Spotlight falls on counterfeit goods
As one of the biggest victims of the counterfeit trade on the continent, HP is today hosting a summit in Johannesburg in an attempt to raise awareness around what has become the scourge of legitimate vendors. The company says that the Anti-Counterfeiting Africa...African milestone for Internet Solutions
In a first for the African continent, Internet Solutions (IS) has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform across the company’s South African long distance fibre network, heralding its first entry into the “Terabit Era”. The company says the new platform will deliver...Arctic ice is under pressure
The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to this period is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap’s...Global IT on track for modest growth
With the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,8-trillion in 2014, a 3,2% increase from 2013 spending, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Globally, businesses are shaking off their malaise and...Lucky 13 for Big Blue
For the 13th consecutive year, IBM has been named by Gartner as the global market share leader in the application infrastructure and middleware market. Gartner’s All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2013 report names IBM as the leader in application infrastructure and...