BCX, Atio in joint venture

In a deal valued at R70-million, Atio’s Netcampus division has acquired Business Connexion’s Learning Solutions business unit, in exchange for 50% plus one share in the share capital of Netcampus. The merged businesses will create a more sustainable, future-oriented...

Intel highlights post-PC tech

Intel has announced new technologies and partnerships aimed at transforming how people experience technology from the device to the cloud. The announcements included details on new data centre product lines based on the 22-nanometer (nm) process technology and the new...

Big banks face IT danger

Big banks may be considered too big to fail, but their size and operational complexity create performance drags that could also make them too big to succeed.  According to Gartner, bank CIOs and chief operation officers (COOs) must innovate in IT and operations to...

Worst decline ever for PCs

The worldwide PC market saw its steepest decline ever in the first quarter of 2013, the fourth quarter of year-on-year shipment declines. Worldwide PC shipments totalled 76,3-million units in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), down -13,9% compared to the same quarter...

2013 a turning point for CIOs

2013 will be a turning point year as CEOs and senior executives, by a ratio of more than four to one, plan to increase IT investment in 2013, rather than cut it, according to a recent survey by Gartner.  The 2013 Gartner CEO and Senior Executive Survey found that, as...

HP redefines server market

HP has launched its Moonshot server, the first software-defined server that uses 89% less energy, 80% less space and saves up to 77% of the costs. The company believes the server is more than an update to the traditional server world, but calls it the first in a new...