A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Key genAI announcements affect global IT economies

Key generative AI (genAI) announcements made in recent weeks have the potential to significantly threaten cloud platform rivals and reshuffle the industry's AI ecosystem, while directives by national governments will impact global IT economies. This is according to...

Mobile a bright spot for Telkom

Telkom has reports group revenue up 3,8% to R10 668-million for the quarter ended 30 June 2023. Group EBITDA was down 4,2% to R2 235-million. Telkom Mobile saw positive growth, with mobile revenue up 5,2% to R5 448-million This comprises a 6,5% increase in mobile...

Slight decline for MEA PCs

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, suffered a slight year-on-year decline in shipments during the final quarter of 2019, according to industry analysis conducted...

SA still has massive rates of economic crime

The percentage of South African organisations who have experienced economic crime has significantly declined in 2020, returning to levels last seen in 2011, with the rate of reported economic crime has dropped 17 percentage points from 77% in 2018 to 60% this year....

Xerox launches hostile takeover bid for HP Inc

Xerox Holdings yesterday launched a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of HP Inc for $24.00 per share, comprising $18.40 in cash and 0.149 Xerox shares for each HP share. "Our proposal offers progress over entrenchment," says John Visentin, vice-chairman...

Alviva weathers tough six months

By Kathy Gibson - Alviva Holdings has experienced a disappointing six months, with revenue down 4% to R7,4-billion, EBIDTA down 8% to R425-million, headline earnings per share down 36% to 94 cents; profit before tax down 41,6% to R178, 98-million and net profit down...

Global smartphone sales dip

Global sales of smartphones to end users contracted in the fourth quarter of 2019, declining by 0.4% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In full year 2019, smartphone sales declined by 1%. "2019 ended a little better than expected, due to slightly improved...

Top CX trends for CIOs to watch

Chatbots, virtual assistants and robots drive seamless and effortless experience, and their usage is bound to increase. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML) applications, chatbots...

Mixed results for large format printer market

Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Large Format Printer Tracker show that large format printer shipments grew on a worldwide basis in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19). "Shipment growth in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa...

Positive month for vehicle sales

While South Africa's Budget Speech may only have an impact on new vehicle sales during March, the market seemingly reacted positively to it during February. In January, WesBank had forecast the market to decline 3,5% this year, and the second month of the year will...

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