IBM concedes patent filing leadership
After 29 years of dominating patent acquisition, IBM finds itself at a crossroads as its patent filings plummeted by nearly 60% in just two years. According to Stocklytics.com, the decline comes as tech giants such as Samsung and TSMC pivot their focus towards...
Dominated by Open AI and Meta, GenAI races past $66bn
The generative AI market exceeded the $66-billion mark, with Open AI and Meta AI flagging their dominance with 56% market share. This is according to Stocklytics financial analyst Edith Reads, who comments: "The start of Chat GPT in 2022 was the first plunge into...
Deadline for information officer registration falls away
The Information Regulator has confirmed there will be no deadline for registration of information officers (IO) and deputy information officers (DIO); this means that no responsible party will be held liable for not registering by 30 June 2021. This decision follows...
Chromebook sales at an all-time high
Over the last year and a half, Chromebooks have become a mainstream computing product, with millions of users worldwide. Although the education sector still accounts for the biggest share of global Chromebook shipments, their popularity among traditional consumers has...
Growth in e-learning not slowing soon
The global pandemic accelerated growth in the academic e-learning and education technology (edtech) market. Analysts say that the Covid-19 crisis was only part of the driving force and so the uptrend has every reason to continue post-pandemic. According to the...
Family members not in sync on device updates
A global survey conducted by Kaspersky, exploring users' attitudes to updating devices has found that the activity has become a family affair. According to the research, more than half of respondents locally who have family (65%), agree that children and elderly...
Air quality monitoring now one of the fastest-growing smart city applications
The installed base of urban air quality monitoring devices reached 73 000 units in 2020 and will grow at a CAGR of 34% to reach 315 000 units in 2025, according to a new research report from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. This number refers to any type of networked...
Ethernet switches, routers show promising growth
The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $6,7-billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021 (1Q21), an increase of 7,6% year over year. Meanwhile, the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues grew 14,4% year over year in 1Q21...
Remote working will drive PC, tablet shipments to record highs
By the end of 2021, 51% of all knowledge workers worldwide are expected to be working remotely, up from 27% of knowledge workers in 2019. This is according to Gartner, which also estimates that remote workers will represent 32% of all employees worldwide by the end of...
Connecting schools has the potential to boost GDP
An Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by Ericsson has found that nations with low broadband connectivity have the potential to realise an increase in GDP by up to 20% by connecting schools to the Internet. A well-educated workforce is more likely to be...
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Gijima wins NEC UCC award
Gijima, a leading JSE-listed IT company, has received the Best Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) Partner award at a Nippon Electronic Company (NEC) Partner Conference held in Dubai, in recognition of its accomplishments in the enterprise sector. “This...
Ninzi-Connect wins Softcom distribution
Ninzi-Connect, a telecommunications and contact centre solutions provider with over 20 years experience in the contact centre market, has announced that it has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Softcom in South Africa. "Today’s contact centre business...
Preparing for winter power outages
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IT outsourcing in emerging markets
A move into the emerging markets – particularly Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America – holds great appeal for many organisations. Rapid growth opportunities and little or no immediate competition in those areas are usually the drivers behind such...
BYOD demands policy update
BYOD, and changing legislation, means now is a good time for enterprises to update their usage policies, says Ian Goss-Ross, CEO at Elingo. The complexities of managing the bring your own device (BYOD) trend are top of mind for CIOs now. There are clearly advantages...
BYOD complicates endpoint security
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BDS showcases Xerox presses at Africa Print
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eBucks launches online booking engine
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SPi, ASP announce merger
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The TCO of a communications solution
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