Bright future for smart glass market
The global smart glass market is expected to be worth $12,76-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, which says the sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9,9% from 2023 until then. The growth of the market can be attributed to the growing...
Privacy predictions for 2024
AI-enabled wearables could spark debates about privacy, and the anticipated proliferation of AR and VR is likely to set new standards regarding privacy in 2024. At the same time, the significance of data breaches containing passwords is expected to diminish as...
FBI confirms DarkSide as oil pipeline hacker
The FBI has confirmed that the Darkside ransomware is responsible for the compromise of the Colonial Pipeline networks. "We continue to work with the company and our government partners on the investigation," says the FBI in a terse statement issued yesterday....
Adapt IT’s CEO granted leave of absence
Sbu Shabalala, CEO of Adapt IT, has been granted leave of absence, at his request, for three months with effect from 10 May 2021. Tiffany Dunsdon assumes the role of interim-CEO for the next three months. She has served as executive director and chief commercial...
Telco revenues see slow recovery
Worldwide telecommunications services and pay TV services revenues totaled $1,53-trillion in 2020, representing flat year-over-year growth, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects worldwide...
New funding drives African expansion for Acronis
Kathy Gibson reports - A new push into Africa is on the cards for global cyber protection company Acronis as it looks to new markets and an expanded technology portfolio. Acronis has received more than $250-million in a funding round from CVC Capital Partners VII and...
DDoS attacks return to pre-lockdown numbers
The number of DDoS attacks dropped by 29% in Q1 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, but increased by 47% compared to Q4 2020, according to data from Kaspersky DDoS Prevention. However, this growth is explained by an unusual spike in January - that month...
SA team for International Olympiad in Informatics announced
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has announced the South African team for the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2021), where informatics students from around the world will compete against each other in June this...
Ericsson and Samsung sign global patent license agreement
Ericsson and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from 1 January 2021....
Ingenuity Mars helicopter completes first one-way trip
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to an airfield 129m to the south. After arrival above its new airfield, Ingenuity climbed to an altitude record of 10m and...
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Samsung introduces GALAXY S III mini
Samsung Electronics South Africa, a leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, recently unveiled the GALAXY S III mini, a compact version of the flagship smartphone GALAXY S III. The GALAXY S III mini brings the high performance, intuitive...
Veeam Software reports record results
Veeam Software Group, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, has announced record revenue results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2012. For the year 2012, annual...
MiX Telematics uses Real IRM solution
JSE-listed MiX Telematics, a global provider of driver safety, vehicle tracking and fleet management services and solutions, has formalised its business operating model and modelled its enterprise processes with the help of enterprise architecture specialist Real IRM....
The business case for data governance
Data governance may be the most talked about yet elusive prize in the data management space. It is highly coveted by people who work with data because practitioners know the mission-critical role governance plays in achieving desired data outcomes, says Jim Orr,...
Ensure Facebook competitions comply
A majority of businesses have or are considering using Facebook pages to promote their companies. Many of them resort to tactics such as bribery, encouraging users to 'like their page" in order to enter a competition or win a prize. The aim is to either stir up...
SA’s solar energy debate
South Africa is the third best solar location globally, as it has one of the highest and most stable solar radiations in the world. With 2 500 hours of sunshine annually - equalling one third of a year or four entire months including nightly hours - the opportunities...
Avaya hosts partner conference
Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, hosted its annual PartnerConnect Conference on 23 January in Johannesburg. The conference focused on helping partners throughout the African continent grow their regional...
Make sense of data by mining it
As the year starts, the media is filled with analysts and experts from various sectors and industries and their predictions about what the most notable trends will be in the year ahead. Those who are gazing into the proverbial crystal ball on behalf of the IT industry...
Epson launches EB-1900 projector range
Epson, one of the leading projector manufacturers since 2001, has launched the EB-1900 range of projectors. These have been designed to meet the needs of both corporate and education environments in South Africa by offering a combination of high-quality output,...
HTML5 favoured among developers
Choosing what mobile platforms to support continues to be a vexing problem for developers both big and small. Supporting one platform can be difficult enough, but now developers not only have multiple operating systems to consider, but multiple device types as well....
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