Modest increase for middleware sales

The worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software market revenue totalled $23,8-billion in 2014, an 8,8% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. This performance helped the AIM market outperform – in revenue terms – the overall...

Tablet sales down, laptops up …

While tablet sales will account for 52% of the mobile computing market in 2015, tablet sales will drop at The Notebook Company in favour of laptop sales. According to market intelligence firm, ABI Research, tablet sales will account for 52% of the mobile computing...

Now MTN ups its prices as well

MTN has become the latest cellular service provider to increase rates for its contract and data plans, and is reviewing its prepaid data bundle prices. In the last few years, MTN’s prices have been relatively stable despite the challenging economic environment and the...

Spending grows in hospitality industry

The South African hospitality industry seems to be picking itself up. Overall spending on rooms in all categories rose 14% in 2013 to R17,3-billion, attesting to an increase in stay unit nights and an 8,4% rise in the average room rate. “While South Africa is still...

Online credit card spend sees 7% increase

FNB is seeing continuous growth in online shopping spend by its credit card holders. January 2015 statistics reveal that online shopping now accounts for 12% of total credit card purchases – a 7% increase from the same period in 2014. The majority of these online...