2015 a tipping point for public services

Technology shapes virtually every aspect of the world today – creating opportunities, advancing knowledge and connecting people, writes Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. Highlights in 2014 included the transition of wearable devices from novelty to...

Tablet sales to stay muted

After a troubled year in 2014, the global tablet market is not returning to the levels of growth seen in the last four years as demand for tablets will continue to be slow in 2015. Gartner estimates that worldwide tablet sales will reach 233-million units in 2015, an...

Where are self-driving cars headed?

Google and various automakers have increased their investments in order to achieve the goal of self-driving vehicles, while Google has shifted from its previous strategy to focus on fully driverless vehicles for the future. If successful, it will have significant...

What’s in store in the WAPA world?

The Wireless Application Providers Association (WAPA) sets out what it thinks will happen in 2015. Icasa will allocate and assign more spectrum WAPA has long been advocating for more spectrum to be allocated and assigned, as has much of the rest of the wireless...

The future of enterprise ICT in 2015

Jay Kidd, senior vice-president and chief technology officer of NetApp, offers his predictions for 2015. In my 35 years in IT, I have never seen so much simultaneous change in technology. Every part of the IT stack is in transition – end user devices, networks,...

Business confidence levels concerning

The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for December 2014 has been released by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI), revealing that confidence has slipped. The organisations released the following statement: The BCI shed 2,5 index points in...