Global semiconductor revenue is projected to grow 16,8% in 2024 to total $624-billion, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. In 2023, the market is forecast to decline 10,9% and reach $534-billion. "We are at the end of 2023 and strong demand for chips to...

Only 14% of procurement leaders express confidence in their talent's ability to meet the future needs of the function, according to a survey by Gartner, adding that this finding comes as business acumen and technology/data competencies have rapidly grown in importance...

Over the years, cyber attacks and data breaches became one of the biggest risks in the business sector, compromising sensitive data, and causing a massive financial hit to companies and organisations worldwide. As data applications and technology in the business...

Service organisations looking to make more informed decisions on customer experience (CX) investments and improvement should implement a cohesive voice-of-the-customer (VoC) strategy, according to Gartner. This will allow customer service and support leaders to gain...

New light vehicle sales of 83,4-million globally are forecast in 2021, up 9% from a 2020 projection of 76,5-million, as industry demand levels emerge next year in the wake of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic – especially in major markets. The IHS Markit forecast...

With the acceleration of digital transformation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations have had to turn to technologies such as cloud computing to ensure business continuity and enable employees to work remotely. By Simon Williams, Metallic sales specialist UKI...

By 1 January 2021, individual consumers and businesses will no longer be able to cash cheques in South Africa. This follows a joint announcement by the SARB, FSCA, PASA and BASA which confirmed that the issuing and acceptance or collection of cheques will cease from...

There has been a new surge in infections by the well-known Phorpiex botnet which has made it the month’s most prevalent malware, impacting 4% of organisations globally. Phorpiex was last seen in the Threat Index’s top 10 in June this year, according to Check Point...

Berg Insight estimates that the global installed base of active off-highway vehicle telematics systems reached 4.4 million units in 2019. This includes connected units deployed on various off-highway vehicles across the construction, mining, agriculture and forestry...

Only 25% of organisations have a standard organization wide definition for sales metrics, according to Gartner. This lack of metric definition standardization is a key roadblock to sales analytics’ ability to drive commercial success. In fact, The Gartner State of...