Enterprise app demand to exceed supply

Jun 18, 2015

By the end of 2017, market demand for mobile app development services will grow at least five times faster than internal IT organisations’ capacity to deliver them, according to Gartner.
Gartner forecasts mobile phone sales will reach 2,1-billion units by 2019, which will fuel demand for apps in the enterprise that meet the high performance and usability of consumer apps. Gartner principal research analyst Adrian Leow says enterprises find it a challenge to rapidly develop, deploy and maintain mobile apps to meet increasing demand, as it is exceedingly difficult and costly to hire developers with good mobile skills.

Demand for solar inverters set to increase

May 18, 2015

The market for semiconductors used in photovoltaic (PV) inverters, which convert direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) from the PV modules, will continue to expand in the long term. According to IHS, amid increased awareness and demand for energy-efficient...

Video on demand drives fibre to the home

Mar 23, 2015

Broadband speed, availability and pricing have all made great strides in South Africa in the past few years, largely as a result of the connection of multiple undersea cables on the East and West Coast of Southern Africa, says Eckart Zollner, business development...

Strong demand boosts Teraco growth

Feb 20, 2015

Vendor-neutral data centre Teraco reports that its Cape Town operation has continued to grow on the back of strong demand for co-location services. The facility, Teraco’s oldest and based in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch, first opened its doors to clients in early...

Display area demand drives flat panel growth

Feb 3, 2015

Once focused on unit growth, the entire global flat-panel display (FPD) industry is now shifting to focus on area-demand growth. According to IHS, display panel shipments for all FPD applications grew 9%, year over year, to reach 168,9-million square meters in 2014....