Video on demand set to boom in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town – Around the world, video is taking off. While Africa may be behind this particular curve, video on demand is set to be an important network driver in the near future. Analysts believe that, in the next five years,...
SA could miss the African boom

SA could miss the African boom

South Africa has always been perceived as the gateway to Africa, a vast and untapped region rich in natural resources – but it is in danger of being left behind as the continent grows. According to Hennie Heymans, MD of DHL Express South Africa, due to various...

Meeting the demand of the African data boom

Africans like their mobile phones, too. So surely the African continent will simply follow the same telecom development and usage pattern as the rest of the world – perhaps just a little later? Well, not quite, says David King, CEO, Flexenclosure. Africa has...

Ultrabooks set for 2013 take-off

Ultrabooks and other ultrathin PCs will triple their penetration of the notebook market this year as their once-stratospheric pricing comes down to earth and consumers warm to the flashy convertible form factor that allows the systems to transform into tablets,...

Corporate app stores set to boom

By 2017, 25% of organisations will have an enterprise app store for managing corporate-sanctioned apps on PCs and mobile devices, according to Gartner.  Enterprise app stores promise greater control over the apps used by employees, greater control over software...