Wearable tech set to take off

There will be a total of almost 70-million smart wearable devices sold in 2017, including smart glasses, health and fitness devices along with enterprise wearables, compared to almost 15-million in 2013. This is according to new report from Juniper Research, which...

Lexmark acquires Acuo Technologies

Lexmark International has announced the acquisition of Acuo Technologies, a recognised leader in high performance software and services for clinical content management, data migration and vendor neutral archives (VNA), for a cash purchase price of approximately...

Global investment pays off for SA firms

 South African companies operating in international markets are reporting better results – revenue trends, or profit trends or both – than those concentrating on their domestic market. This is according to evidence from the Regus Global Survey, which...

Consumers change the way they shop

A new IBM study of 26 000 global consumers released yesterday at the 2013 National Retail Federation convention found they are diversifying the way they shop for and acquire goods, becoming increasingly open to buying both online and in-store depending on their needs...

Modest growth for microprocessors

Worldwide revenues for microprocessors designed for mobile PCs, desktop PCs, and PC servers will grow 1,6% to $40,7-billion in 2013 according to a new forecast report from International Data Corporation (IDC). The IDC report, Worldwide PC Microprocessor 2012-2016...