Big data the oil that enables innovation

Kathy Gibson at Saphila 2014 – Disruption can be swift and dynamic in any industry – some of the big players of yesterday don’t even exist anymore as new players usurped their markets. The companies that are successful and have disrupted their industries are not...

Sassa finalises R275m Net1 payment

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has received approximately R275-million (or $25,7-million) from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa), related to the recovery of additional implementation costs incurred during the beneficiary re-registration process in the fiscal...

Huge MIMO demand as cell networks jam up

With their cellular networks strained to breaking point by the deluge of data traffic generated by smartphones, wireless operators are striving to offload traffic to WiFi networks by using next-generation 802,11 2×2 Multiple-In Multiple-Out (MIMO) technology,...

Global storage sales take a knock

Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues fell -5,2% year-over-year to $5,6-billion during the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the quarter, the...

Windows unveils new products

Windows and the Windows eco-system is adapting to meet the changing forces in the market. At last week’s Computex, Nick Parker, Microsoft corporate vice-president responsible for Microsoft’s device partnerships, demonstrated the breadth of innovation happening across...

The future for Watson is mobile

IBM has announced the three winners of the 2014 Watson Mobile Developer Challenge. This first-of-its-kind global competition encouraged developers and entrepreneurs to create consumer and business apps made with IBM’s Watson cognitive computing capabilities. The...