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Expect more growth in light sensor use
Samsung, Apple and Chinese OEMs will drive revenue in the light sensor market to grow 16% between 2013 and 2016, according to a new report released today from HIS. The latest MEMS & Sensors report from IHS, Shining a Light on a Colourful Market, found that revenues will reach $767-million in 2016, a 16% rise in three years (2013 to 2016).
SimpliVity surpasses $1bn in value
Hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity has raised $175-million in series D funding at a valuation of more than $1-billion – a record achievement, coming just 23 months after general availability of its flagship product OmniCube. Waypoint Capital, the...
Broadcast Digital Migration policy to be gazetted
The Department of Communications (DoC) is set to publish the final Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy in the Government Gazette next week. DoC management presented the country’s state of readiness to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting to a Joint...
DCC offers Tandberg storage solutions
Distributor Drive Control Corporation has announced the availability of Overland Storage’s Tandberg Data RDX disk-based removable storage system. The Tandberg Data RDX provides simplified data security, backup, compatibility and ease-of-use for small-to-medium sized...
Security is everyone’s business
Security is no longer the ambit of the IT department alone. As more South African companies conduct business online, and as more people and things connect to the Internet, security becomes everyone’s business – from the CEO to the newest or most junior employee, says...
New appointment for EMC Southern Africa
EMC Southern Africa has appointed Amanda De Beer as regional manager of its Data Protection Solutions (DPS) business. Formerly executive of Gijima’s Enterprise Applications business unit, De Beer has gained immense experience and insight throughout her career which...
Stolen hours cost the economy
Absenteeism costs South Africa between R12 and R16-billion per year, according to Occupational Care South Africa (OCSA) and Statistics SA. OCSA adds that of the 15% of staff who may be absent on any given day, only one in three are actually physically ill, and that...
Up-to-date learning for your workforce
Businesses have long struggled with how to effectively train their employees, while showing a solid return on investment (ROI). The rising costs associated with instructor-led training have added to the dilemma. According to research performed originally by Edgar Dole...
Customer experience a key concern
The unhappy customer – to most companies, this is the worst possible business outcome. How about the indifferent customer? If the customer is king, then surely logic should follow that the customer’s experience, and by association their feelings toward your business,...
Innovation, investment drive Wyzetalk growth
When Wyzetalk started as a tech project in 2011 born out of frustration at the limiting features of social business software available, nobody envisioned the rapid successes it would achieve. IDC estimates that by 2016 the size of the global social and collaboration...
Weaker rand puts strain on imports
The rand has fallen to a new 13-year low against the dollar, after incurring losses triggered by a sell-off of emerging market currencies, based on expectations that US interests rates could rise by mid-year. “Currently imports hold firm – but we are likely to see strain being taken if the rand doesn’t regain some ground in the next few weeks.”
Intel revises revenue expectations downwards
Intel has announced that first-quarter revenue is expected to be below the company's previous outlook. The company now expects first-quarter revenue to be $12,8-billion, plus or minus $300-million, compared to the previous expectation of $13,7-billion, plus or minus...
West Africa feels Ebola ripple effects
West African nations that experienced low or zero incidence of Ebola have already been affected by the Ebola crisis because of their deep connections with the three most affected countries, according to a new UN report. “The consequences of Ebola are vast,” says...
Expect more growth in light sensor use
Samsung, Apple and Chinese OEMs will drive revenue in the light sensor market to grow 16% between 2013 and 2016, according to a new report released today from HIS. The latest MEMS & Sensors report from IHS, Shining a Light on a Colourful Market, found that revenues will reach $767-million in 2016, a 16% rise in three years (2013 to 2016).
SimpliVity surpasses $1bn in value
Hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity has raised $175-million in series D funding at a valuation of more than $1-billion – a record achievement, coming just 23 months after general availability of its flagship product OmniCube. Waypoint Capital, the...
Broadcast Digital Migration policy to be gazetted
The Department of Communications (DoC) is set to publish the final Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) policy in the Government Gazette next week. DoC management presented the country’s state of readiness to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting to a Joint...
DCC offers Tandberg storage solutions
Distributor Drive Control Corporation has announced the availability of Overland Storage’s Tandberg Data RDX disk-based removable storage system. The Tandberg Data RDX provides simplified data security, backup, compatibility and ease-of-use for small-to-medium sized...
Security is everyone’s business
Security is no longer the ambit of the IT department alone. As more South African companies conduct business online, and as more people and things connect to the Internet, security becomes everyone’s business – from the CEO to the newest or most junior employee, says...
New appointment for EMC Southern Africa
EMC Southern Africa has appointed Amanda De Beer as regional manager of its Data Protection Solutions (DPS) business. Formerly executive of Gijima’s Enterprise Applications business unit, De Beer has gained immense experience and insight throughout her career which...
Stolen hours cost the economy
Absenteeism costs South Africa between R12 and R16-billion per year, according to Occupational Care South Africa (OCSA) and Statistics SA. OCSA adds that of the 15% of staff who may be absent on any given day, only one in three are actually physically ill, and that...