Hubble hunts visible light sources of X-rays
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf galaxy IC 776. This swirling collection of new and old stars is located in the constellation Virgo, in the Virgo galaxy cluster, 100-million light-years from Earth. Although IC 776 is a dwarf galaxy, it's...
Tablet shipments show signs of recovery
After more than two years of decline, worldwide tablet shipments posted modest year-over-year growth of 0,5% in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24), totaling 30,8-million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
EMEA PC market grows despite lower consumer spend, supply issues
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market, (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) grew 12,7% YoY in 2021Q3, for a total of 24,4-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). A strong commercial performance throughout the...
Global Innovation Forum supports entrepreneurship
The 2021 edition of the Global Innovation Forum, held by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) from 25 to 29 October, focused on "building partnerships to mainstream entrepreneurship" and named the winners of the 2021 ITU Innovation Challenges. The forum...
Companies failing to act on ESG issues risk losing investors
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors increasingly drive investment strategies, and new research from PwC finds ESG has now become a make-or-break consideration for leading investors globally. Almost half of investors surveyed, 49%, express willingness to...
New vehicle sales slower but strong
Stock shortages continued to thwart South Africa's new vehicle market during October. However, the market continued to show a robust performance, despite the volumes being lower than September. According to naamsa the Automotive Business Council, 41 035 new vehicles...
These transformations are critical to compete in a digital-first world
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced its worldwide information technology (IT) industry predictions for 2022 and beyond. While the disruptive forces unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic continue to shape the global business ecosystem, one important trend...
Risk management must address shifting nature of business volatility
The past two years have been incredibly volatile, according to Aon's 2021 Global Risk Management Survey, with the global Covid-19 pandemic having had a ripple effect across other types of risk, such as heightened awareness of reputation and cyber, as long-tail risks...
One-vendor approach to cloud pronounced dead
A new global study from IBM shows there has been a drastic shift in business needs as only 3% of respondents reported using a single private or public cloud in 2021, down from 29% in 2019 - establishing hybrid cloud as the dominant IT architecture. The global study,...
Robots set to alleviate data centre staff shortages
By 2025, half of cloud data centres will deploy advanced robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, resulting in 30% higher operating efficiency, according to Gartner. "The gap between growing server and storage volumes at data...
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AWM360 offers new access control solution
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High-performance network security
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AdaptIT, Motio boost Cognos efficiencies
Adapt IT has formed a strategic partnership with Motio that will provide more comprehensive, user-friendly and efficient Cognos solutions to its clients. The partnership allows Adapt IT to offer the MotioPI and MotioCI solutions as add-ons to Cognos, which will...
Large ICT uptake in the EC
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10 tips to improve reliability
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Five ways CX CRMs grow sales
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Progress placed in Magic Quadrant for aPaaS
Progress has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Visionaries quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for enterprise application platform as a service (aPaaS). The Gartner report, authored and published by Yefim Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Mark Driver, David Mitchell...
MicroStrategy named BI leader by Forrester
MicroStrategy has announced that Forrester Research, Inc. has cited MicroStrategy as a leader in its report entitled The Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms, Q4 2013. MicroStrategy received its top scores in product direction, global presence...
Managing workers’ career aspirations
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To outsource or not to outsource
When it comes to managing complex IT systems and networks, many business leaders are grappling with the question of whether to outsource some or all of their IT processes. As Roberto Caprio, MD of Dial A Nerd, points out, there are a number of factors to take into...
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