BDS, XLMEA help grow digital printing

Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and services company, and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has contracted XLMEA, a global management consulting firm specialising in graphic communications in emerging markets,...

Krzanich takes over as Intel CEO

Brian Krzanich will become the new CEO of Intel on 16 May, when Paul Otellini steps down. Krzanich, Intel’s chief operating officer since January 2012, will become the sixth CEO in Intel’s history. “After a thorough and deliberate selection process, the board of...

Tablets surge on strong Q1

Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142,4% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Tablet shipments totalled 49,2-million...

China takes over as PC leader

China rose to the top of the PC market for the first time ever on an annual basis last year, relegating the US to second place with a lead of more than 3-million units, according to an IHS iSuppli PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics provider HIS....

Western Cape aims to be tech hub

The Western Cape is on track to become more than just a tourist destination. The region, renowned for its robust entrepreneurial activity, is fast establishing itself as Africa’s “Silicon Valley” This is according to Stuart Forrest, owner of Triggerfish Animation and...