The next phase for the SKA

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world’s largest radio telescope, is to move forward to its final pre-construction phase. The design of the €650-million first phase of the SKA (SKA1) is now defined, consisting of two complementary world class instruments one in...

VIDI calls for uncapped mobile broadband

Video-on-demand (VOD) service VIDI has weighed in on the current uncapped mobile broadband debate, saying that the dearth of wholesale mobile broadband offerings is holding the country’s entertainment industry back. The conversation around true uncapped mobile...

How SMEs can move to the digital economy

For small and midsize businesses to advance into the digital economy, three things are necessary: vision on the part of business leaders; dependable technology; and trust in that technology. This is the word from Joe McKendrick, contributor to Forbes Insights, writing...

Opportunities, challenges as HP buys Aruba

The recently announced acquisition of Aruba by HP will bring several opportunities for both companies, writes Surjyadeb Goswani, research manager at IDC CCR. In March 2015, HP announced it would acquire Aruba Networks, a leading wireless networking and mobility...

Inappropriate content rife on the Internet

More than two-thirds (68%) of users of Kaspersky Lab’s Parental Control technologies encountered inappropriate or dangerous content online during 2014. Adult content, gambling and sites carrying information about weapons were among the most prevalent threats detected...

Around the world without any fuel

Circumnavigating the globe without a single drop of fuel is a vision that will soon become reality. The futuristic Solar Impulse aircraft is scheduled to do just that in 2015, using solar power. The device has to be particularly lightweight and strong, and this has...