Thin clients see long-delayed slowdown
After four consecutive quarters of year-over-year volume growth, worldwide thin and terminal client shipments totalled 1,35-million units in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), a decline of -1,8% from the same quarter a year ago (2Q13). This is markedly lower than the...How to beat the power cuts
Days after Eskom’s announcement that more rolling blackouts are expected, enterprising South Africans started coming up with ways of beating the loadshedding blues. “There has been a dramatic spike in searches for items like solar lights, gas appliances and...New business models drive ICT in Africa
IT is seeing healthy growth across Africa, and technologies like mobile, cloud, big data and social media are driving new business models and added value across the continent. This is according to IDC, which yesterday released its predictions for Africa in 2015....Technology will shape the future of work
Workforce demands by Generation X and Millennial workers to increase flexible work styles have been met with employers shifting their policies to accommodate these changing attitudes, according to the 2014 Cisco Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR). Among other...The world is becoming more mobile
Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the first go-to device for communications and content consumption, according to Gartner. In emerging economies, users are adopting smartphones as their exclusive mobile devices while in developed economies, multi-device...