DoC extends ICT Green Paper deadline

Following requests from several stakeholders, the Department of Communications has extended the deadline for submissions on the National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper from 24 February to 24 March. National Public Hearings on the Green Paper will be held on 4...

IT spend to slow in emerging markets

IT spending is set to slow in emerging markets in 2014, inhibited by the economic slowdown and the inevitable deceleration in the growth of smartphones and tablets. According to the new International Data Corporation (IDC), it its Worldwide Black Book, has lowered its...

IBM brings Watson to Africa

IBM will invest $100-million in a 10-year initiative, dubbed “Project Lucy” after the earliest known human ancestor, to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and spur business opportunities across the continent. IBM’s...

What to expect at the Mobile World Congress

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 is fast approaching, and most major phone hardware companies are expected to descend on Barcelona from 24 to 27 February to exhibit their new flagship models for the following spring/summer contract renewal market. Jessica Ekholm,...

DCC offers Huawei Enterprise Servers

Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has added Huawei’s range of Enterprise Servers to its offerings. These servers deliver reliability, high performance and value for money – ideal for data centres in businesses of all sizes. “Huawei is a growing brand...

Security spans digital and physical lives

Data from a new survey suggests that the digital and physical lives of people are now fully intersected. In a McAfee survey that looks at the important parallels between personal and online security, 39% of respondents say they use technological devices to control...