Impressive interim results for EOH
EOH increased group revenue increased by 45,5% to R2 389,2-million (2012: R1 642,3-million) during the six months ended 31 January 2013. The group’s profit after tax increased by 53,5% to R163,5-million (2012: R106,5-million), while headline earnings per share (HEPS)...SKA partners on exascale research
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa, a business unit of the country’s National Research Foundation, is joining the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Astron and IBM in a four-year collaboration to research extremely fast, but low-power exascale computer...Small growth for storage shipments
Worldwide external disk storage systems’ factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 2,3%, totalling just over $6,7-billion, in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems...Tablet ownership set to quadruple
Tablet ownership in Western Europe is set to quadruple in the next five years as the percentage of online consumers to own a tablet increases from 14% in 2012 to 55% in 2017, according to a new Forrester forecast. The dramatic growth follows what was a pivotal year...Tablet buyers look for price-performance
As the consumer continues to battle with over-indebtedness, price-performance is becoming a bigger issue – and end-users are looking far more closely at specifications to ensure that they do not pay too much by “buying features they will not use”. This is...