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...

Cellular IoT connectivity revenues sprint past €10bn

Global IoT connectivity revenues increased 24 percent to reach €10,8-billion in 2022 as the decline in the global ARPU decelerated, according to new report from Berg Insight. The ARPU dropped just 1% to € 0.38. On average, IoT connectivity revenues account for about...

‘Yebo Gogo man’ Prof Kole Omotoso dies

Professor Kole Omotoso, widely recognised as the face of Vodacom’s long-running “Yebo Gogo” advertising campaign, died yesterday (Wednesday 19 July 2023). The “Yebo Gogo” advertisements promoted the Vodacom brand in the early 1990s and early 2000s in South Africa....

New CEO for iTMaster

Stanton Pillay has been appointed as CEO of iTMaster. iTMaster started life in 2001 in Polokwane. Today it has a staff complement of 150 people, with offices in all of South Africa’s provinces. Pillay joined the company in 2004 as a driver turn technician. He worked...

It’s getting easier for cybercrooks to access your networks

A massive 60% of initial entries into victims' networks that were observed leveraged either previously stolen credentials or known software vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to rely less on deception to gain access. This is one of the findings from the IBM's X-Force...

5G boosts spend as PC slowdown, Covid-19 slow growth

Worldwide IT spending is set to increase by 5% in constant currency this year as software and services investment remains stable while smartphone sales recover on the back of a 5G-driven upgrade cycle in the second half of the year. However, risks remain weighted to...

5G, mobile apps characterise this decade

5G will support more than 10% of the world's mobile connections by 2023, with an average 5G speed of 575 megabits per second, or 13 times faster than the average mobile connection. This is according to the latest Cisco Annual Internet Report, which notes that its...

China’s smartphone sales down, set to drop further

According to IDC's Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 366,7-million smartphones were shipped in the saturated China market in 2019, a 7,5% decline from a year ago. In 4Q19, 86,2-million units shipped, down 15,6% year-on-year due to both Huawei's large inventories as well...

This Valentine’s Day, beware malware in disguise

With Valentine's Day approaching, singles and couples alike are under intensifying pressure to solidify their plans for this Friday. While choosing the right partner is a matter of paramount importance, there is another matter that should be treated with care:...

Unemployment rate highlights jobs crisis

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) yesterday reported that South Africa's unemployment rate was unchanged at 29,1% during the fourth quarter of 2019. By Lullu Krugel chief economist at PwC Strategy&, and Dr Christie Viljoen, PwC Strategy& economist With this...

C-suite now includes customer or experience officer

Organisations are taking customer experience (CX) more seriously by committing more resources and talent to the discipline, according to Gartner. Gartner's 2019 Customer Experience Management Survey revealed that in 2017, more than 35% of organisations lacked a chief...

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