Big data gets even bigger

Sentiment surrounding big data vendors remained positive last year, despite sceptics’ suggestions that the subject had been “over-hyped”, according to Ovum.  The big data buzz word even managed to transcend from the enterprise IT world to become a hot...

Mobile marketing set to grow

As retailers increasingly utilise mobile devices as a touch point on each stage of the retail lifecycle, a new report from Juniper Research has found that annual spend by retailers on mobile marketing will reach $55-billion, almost double the $28-billion level...

Support for ICT education

Policy implementation remains one of the key challenges facing African governments with regard to information and communication technologies (ICT) in education, with a “crucial” need for education ministries to put in place systems that can allow ICT in education to...

Data loss affects customers

Whatever the causes, data loss affects everybody – the company, its employees and even its customers. According to the B2B International survey customer information as well as financial data, both at 36%, are lost most often. This is closely followed by employee...

Staff care about business, lack support

At the start of another economically challenging year, research conducted across the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands by collaborative work management software provider, Mindjet, encouragingly reveals that the majority of employees within these regions – 54% of...

Samsung tops semiconductor demand

Samsung Electronics and Apple both dominated semiconductor demand in 2012, although Samsung overtook Apple as the top worldwide semiconductor customer, according to Gartner. Based on analysis of the design total available market (TAM), Samsung and Apple together...