Huawei plans SA skills, lab investments

Kathy Gibson reports from World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town – Huawei Technologies Africa plans to invest in the continent’s first Open Lab, to be sited in South Africa.
The Open Lab is part of the company’s plans for energetic growth on the continent and in South Africa, according to David Wang, vice-president: southern and eastern Africa region and Steven Wu, the newly-appointed CEO of Huawei South Africa. Wu, who has served in various roles around the world before landing the leadership of the South African office a month ago, has a clear long-term vision for the market.

Intel invests in Chinese growth

Intel and Tsinghua Unigroup – an operating subsidiary of Tsinghua Holdings, funded by Tsinghua University in China – have signed a series of agreements to expand the product offerings and adoption for Intel-based mobile devices in China and worldwide. They...

Big data set to go mainstream

Big data investments in 2013 continue to rise, with 64% of organisations investing or planning to invest in big data technology compared with 58% in 2012, according to a survey by Gartner. However, less than 8% of survey respondents have actually deployed. “The...