Manufacturing at risk from wireless
The increasing networking of manufacturing equipment is opening up factories to the benefits of flexible production and wireless mobile communications. However, the rising use of connected devices is also exposing production sites to security breaches and...SA a nation in ‘digital chaos’
South Africa is a nation in “digital chaos”, with only sheer luck preventing more users from losing precious personal photos, videos and files. That’s the verdict of digital storage company WD, which has released the results of a study that found...Glass that bends, not breaks
In future, when you drop a glass on the floor it will bend and become slightly deformed – but it won’t break. Professor François Barthelat and his team at McGill’s Department of Mechanical Engineering have successfully taken inspiration from the mechanics of natural...Lenovo buys Motorola division
Lenovo has once again surprised the industry, this time by acquiring the Motorola Mobility smartphone business from Google for close to $3-billion. With a strong PC business and a fast-growing smartphone business, this agreement will significantly strengthen Lenovo’s...The year of the enterprise
The year ahead has been tipped as the year of the enterprise as regards telecommunications services, with IDC’s top 10 predictions for the African telecoms services market in 2014. Spiwe Chireka, program manager: telecoms and media – Africa at IDC, points out that...