Modest gains for global device market

Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are estimated to reach 2,5-billion units in 2015, an increase of 2,8% over 2014, according to Gartner. In spending terms, the global computing devices market (PCs and ultramobiles)...

Smart cities to use 1,1bn connected things

Gartner estimates that 1,1-billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2015, rising to 9,7-billion by 2020. Increasing urbanisation will place unprecedented strain on mayors to constantly balance the challenge of resource constraints against environmental...

Managed IT security services key

More South African companies are beginning to favour managed IT security services. Where companies once considered it risky to hand over the function to a third party, keeping security in-house is proving to be riskier. Why? The average business simply doesn’t have...

Gartner wants to showcase African innovators

Gartner is looking for Africa’s top innovative start-ups to enter the Aspiring Innovators programme being run as part of the Cape Town leg of the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Africa 2015, taking place from 28 to 30 September 2015. “This year we’re calling on African tech...

Check Point ranked number one by Gartner

Check Point Software Technologies recently announced that the company led worldwide market share for Firewall Equipment in Q3 2014, according to research published by Gartner. Gartner’s Market Share: Enterprise Network Equipment research states: * Check Point leads...