Mixed, extended reality to drive AR/VR headset growth
Global shipments of augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets declined 67,4% year over year in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q24), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset...
HR functions fail to gain business value from tech
Fewer than one-quarter of HR employees (24%) reported that their organisation's HR function is deriving the maximum value from HR technology, according to Gartner. A Gartner survey of 85 HR leaders in February 2024 found: * Only 35% are confident their current...
Startup support, access to markets key for African innovation
Over the course of 2021, African tech startups raised $4,42-billion in funding - almost double the record-breaking $2,4-billion raised in the previous year. "With investment in African innovation increasing, so too has the demand for hands-on support and access to...
Lonely customers are turning to call centres for human contact
By 2026, 75% of customers who call customer service and support organisations will do so out of loneliness, not because they have a customer service issue, according to Gartner. This will affect service and support leaders' priority of migrating customers to...
Steady growth expected for quantum computing
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published its first forecast for the worldwide quantum computing market, projecting customer spend for quantum computing to grow from $412-million in 2020 to $8,6-billion in 2027. This represents a six-year compound annual...
Auto executives balance optimism about growth against challenges
Global auto executives are confident that the automoible industry will see more profitable growth in the next five years and that the market share of electric vehicles will grow dramatically by 2030, according to a new survey by KPMG. At the same time, supply chain...
Vehicle sales stronger overall
South Africa's new vehicle market has been faced with numerous challenges over the course of this year, but many seemed to arrive all at once during November. However, the first interest rate hike in three years, consecutive fuel price hikes, a new variation on the...
NU acquired by Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks has acquired value-added distributor Networks Unlimited, which serves 38 national markets in Africa with cybersecurity and infrastructure solutions. The acquisition establishes Exclusive Networks' first presence in sub-Saharan Africa, expanding its...
SA publishers challenge Google and Meta
Major South African media owners have joined forces to deliver the opening gambit in challenging Google and Meta (Facebook) to be compensated for their content used on these platforms. Hoosain Karjieker, CEO of Mail & Guardian Media and chairperson of Publisher...
Sustainability dominates data centre trends
Conversations around efficiency and utilisation in the data centre are evolving to reflect a more comprehensive and aggressive focus on sustainability. This movement recognises the urgency of the climate crisis, the relationship between resource availability and...
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Qrent opens offices in Tanzania
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Software AG to grow partnerships in 2014
In a challenging economic environment, corporates today face pressures to reduce costs and increase profits. Software AG believes that creating prosperous partnerships is key to remaining competitive. With the finalisation of its new 2014 Partner Programme, Software...
FastNet achieves PCI DSS compliance
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A landmark year for Sage ERP X3
The Sage Group recently announced organic revenue growth of 4% for 2013, up from 2% in 2012, with 5% growth in the second half of the year alone. Sage ERP X3, Sage’s global ERP solution for mid-sized companies, delivered double digit organic revenue growth of more...
Analysing stock to increase profit
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Evolve AV, PVision help Sun City go digital
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Cloud will be key in 2014
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HP announces new Converged offerings
HP announced new HP ConvergedSystem and HP Converged Storage offerings that give enterprises the speed, agility and lower economics to build the next-generation data centres that will power tomorrow’s successful organisations. Data centres are reaching an...
Johnson Controls helps mine to fit chillers
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2014 security predictions from Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated has released its annual security predictions report, Blurring Boundaries: Trend Micro Security Predictions for 2014 and Beyond. The outlook cites that one major data breach will occur every month next year, and advanced mobile banking and...
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