipments fell from approximately 342-million units in 2021 to around...
Local retailers can expect an uptick in sales
South African retailers should get set for a recovery in retail sales between 2024 and 2026, according to a new report conducted by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) on behalf of fintech, Capital Connect. The report shows that total real retail sales are forecast to...
Applications open for youth leadership award
Global Citizen, with global technology partner Cisco, has announced that applications are open for the fourth annual Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award. Established in 2018, the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award is an annual award that...
Sage to acquire Brightpearl
The Sage Group has agreed to acquire Brightpearl, a cloud native multichannel retail management system for retailers and wholesalers. Sage already has a 17% minority stake in Brightpearl. The acquisition will broaden its value proposition for mid-sized businesses and...
Research funding falls well short of what’s needed to end TB
A new report finds that global funding for tuberculosis (TB) research totaled $915-million in 2020 - less than half the goal of $2-billion set forth by participating country governments at the 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB. The findings by Treatment...
Apple shipments spur META wearables market
According to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) wearable devices market includes posted a year-on-year growth rate of 2% in units and 25,4% in value in Q3 2021. The latest edition of the firm's...
African digital workers will do more to gain opportunities
Digital talent in Africa leads the pack in looking to change jobs in the near future for better career opportunities: 73% will switch roles to advance their careers, compared to 63% globally. Career advancement is the main driver for technology employees to move jobs,...
New risks for managers in 2022
Board members and company executives can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Today's market volatility, with the increased threat of asset bubbles and inflation, the prospect of a growing number of insolvencies due to the pandemic environment,...
Cybercrime peaks over popular shopping seasons
A massive 66% of South African organisations have experienced technology downtime after a cyber security incident, with 85% of those confirming that these incidents happened during their busiest operational periods. This is against the backdrop of nearly half of South...
AfCFTA cause for optimism among African CEOs
African CEOS have expressed optimism about their business and economic growth over the next 12 to 18 months. A new survey of African CEOs from 46 countries conducted by PAFTRAC, the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee, found that found that CEOs...
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Integrating cloud and legacy environments
The past few years have seen a fundamental shift in enterprise computing and technology. Although businesses still rely heavily on their internal data centres for many different functions, cloud now plays a major role in the ways in which data is used, stored and...
Kaspersky plans enterprise market expansion
On 15 April 2014, Kaspersky Lab revealed its vision of enterprise security at the company’s annual CyberSecurity Summit in San Francisco, USA. The event focused on how enterprise IT security realities affected businesses worldwide and featured commentary and panel...
Veeam honours top EMEA partners
Veeam Software has recognised the accomplishments of their top EMEA partners by announcing the winners of the Veeam ProPartner of the Year Awards. The winners will be honoured at Veeam’s 2013 EMEA Partner Awards ceremony, the company’s exclusive two-day event, held in...
Pragma improves asset care pack
Leading physical asset management company, Pragma, has recently launched its improved asset care (AC) pack. The concept of "product packs" is a highlight of the release. The aim with these product packs is a faster development response time in support of consultants...
McAfee offers free Heartbleed Checker tool
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has released a free tool to help consumers easily gauge their susceptibility to the potentially dangerous effects of the Heartbleed bug, a vulnerability in OpenSSL that has placed millions of Internet users’ personal information at...
Samsung launches NFC-enabled printers
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Sophos refreshes appliances with Intel
Sophos has announced a refresh of its network Security Gateway hardware with the availability of the new Sophos SG Series appliances. These high-performance hardware appliances - based on the 4th generation Intel Core processors – deliver up to four times the speed of...
DCC offers new Dell Inspiron notebooks
Take design on the road with the new Dell Inspiron range from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Featuring high quality graphics and visuals, plenty of storage and the latest Intel Core processors, the Inspiron 3737 and 3537 notebooks have enough power to...
Samsung curved UHD TVs now on pre-order
Samsung Electronics South Africa is introducing the world’s first Curved UHD TV to South African consumers, who now have the opportunity to pre-order their television from 11 April 2014 to 11 May 2014. According to Ansgar Pabst, business lead for TV/AV, Samsung...
Manage mobility in the cloud with CA Tech
CA Southern Africa has revealed that CA Technologies has launched the industry’s first, comprehensive Management Cloud for Mobility. This portfolio – delivered as a cloud service - enables enterprises to manage, secure and grow their businesses, increase productivity...
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