HP turnaround progress detailed

HP’s turnaround strategy is on track, according to president and CEO Meg Whitman, giving delegates to HP’s 2013 Securities Analyst Meeting an update on the company’s progress executing against its turnaround plan and future strategy. Whitman reviewed the...

September uptick for global PC shipments

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 81,6-million units in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13). In year-on-year terms, the market contracted -7,6%, ahead of a projected decline of -9,5% for the quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

Mxit retains its users’ loyalty

South Africa’s home-grown instant messaging service, Mxit, may have been supplanted by Facebook as the country’s biggest social network, but it has succeeded in maintaining the loyalty of its user base. This emerged from the final analysis of the SA Social Media...

Telkom demos 200Mbps LTE Advanced

Telkom used the MyBroadband conference yesterday to demonstrate the results of its technical trials into high-speed fixed Internet over a 100Mbps GPON-based line, as well as showing mobile broadband over 200Mbps LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation air interface. These...

SA’s IT spending set for 6,3% growth

Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to increase 6,3% year-on-year in 2014 to total $14,59-billion, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its recently released South Africa Vertical Markets 2013–2017 IT Spending...