Lower growth for global IT spend

Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,8-trillion in 2015, a 2,4% increase from 2014; however, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3,9%, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The slower outlook for 2015 is largely attributed to the rising...

Falcon fails to land on platform

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s SpaceX succeeded in delivering supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), but failed to land its rocket on a platform designed to retrieve it and allow it to be re-used. In the early morning hours of Saturday, 10 January 2015,...

Tablet sales to stay muted

After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233-million units in 2015, an...

Healthcare set for ICT investment

ICT investments will be boosted in the four core healthcare markets of Middle East and Africa. According to the newly released data by International Data Corporation (IDC), spending on IT services and products among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia, South Africa,...

Intel moves into wearables

Intel has announced a number of technology advancements and initiatives aimed at accelerating computing into the next dimension. The announcements include the Intel Curie module, a button-sized hardware product for wearable solutions; new applications for Intel...

Gen Y to drive connected cars

Generation Y drivers are going to drive the move to connected cars, according to a new study from GfK launched this week at 2015 International CES in Las Vegas. New car sales in some key markets are getting close to – or even exceeding – levels not seen since the...