Massive growth for global smartphone market

The worldwide smartphone market grew 38,8% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped a total of 258,4-million smartphones in 3Q13, establishing a...

Telecoms faces range of new challenges

“Big data monetisation” is the fastest growing challenge facing the telecommunications industry, followed by churn, customer experience and the need to reduce fraud. These are the findings of an international survey by Experian, conducted among 80 senior executives in...

SA security appliance market set for growth

The value of the South African security appliances market grew 3,6% year-on-year in Q2 2013 to reach $11,97-million in revenue, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published by international marketing and research agency IDC. The Tracker further...

Global economic recovery on the cards

The global economy is possibly poised for an extended recovery period, with the US showing the way and the Eurozone still having quite a way to go. This is according to Old Mutual Equities Strategist, Graham Bell, speaking at the Old Mutual Investment Group Q3...

Social media, cloud change security needs

The Nexus of Forces is transforming the approach towards information security as new requirements are brought about by social, mobile, cloud and information, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that traditional security models will be strained to the point that, by...