Better growth for semiconductors

Semiconductor revenue worldwide will see improved growth this year of 6,9%, reaching $320-billion, according to the mid-year 2013 update of the Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF) from International Data Corporation (IDC). The SAF also forecasts that...

SanDisk signs up Sahara

Global flash memory supplier Sandisk has signed a distribution deal with Sahara Computers as part of its strategy to expand its footprint in Africa. “South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa and represents huge potential for SanDisk,” says Sreedhar Sreekumar,...

JCSE concludes MIT innovation programme

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (MIT AITI) programme, hosted by Wits University and the Jo’burg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE), concluded with the successful presentation of seven real-world...

New task team for SABC

Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC board and management yesterday to take forward the issues that were discussed at the 17 July 2013 meeting. “We have decided to set up a high-level team made up of...

The spam landscape in June

The percentage of spam in e-mail traffic in June was up 1,4 percentage points and averaged 71,1%. Malicious attachments were found in 1,8% of all e-mails – a drop of 1% point compared to the previous month.  This is according to Kaspersky Lab, which adds that...