Chinese IT manufacturers come to the party
By 2019, two-thirds of data centre IT infrastructure spending in China will be obtained by local Chinese vendors, according to Gartner. Gartner says that local vendors are getting more and more competitive in all aspects, from product service quality to cost control...Adapt IT shows positive growth
Adapt IT has reported that its turnover increased 38% to R261-million for the six months ended 31 December 2014. “In line with our strategic expansion plan, our strong organic growth – in tandem with strategic acquisitions – has yielded continued positive...IBM invests R700m in Jo’burg lab
IBM today unveiled plans to invest R700-million over the next 10 years in an expansion of IBM Research – Africa with a new laboratory in Johannesburg. The announcement was made this morning by Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor and Dr John Kelly, senior...Rwanda signs up for mobile broadband
The Rwandan Ministry of Youth and ICT and the GSMA today announced an agreement to undertake a series of initiatives to increase citizens’ access to mobile broadband technologies across the country. This landmark development takes place in the lead-up to the GSMA’s...What’s driving mobile data growth?
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2015, to be held from 2 to 5 March in Barcelona, Jessica Ekholm, research director at Gartner, shares her thoughts on what is driving the growth in mobile data traffic, and how communications service providers (CSPs) and mobile app...