Tarsus, Platinum Micro to merge
Two of South Africa’s largest distributors, Tarsus Technologies and Platinum Micro, are to merge. The two companies, both members of the MB Technologies group, will merge from 1 October 2013. The merger takes place ahead of the planned move to MB Technologies’ new 30...SA corporates lag in big data analytics
Large South African corporates are lagging far behind when it comes to the utilisation of big data analytics. This is due to a lack of understanding at an executive level of the competitive advantage big data analytics brings in enabling companies to respond to data...Info workers want tablet keyboards
New research from Forrester reveals that 62% of information workers who use or would like to use a tablet would prefer to use it with a keyboard. Despite this, the bulk of tablets used by information workers in the US and Europe offer distinctly touch-first...Consumerisation, mobility top 2014 trends
Consumerisation and mobility will continue to be the top trends driving technology in 2014 and beyond, says Gartner research vice president Chris Howard – and the continuing growth of the “Internet of things” extends the human-machine relationship. “For...