Oliver Fortuin heads to BT

IBM and HP veteran Oliver Fortuin has taken up the reins at BT, heading its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Fortuin will be in charge of growing BT’s business and leading the regional management team. Best known as country manager of both HP and IBM, and a long-time...

Smartphone sales beat expectations

The worldwide smartphone market began the year with an expected retrenchment from holiday quarter shipment volumes, but still posted a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...

New data services from MTN

MTN South Africa has revamped its Internet offering by introducing several new and cost-effective packages to address the varied connectivity requirements of prepaid, contract and hybrid consumers. “The solutions that MTN is bringing to the market today enable...

BI, analytics see healthy growth

Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totalled $14,4-billion in 2013 – an 8% increase from 2012 revenue of...