Broadband drives economic, social development
Kathy Gibson reports - The deployment and adoption of broadband is critical to economic and social development. This is the word from Mathhew Reed, chief analyst: service provider at Omdia, who points to the World Bank's estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in...
African broadband adoption slips
Kathy Gibson reports - Although broadband adoption in Africa is increasing quickly, the continent is still some way off from achieving many of its connectivity goals. Martin Creaner, director-general of the World Broadband Association, says there is general consensus...
Jasco issues six-month trading statement
Jasco Electronics has issued a trading statement concerning the six months to 31 December 2020. Although the group's revenue has improved, it is still lower than the comparative six-month period the previous year. However, cost-cutting and efficiencies have helped the...
EMEA smartphone market at weakest in six years
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market recorded its weakest performance in six years in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reports the EMEA market...
Moderna and IBM to make Covid-19 vaccine supply chain smarter
Moderna and IBM has announced their intentions to explore technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and hybrid cloud, that could help support smarter Covid-19 vaccine management. Central to the effort will be a pilot of open, standardized,...
People feel strongly about employers’ societal, cultural stances
A massive 68% of employees would consider quitting their current job and working with an organisation with a stronger viewpoint on the social issues that matter most to them. This is one of the findings from Gartner's February 2021 Post-Election Survey of 3 000...
Huawei rolls out AI strategy for SA consumers
Huawei has launched its Seamless AI Life strategy, promising to deliver an intelligent experience. Smart devices have become important portals that provide users with intelligent experiences, according to Huawei Consumer Business Group GM Jun Sun. With the advent of...
EMEA PC market set for strong growth
According to research by IDC, shipments of traditional PCs (a combination of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) in EMEA will total 96,4-million in 2021, a 16% YoY growth. Once again, continuing lockdowns across the region will result in maintained demand for...
Spectrum integral to SA’s post-Covid success
South African consumers are anticipating a post-Covid future with a much lower cost to communicate thanks to mobile network operators getting access to the spectrum that powers our data-driven lives. That's according to the Internet Service Providers' Association of...
Global IT spend close to $4trn this year
The Covid-19 crisis forced companies and organisations across the globe to speed up the digitalisation of their business, as remote working and distance learning became the new normal amid the ongoing lockdown. And this surge in the use of digital solutions and...
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Will the next Einstein come from Africa?
South Africa is calling for improvements in education, especially in the fields of mathematics, science and technology, says Eskom group executive of Sustainability, Dr Steve Lennon. At the same time, the global economy is under enormous pressure which is forcing...
Esquire expands CCTV product range
As part of its ongoing diversification drive, Esquire Technologies – the digital and lifestyle distributor – has expanded its range of K Guard-branded CCTV and security products. According to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, over the past two years K Guard...
Interconnection rate cuts to boost VoIP
South Africa could at last be on the cusp of having a more competitive telecoms market. In 2010, the country’s telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA), implemented three interconnect rate cuts. These rates are the...
Africa focused on a connected future
The increase in available bandwidth and lowering of costs makes for a far more competitive connectivity services marketplace. ICT experts suggest that as companies continue to try to establish their offerings and differentiate themselves, the relevance and...
Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013
“Changes proposed to South Africa’s Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their business in 2013,” says Rob Cooper, a tax expert and...
BYOD poses serious risks to IT security
The always-on, always-connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity around the...
Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller
Tellumat Communications Solutions, the exclusive distributor of ShoreTel unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) systems, has added to its growing channel with the appointment of Plessie as its first ShoreTel reseller in KZN. Leon Rusch,...
Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy
Genesys has reached a definitive agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, to acquire its subsidiary Angel.com. Angel is a leading provider of cloud-based self-service contact centre...
Boost for local software development
Application development in South Africa is taking a step forward in terms of efficiency and productivity with the announcement of the formation of a joint venture to create “High-Maturity Software Development” (Hi-Mat) Units. Under the leadership of the Joburg Centre...
Sophos recognised in Forrester report
Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research’s new Client Security report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013. It provides a comprehensive overview of the endpoint protection vendor landscape. Forrester says that...
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