Cisco's strategic acquisition of cybersecurity company Splunk not only propels the company deeper into AI-enabled data-driven security and observability but also injects an impressive $4-billion into its annualised recurring revenues. However, the challenge ahead lies...

News reports that the Minister of Public Enterprises has rejected the name put forward by the Eskom board to replace André de Ruyter as CEO once again raising the complex governance issues relating to the appointment of senior management at state-owned enterprises...

Standard Bank has concluded an extended agreement with global customer engagement expert Salesforce to deliver positive digital experiences to its clients. Standard Bank Group chief executive Sim Tshabalala says the collaboration with Salesforce - together with the...

EMEA external storage systems market value in 2020Q1 was down 10,7% year on year in dollars and 8,1% in euros, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. Once again, the quarter saw marked differences across...

The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 7,5-million worldwide in 2019. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

As Covid-19 begins to influence the technologies that are embedded into vehicles, car manufacturers should focus on four specific areas to help lessen the risk of infection to car occupants, according to Gartner. These areas include disinfection, possible detection of...

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, increased 2,2% in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) while investments in traditional, non-cloud,...

A Gartner survey of 260 global supply chain leaders in February and March 2020 found that 33% had moved sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China or plan to do so in the next two to three years. Survey results show that the Covid-19 pandemic is only one of...

The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a mixed impact on the enterprise networking market. While most companies report downward pressure on their IT budgets, supporting a suddenly remote workforce and enabling contactless operations has created new demand for...

More than half (52%) of HR leaders survey by Gartner in June reported their organisation's business operations are continuing at a reduced level due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of the same survey, 40% of 146 respondents reported optimising costs as the business...