December slowdown limits channel growth
A poor final few weeks of 2022 led to a below-anticipated Q4 revenue growth of 1,1% for European IT distributors, with value sales driving the quarter, according to Context. Despite strong year-on-year (YoY) revenue growth in October (4,9%) and November (3,8%),...
Continued strong growth in compute, storage cloud infrastructure spend
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments, including dedicated and shared IT environments,...
Take a Girl Child to Work Day workshops go virtual
Cell C has held its first virtual workshops for 2020's Take A Girl Child To Work Day (TAGCTWD) initiative. Last year's theme of #MoreThanADay promoted the concept that one day is not enough to help motivate and inspire school-going girls. Due to its resounding success...
More than 100 000 African health workers have Covid-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the threat posed by Covid-19 to health workers across Africa. More than 10 000 health workers in the 40 countries which have reported on such infections have been infected with Covid-19 so far, a sign of the challenges...
MTN expects higher earnings
MTN has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders to a big increase in earning for the six month ended 30 June 2020. The group expects to report an increase in earnings per share (EPS) of at least 345 cents or 140%, representing EPS of greater than 592 cents...
SA drives Vodacom growth
Vodacom Group has issued a trading update for the quarter ended 30 June 2020. Group service revenue was up 7,6% and Group revenue grew by 5,6%, benefitting from strong growth in South Africa with customer demand increasing during the lock down period. International...
Wozniak takes on YouTube over bitcoin scam
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube for allowing scammers to use his name and picture in bitcoin giveaway scams. According to court papers, videos posted on YouTube claim that Wozniak is hosting a bitcoin promotion that promises to double any bitcoins sent...
Increasing investment in supply chain visibility an imperative for manufacturers
According to the latest IDC Manufacturing Insights Asia/Pacific report Embedding Value Chain Redundancies Versus Upstream Visibility to Drive Resiliency in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Manufacturing, 58% of the organisations indicate that their immediate focus is on...
China launches Mars rover
China launched a Mars probe on Thursday, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, and taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system. A Long March-5 rocket, China's largest launch vehicle, carrying the spacecraft with a...
SA gets first-ever African Development Bank funding for Covid response
The board of directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of approximately R5-billion ($288 million) to the government of South Africa, as the country battles one of the largest Covid-19 caseloads in the world. South Africa confirmed its first case of...
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Better software testing saves costs
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Analyst names CA Technologies cloud leader
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Altech, Huawei partnership pays dividends
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