Gauteng panel to consider e-tolls

The Advisory Panel on Socio-economic Impact of E-tolls will meet stakeholders later this month to discuss the implementation of e-tolls on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP). The panel will consult with key role players and interested parties from across...

IBM patents cloud management technique

IBM inventors have patented a technique that helps clients automatically analyse and manage the location where their public and private cloud data is stored, thereby enabling companies to comply with regulations governing where data can be stored in different...

SA’s medium-term goals in numbers

The Presidency last week released its Medium-Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2014-2019 – the blueprint for how the country will go forward over the next five years. The main targets of the MTSF have been extrapolated as the salient numbers: * Between 7 and 18 – ages...

Chromebook sales set to reach 5,2m

Sales of Chromebooks will reach 5,2-million units in 2014, a 79% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. By 2017, sales of Chromebooks are set to nearly triple to reach 14,4-million units.”Competition in the Chromebook market is intensifying as more vendors...

Global LCD market grows against expectations

Liquid-crystal-display television (LCD TV) panels enjoyed unexpected growth in the first half of this year, tied to enthusiastic TV viewing because of the World Cup and other factors that benefited the market, according to a new report from HIS Technology. Global LCD...