IT spend set for 2013/14 growth

Forrester is forecasting 5,4% growth (in local currencies) in global tech spending in 2013, with some geographies set for even better figures.  This is according to analyst Andrew Bartels, who says that – aside from Europe, which will grow minimally in 2013 as...

IT spending to trend upward

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,7-trillion in 2013, a 4,2% increase from 2012 spending of $3,6-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The 2013 outlook for IT spending growth in US dollars has been revised upward from 3,8% in the Q3 2012...

SA cybercrime set to soar in 2013

South African companies have been warned that cybercrime is set to increase in 2013 – placing their profitability, their competitiveness and perhaps even their existence at risk. An alarming fact is that South Africa hosts the third-highest number of cybercrime...

Curiosity probes Snake River

NASA’s Mars rover has moved to within arm’s reach of a sinuous rock feature called “Snake River”,  a thin curving line of darker rock cutting through flatter rocks and jutting above sand. Curiosity’s science team plans to get a closer look at...

Inflection point for software market

The software market is at an inflection point, with widespread adoption of big data, cloud, mobile, collaborative and business process management technologies expected over the next 24 months. This is according to a customer technology adoption survey, carried out by...

Unlimited browsing from Telkom Internet

Telkom will upgrade its Internet network from 1 February 2013, in a move towards optimising customer experience. Both residential and business clients will benefit from this upgrade. As a result, the free local data promotion by a “soft cap” for new and existing...