Technology News
Nedbank taps IBM to analyse social media
Nedbank is using IBM’s predictive analysis solutions to improve the customer experience and provide more responsive realtime services. As a result of this technology implementation, the bank has reduced social media monitoring costs by over R1-million rand a year...
IT spending on track for 2014 increase
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,8-trillion in 2014, a 3,1% increase from 2013 spending of $3,7-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. In 2013, the market experienced flat growth, growing 0,4% year-over-year. Spending on devices...
Emerging markets to drive PC, mobile growth
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2,5-billion units in 2014, a 7,6% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. Among the operating system (OS) market, Android is on pace to surpass one billion...
World GDP on upward trajectory
In 2012, gross world product increased to just over $83-trillion, a 4,85% increase over 2011. On the surface, this metric supports the argument that the worst of the global recession is in the past; however, the economy continues a pattern of slowing growth rates...
Citrix acquires Framehawk
Citrix has announced that it has acquired Framehawk. The Framehawk solution, which optimizes the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to mobile devices, will be combined with HDX technology in the Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop products to deliver an...
Companies to invest in technology
One of the biggest challenges that retailers will face in 2014 is the fear of losing their customers, as well as winning new ones, in a very competitive business environment. To address these challenges more and more companies will make aggressive investments in...
Big data must be personalised, smart
Big data was one of the big things in 2013. This will probably be repeated this year, but the core focus will be on personalisation, according to experts in marketing, technology and research, said Johann Evans, Chief Technology Officer at unified data management...
Razer announces Nabu smart wristband
Razer, the world leader in devices and software for its globally connected community of gamers, announces the launch of the world’s smartest wristband, the Razer Nabu. The Razer Nabu is a revolutionary wearable technology that delivers notifications from a smartphone...
The business value of SOA and cloud
The promise of both cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about delivering services to the business, within and beyond the enterprise, with increased agility, speed and cost effectiveness, which can lead to greater innovation, improved collaboration,...
LG unveils curved OLED TV
LG Electronics (LG) has taken the cover off the world’s first Flexible OLED TV at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With this revolutionary TV unit, viewers can control the angle of curvature for the ultimate viewing experience that...
Hubble spies ancient galaxies
A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image of massive galaxy cluster Abell 2744 (pictured here) is the deepest ever made of any cluster of galaxies. It shows some of the faintest and youngest galaxies ever detected in space. The immense gravity in Abell 2744 is...
HP loses top spot as PC shipments dive
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 82,6-million units in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 6,9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2012, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the seventh consecutive quarter of shipment decline. "Although PC shipments continued...
Modest 2014 growth for global economy
After wallowing in an economic “soft patch” for the past two years, the global economy is likely to emerge in 2014 with modest growth of 3,3% compared with 2,5% last year, according to a forecast from Nariman Behravesh, chief economist of HIS. “The easing of the twin...
Nedbank taps IBM to analyse social media
Nedbank is using IBM’s predictive analysis solutions to improve the customer experience and provide more responsive realtime services. As a result of this technology implementation, the bank has reduced social media monitoring costs by over R1-million rand a year...
IT spending on track for 2014 increase
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,8-trillion in 2014, a 3,1% increase from 2013 spending of $3,7-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. In 2013, the market experienced flat growth, growing 0,4% year-over-year. Spending on devices...
Emerging markets to drive PC, mobile growth
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2,5-billion units in 2014, a 7,6% increase from 2013, according to Gartner. Among the operating system (OS) market, Android is on pace to surpass one billion...
World GDP on upward trajectory
In 2012, gross world product increased to just over $83-trillion, a 4,85% increase over 2011. On the surface, this metric supports the argument that the worst of the global recession is in the past; however, the economy continues a pattern of slowing growth rates...
Citrix acquires Framehawk
Citrix has announced that it has acquired Framehawk. The Framehawk solution, which optimizes the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to mobile devices, will be combined with HDX technology in the Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop products to deliver an...
Companies to invest in technology
One of the biggest challenges that retailers will face in 2014 is the fear of losing their customers, as well as winning new ones, in a very competitive business environment. To address these challenges more and more companies will make aggressive investments in...
Big data must be personalised, smart
Big data was one of the big things in 2013. This will probably be repeated this year, but the core focus will be on personalisation, according to experts in marketing, technology and research, said Johann Evans, Chief Technology Officer at unified data management...