Lucky 13 for Big Blue

For the 13th consecutive year, IBM has been named by Gartner as the global market share leader in the application infrastructure and middleware market. Gartner’s All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2013 report names IBM as the leader in application infrastructure and...

Google Plus more engaging than Twitter

While Google Plus can’t match Facebook for either number of users or intensity of usage, it offers marketers the opportunity to build deeper social relationships than you might think – especially when compared with Twitter. In fact, Forrester data shows...

SA institute to tackle radioactive waste

The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) was formally launched in Pretoria yesterday, with the aim of overseeing the safe management and disposal of radioactive waste in South Africa. This follows its promulgation by Parliament on 9 January 2009, in...

IDC names leaders in mobile app development

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new vendor assessment profiling providers that offer mobile application development, testing, management and infrastructure (mADTMI) services to enterprise-class firms. The MarketScape report found that Accenture,...

Corporate learning helps Africa’s boom

Emerging markets specialist and economist Charles Robertson predicts that Africa is about to “boom”. According to Robertson, the per capita incomes in Africa have doubled since the year 2000, and life expectancy has increased by one year every three years for...