Nvidia sees big jump in R&D spending
Nvidia propelled its research and development (R&D) expenditure to an impressive 73% in five years, spending $8,68-billion, and highlighting a substantial surge from the $2,38-billion allocated in 2019, according to Stocklytics. "The trajectory of Nvidia's R&D...
Africa Code Week empowers 17m youth with digital skills
SAP's Africa Code Week (ACW) has successfully empowered 17-million young people across 54 countries since 2015, according to the programme's latest impact results. The initiative - in partnership with UNESCO, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa...
Hybrid auditing requires transformed processes
Audit functions that fail to adapt well to hybrid auditing risk a loss of effectiveness and influence at a time when real-time assurance has never been more vital to the wider organisation, according to Gartner. With hybrid audit engagements here to stay for the...
Mixed results for industrial printers
New data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker shows that worldwide shipments slowed slightly year-over-year in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21). "Overall large format and industrial printer shipments declined...
Big increase in MS Exchange attacks
The number of users attacked by exploits targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers, blocked by Kaspersky products, grew by 170% in August from 7 342 to 19 839 users. According to Kaspersky experts, this massive growth is linked to the increasing number...
Close to 5,3bn people use a mobile phone
Although the Covid-19 caused the worst smartphone market contraction in history, the total number of mobile phone users continues growing with no signs of stopping any time soon. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the number of people using mobile phones...
Education notebook sales surge
Volume sales of education notebooks through Western Europe's largest distributors increased by +38% year-on-year in Q2 2021 as demand from institutions and households remained high, according to the latest data published by Context. "The rise in sales of notebooks...
Financial organisations under pressure to increase security
A massive 98% of IT decision makers working in banks and financial service institutions (FSIs) in South Africa are under pressure to level up their security protocols. According to new research from Citrix, this comes as 75% see IT security risks in the industry...
New MD for Altron Nexus
Altron has announced the appointment of Kennedy Chinganya as MD of Altron Nexus, with effect from 1 September, 2021. He succeeds Mark Harris, who will handle special projects until end of November 2021. Chinganya joined Altron Rest of Africa in August 2018 as the...
New Covid variants delay workplace reopening
A Gartner poll reveals that 66% of organizations are delaying reopening their offices due to new Covid-19 variants. “Leaders have been determining if and how to mandate employee COVID-19 vaccinations for the last several months, and the FDA’s full approval of the...
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Agile practices aid business growth
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Making the most of an ERP implementation
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DiData cloud solution boosts performance
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Security policies offer companies protection
Misuse of office computers does not just reduce productivity and waste time and money. More importantly, it puts corporate network security at risk, jeopardising critical data. Communicating on social networking sites or via IM, visiting entertainment sites, or...
Getting a better deal on cloud computing
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EOH scoops top SAP awards
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Etisalat announces revenue increase
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Genesys launches Proactive Engagement
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Moving from on-premise to the cloud
Gartner has said that by the end of 2013, 75% of global call centres will be making use of the hosted call centre model – which leaves 25% of call centres likely relying on premise-based solutions that use their private branch exchange (PBX) to perform basic call...
Supply chain management now a degree
As South African businesses continue to expand their footprint into Africa to tap into the continent’s expanding consumer market and growing middle class, so the shortage of managers with suitable high-level skills in export and supply chain management is becoming...
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