Global server market declines in 2013
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -4,4% year-over-year to $14,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, this was the fourth consecutive quarter of...Smartphone growth set for slowdown
Worldwide smartphone shipments will slow to 8,3% annual growth in 2017 and 6,2% in 2018. A new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker finds that annual smartphone volume in 2013 surpassed 1-billion...Carrim engages with SABC on ICT policy
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC Board yesterday to discuss the National Integrated ICT Policy Review, South Africa Connect; the country’s Broadband Policy, Plan and Strategy; the SABC’s...New generation accesses mainframe skills
IBM has extended the IBM Master the Mainframe Contest to South African universities to support and build out skills in next-generation innovations on the mainframe, as part of its academic initiative. The competition lets students use IBM’s zEnterprise computing...Mobile gamers up their spending
Gamers spent more than four times as much money on Google Play smartphone and tablet games in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) as they did in the final quarter of 2012. This is found in a new report from International Data Corporation (IDC) and App Annie, Portable...