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IBM reports growth
IBM has announced fourth-quarter 2013 diluted earnings of $5,73 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $5,13 per share in the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 12%. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were $6,13 per share, compared with operating diluted...
Gaming set to drive ad spend over $24bn
A new digital PC and Mac gaming software and services forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that PC and Mac gamer spending and direct banner/video ad outlays across all digital channels will grow to over $24-billion worldwide by 2017. The...
Bursaries boost skills in Services SETA
The Services SETA (State Education and Training Authority) has teamed up with the UCT Graduate School of Business to enroll junior and middle managers working in the sector in key management development programmes at the school. Applicants are invited to apply for...
Afrihost extends mobile data promo
Afrihost has extended its Double Mobile Data promotion to the middle of 2014. The company has been running Double Data promotions since its mobile data launch in September last year and initially promised to keep the specials running until the end of February 2014....
Opportunities with software-defined anything
While many companies are still considering how best to implement a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy, the emergence of software-defined anything (SDx) that links even more types of devices and corporate assets to a global network, promises additional opportunities...
Half the world’s users offline in outage
In what has been described at the biggest Internet outage ever, 500-million Chinese users were unable to load sites for about eight hours on Tuesday. It is now believed that the culprit was China’s own security system – dubbed the Great Firewall – that was to blame,...
Online transactions top Internet concern
Almost 98% of computer users enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping and banking on their PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones, according to a global survey from B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. That means just 2% of respondents say they never use their PCs or...
Large ICT uptake in the EC
The Deputy Minister of Communications, Stella Ndabeni Abrahams will be handing over three Cyber Labs at the Jentile Senior Secondary School, St Patrick's and Sandi High Schools on 23 and 24 January 2014, in Sakhisizwe and Libode, Eastern Cape. This initiative is a...
10 tips to improve reliability
Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, official representatives of SoftExpert in South Africa and Ricky Smith, maintenance consultant and specialist and well-known published author, offer their advice on how to improve reliability. * Purchase a copy of...
Five ways CX CRMs grow sales
Any business looking to scale needs business processes. Good business processes take your company to the next level by automating functions that previously required management in the form of human capital, says Aneesh Reddy, co-founder and CEO, Capillary Technologies....
SA stands to gain from IoE
The Internet of Everything (IoE) could generate R152,58-billion ($14,3-billion) in value for South Africa’s public sector over the next decade, according to a new study released by Cisco. The IoE can help the South African government create value by saving money,...
Mobile payments drive m-commerce adoption
In 2013, 15% of mobile media users made some form of mobile payment to complete a purchase. The largest group of these users (7% of the total sample) did so via a mobile wallet, especially those based on near field communications (NFC) technology. This is one of the...
Unlimited Titans take Sage on board
The Unlimited Titans cricket franchise has partnered with Sage VIP HR & Payroll to implement a new software system for personnel performance management. According to Jacques Faul, CEO of the Unlimited Titans, the move was initiated in order to take sport...
IBM reports growth
IBM has announced fourth-quarter 2013 diluted earnings of $5,73 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $5,13 per share in the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 12%. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were $6,13 per share, compared with operating diluted...
Gaming set to drive ad spend over $24bn
A new digital PC and Mac gaming software and services forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that PC and Mac gamer spending and direct banner/video ad outlays across all digital channels will grow to over $24-billion worldwide by 2017. The...
Bursaries boost skills in Services SETA
The Services SETA (State Education and Training Authority) has teamed up with the UCT Graduate School of Business to enroll junior and middle managers working in the sector in key management development programmes at the school. Applicants are invited to apply for...
Afrihost extends mobile data promo
Afrihost has extended its Double Mobile Data promotion to the middle of 2014. The company has been running Double Data promotions since its mobile data launch in September last year and initially promised to keep the specials running until the end of February 2014....
Opportunities with software-defined anything
While many companies are still considering how best to implement a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy, the emergence of software-defined anything (SDx) that links even more types of devices and corporate assets to a global network, promises additional opportunities...
Half the world’s users offline in outage
In what has been described at the biggest Internet outage ever, 500-million Chinese users were unable to load sites for about eight hours on Tuesday. It is now believed that the culprit was China’s own security system – dubbed the Great Firewall – that was to blame,...
Online transactions top Internet concern
Almost 98% of computer users enjoy the ease and convenience of shopping and banking on their PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones, according to a global survey from B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. That means just 2% of respondents say they never use their PCs or...