SA businesses lack focus in mobility spend

South African organisations need to focus on developing mobility strategies that are more attuned to their business goals. This is according to survey commissioned by CA Technologies that interviewed 50 senior South African IT decision-makers during December 2013....

Utilities come under increasing pressure

European utilities continue to be under significant pressure to reduce capex and opex related to ICT. CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective budget allocations. On one hand, CIOs are expected to undertake new initiatives...

Pit-to-port infrastructure needs innovation

Underdeveloped infrastructure and infrastructure spending deficit remains a major obstacle to growth for Africa and this could not be truer than for the mining sector – plagued by insufficient pit-to-port infrastructure. “Africa has a history of underdevelopment of...

SA firms set to increase security spend

Overall security software spending in South Africa is set to increase 9,7% year-on-year in 2014 to total $149,54-million, according to the latest South African Security Software Market 2013 to 2017 Forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a...

Gaming set to drive ad spend over $24bn

A new digital PC and Mac gaming software and services forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that PC and Mac gamer spending and direct banner/video ad outlays across all digital channels will grow to over $24-billion worldwide by 2017. The...