PC shipments down further in Q1
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 71,7-million units in the first quarter of 2015, a 5,2% decline from the first quarter of 2014, according to preliminary results by Gartner. “The PC industry received a boost in 2014 as many companies replaced their PCs due to the...Global IT spend to drop, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is set to shrink to $3,66-trillion in 2015, a 1,3% decrease from 2014, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Gartner says that the rising dollar is chiefly responsible for the slowdown. “We forecast US-dollar-valued worldwide IT...
SA slips in ICT rankings
South Africa has fallen even further in the global ICT readiness stakes, according to the 2015 edition of The Global Information Technology released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country fell from a dismal number 70 out of 143 countries to 75 in the 2015 Networked Readiness Index. Although South Africa performed well in its policy and regulatory framework score, ranked at number 24, other areas didn’t perform so well. South Africa was ranked 55 for its business and innovation environment; 85 for its infrastructure; 107 for affordability; 95 in terms of skills; 68 for individual usage; 34 for business usage; 105 for government usage; 58 for economic impact; and 110 for social impact.