Technology News
Apple closes gap on Samsung smartphones
Holiday seasonality, strong end-user demand and a deep selection of models propelled smartphone volumes to a new record level for the quarter and for the year. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone...
The future of the mobile worker
As mobility becomes more important for workers, they tend to use more than one device in order to get their jobs done wherever they are and whenever it’s relevant. These are among the findings from the second Global Evolving Workforce Study by Dell and Intel, which...
Affordability to drive wearables dynamics
The wearables market will be worth $27-billion in 2020, with almost 400-million wearable devices sold in the year. Ovum expects sales of wearable devices to reach 394-million units in 2020, up from 24-million units in 2014, corresponding to a CAGR of 60%. Revenues...
IT needs to address real business needs
By 2016, 65% of global competitive strategies will require realtime 3rd Platform IT as a service (ITaaS). The ability of CIOs and IT organisations to grasp how business wants services that serve actual business needs, not traditional IT components, is significantly...
Google, VMware work together on cloud
VMware has announced an expanded agreement with Google to deliver greater enterprise access to public cloud services via VMware vCloud Air. As part of this agreement, Google Cloud Platform will be tightly integrated into vCloud Air, providing enterprise customers with...
Digitisation tops CIO priority lists
The past three decades in the ICT industry have seen many disruptive waves of technology, but never as many waves hitting simultaneously as we are seeing today. That’s the view of Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, who says: “CIOs in today’s...
Business needs will drive BI models
Traditional business intelligence (BI) and analytics models are being disrupted as the balance of power shifts from IT to the business, according to Gartner. The rise of data discovery, access to multi-structured data, data preparation tools and smart capabilities...
IoT set to impact manufacturing
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on track to dramatically transform manufacturers' products, services and operations in 2015. While the hype persists around IoT, IDC Manufacturing Insight notes there are many signs that show confidence in IoT is with good reason. The...
Software AG releases Q4 results
Software AG has released its financial results (IFRS, preliminary) for the fourth quarter and 2014 fiscal year. The software company's upward trend noted in the third quarter continued through the end of the year. Key performance indicators further improved...
Schneider introduces new StruxureWare
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has introduced StruxureWare Data Center Operation v7.4, which provides new capabilities, allowing companies to strike the right balance between high availability and peak efficiency throughout the data...
Training to bridge the generational divide
Today’s workforce is complex and diverse, especially with digital natives starting to pour into the workplace as they complete their studies. That means companies need to put in place comprehensive training strategies that can accommodate older employees and...
PayGate launches PayPartner programme
Payment services provider PayGate has launched PayPartner, a support and rewards programme for the community of Web developers using its services, GM for business development Brendon Williamson has announced. “We have over 2 000 developers registered on our site, and...
Fortinet reports strong Q4 results
Fortinet, a global leader in high performance cyber security solutions, has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December, 2014. “Fortinet had an excellent fourth quarter, exceeding or meeting our expectations across all key...
Apple closes gap on Samsung smartphones
Holiday seasonality, strong end-user demand and a deep selection of models propelled smartphone volumes to a new record level for the quarter and for the year. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone...
The future of the mobile worker
As mobility becomes more important for workers, they tend to use more than one device in order to get their jobs done wherever they are and whenever it’s relevant. These are among the findings from the second Global Evolving Workforce Study by Dell and Intel, which...
Affordability to drive wearables dynamics
The wearables market will be worth $27-billion in 2020, with almost 400-million wearable devices sold in the year. Ovum expects sales of wearable devices to reach 394-million units in 2020, up from 24-million units in 2014, corresponding to a CAGR of 60%. Revenues...
IT needs to address real business needs
By 2016, 65% of global competitive strategies will require realtime 3rd Platform IT as a service (ITaaS). The ability of CIOs and IT organisations to grasp how business wants services that serve actual business needs, not traditional IT components, is significantly...
Google, VMware work together on cloud
VMware has announced an expanded agreement with Google to deliver greater enterprise access to public cloud services via VMware vCloud Air. As part of this agreement, Google Cloud Platform will be tightly integrated into vCloud Air, providing enterprise customers with...
Digitisation tops CIO priority lists
The past three decades in the ICT industry have seen many disruptive waves of technology, but never as many waves hitting simultaneously as we are seeing today. That’s the view of Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, who says: “CIOs in today’s...
Business needs will drive BI models
Traditional business intelligence (BI) and analytics models are being disrupted as the balance of power shifts from IT to the business, according to Gartner. The rise of data discovery, access to multi-structured data, data preparation tools and smart capabilities...