Xhosa version of iFirefox browser soon

Rubric, a global language service provider (LSP), has donated its translation services to make Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser available in isiXhosa – South Africa’s second most spoken language. Françoise Henderson, CEO of Rubric, says the company completed the...

Apple future bleak without Samsung

Apple may be the most influential technology company in the world, but even its formidable status may not help as it tries to out-innovate Samsung, its primary competitor. That’s because any major innovation would likely demand greater memory capabilities – and...

M2M market already burgeoning

Machine-to-machine (M2M) is often portrayed as a nascent industry sector. However, operators are already generating strong revenue in this sector, amounting to $10-billion worldwide in 2013, and increasing to U$88-billion by 2023. Future growth opportunities will be...

IDC disburses record R16bn

In pursuit of sustainable and inclusive industrial development, the IDC announced that it had disbursed a record R16-billion into the economy in the 2012/2013 financial year. In addition to this achievement, the corporation sustained its funding approvals at the...

Enterprise architecture must drive strategy

CIOs are increasingly looking to enterprise architecture (EA) to help drive their digital strategy, according to Gartner. Fifty-two percent of respondents in Gartner’s 2013 CEO and Senior Executive Survey said their organisations have a digital strategy....