OADC buys seven data centres from NTT Data

Kathy Gibson reports - Open Access Data Centres (OADC), part of the WIOCC group of companies, has acquired seven South African data centres from NTT Data. The data centres, in Bryanston, Parklands, Cape Town, Umhlanga, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha and East London, were part...

Strong solar flare caught on camera

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking on 4 February 2026. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are massive eruptions of electromagnetic energy from the Sun that, upon reaching Earth...

African CEOs must prioritise innovation – and take risks

More than 150 CEOs in Africa who participated in PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey demonstrate strong operational resilience and reinvention as they navigate currency fluctuations, political uncertainty, infrastructure constraints and supply chain disruptions. The survey...

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Expanded capacity empowers cloud, CDNs and SaaS providers in Africa

A report from research group TeleGeography has unveiled the tremendous opportunities for content delivery networks (CDNs), cloud services, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers in Africa's ever-expanding connectivity landscape. One of the key findings of the...

Campus switch market to exceed $100bn

More than $100-billion will be spent on campus switches over the next five years, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Additionally, we have raised our outlook for the 2023 revenue growth while, at the same time, revised our forecast for 2024 to show a...

5G set for super-fast uptake; 1bn users this year

By 2026, four out of every 10 mobile subscriptions in 2026 will be 5G. This is one of the forecasts in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, which also finds that current 5G uptake in subscriptions and population coverage confirm the technology as...

E-commerce the winner on Black Friday

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How Covid-19 impacted Black Friday sales

The impact of lockdown and Covid-19 was evident as Black Friday sales got off to a disappointing start with total spend down 63%, and trading volumes plummeting 33%, by comparison to last year, in the first minute after the clock struck midnight. Unlike last year,...

Smartphone shipments return to growth

Following a stronger than expected third quarter (3Q20), the global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone...

ITU validation drives next step in 5G deployment

The radio interfaces that will be used in full-scale commercial deployment of fifth generation mobile communication networks have achieved global validation with the successful evaluation by ITU of three new technologies that conform with the International Mobile...

Some Minecraft ‘modpacks’ distribute adware

Minecraft, first released in 2009, is an open-ended video game that allows users to craft their own 3D world. It is currently the bestselling game of all time with more than 200-million copies sold as of May 2020. Given its immense popularity, it's not surprising bad...

Construction companies aim to work through the holidays

While the annual South African builders' break is not mandated by legislation, it is a tradition that is strongly observed by the entire construction industry, including contractors sub-contractors, suppliers and professionals. The holiday usually starts around...

Education drives tablet market higher

The tablet market in Western Europe continued to experience a strong performance in the third quarter of 2020, as shipments grew 15,6% year over year to 8,2-million units, according to data from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal...

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