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Better growth for semiconductors
Semiconductor revenue worldwide will see improved growth this year of 6,9%, reaching $320-billion, according to the mid-year 2013 update of the Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF) from International Data Corporation (IDC). The SAF also forecasts that...
SanDisk signs up Sahara
Global flash memory supplier Sandisk has signed a distribution deal with Sahara Computers as part of its strategy to expand its footprint in Africa. “South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa and represents huge potential for SanDisk,” says Sreedhar Sreekumar,...
JCSE concludes MIT innovation programme
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (MIT AITI) programme, hosted by Wits University and the Jo'burg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE), concluded with the successful presentation of seven real-world mobile...
New task team for SABC
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC board and management yesterday to take forward the issues that were discussed at the 17 July 2013 meeting. “We have decided to set up a high-level team made up of...
The spam landscape in June
The percentage of spam in e-mail traffic in June was up 1,4 percentage points and averaged 71,1%. Malicious attachments were found in 1,8% of all e-mails - a drop of 1% point compared to the previous month. This is according to Kaspersky Lab, which adds that last...
Manufacturers turn to mobile apps
There is a rising trend towards using a corporate application (app) store to manage the proliferation of mobile applications (apps) across manufacturing organisations, according to a new report Business Strategy: Looking Forward to the Corporate Application Store from...
Women spice up the boardroom
In a world where every ounce of competitive advantage counts, greater diversity at board level could be the secret ingredient all companies are looking for as evidence mounts that women executives have a positive effect on the bottom line. The economic reasons for...
Unisa opens new science campus
The University of South Africa (Unisa) has opened its new science campus in Florida, Johannesburg. The campus houses Unisa’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) as well as its College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET). The launch...
Cell C signs up 1m new customers
Cell C has signed up a record 1-million new customers for the month of July. "I am exceptionally proud and excited to announce that for the first time in the history of Cell C we have connected more than 1-million customers in one month,” says Alan Knott-Craig, Cell C...
Reviewing the relevance of projects
The waterfall development cycle has been the de facto methodology behind many software development lifecycles for years, writes Ziaan Hattingh, MD of IndigoCube. Over time some companies have been able to make it work reasonably efficiently, others have moved to...
Riverbed delivers WAN optimisation solution
Riverbed Technology the application performance company extended its market leading Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimisation product family with the addition of a new hardware appliance and upgrades to its Steelhead software. Steelhead WAN optimisation solutions...
Tablets drive SA e-commerce
The growth of tablet ownership in South Africa is one of the driving forces behind e-commerce growth in the country. The 2013 mobile shopping survey by online retail Kalahari.com reveals that tablet ownership has grown by 10% compared to last year’s figures. In 2012...
Sustainable energy shows growth in 2012
The global use of solar and wind energy continued to grow significantly in 2012. Solar power consumption increased by 58%, to 93 terrawatt-hours (TWh), and the use of wind power increased by 18%, to 521 TWh. Although hydropower remains the world's leading renewable...
Better growth for semiconductors
Semiconductor revenue worldwide will see improved growth this year of 6,9%, reaching $320-billion, according to the mid-year 2013 update of the Semiconductor Applications Forecaster (SAF) from International Data Corporation (IDC). The SAF also forecasts that...
SanDisk signs up Sahara
Global flash memory supplier Sandisk has signed a distribution deal with Sahara Computers as part of its strategy to expand its footprint in Africa. “South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa and represents huge potential for SanDisk,” says Sreedhar Sreekumar,...
JCSE concludes MIT innovation programme
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (MIT AITI) programme, hosted by Wits University and the Jo'burg Centre of Software Engineering (JCSE), concluded with the successful presentation of seven real-world mobile...
New task team for SABC
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, and Deputy Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, met with the SABC board and management yesterday to take forward the issues that were discussed at the 17 July 2013 meeting. “We have decided to set up a high-level team made up of...
The spam landscape in June
The percentage of spam in e-mail traffic in June was up 1,4 percentage points and averaged 71,1%. Malicious attachments were found in 1,8% of all e-mails - a drop of 1% point compared to the previous month. This is according to Kaspersky Lab, which adds that last...
Manufacturers turn to mobile apps
There is a rising trend towards using a corporate application (app) store to manage the proliferation of mobile applications (apps) across manufacturing organisations, according to a new report Business Strategy: Looking Forward to the Corporate Application Store from...
Women spice up the boardroom
In a world where every ounce of competitive advantage counts, greater diversity at board level could be the secret ingredient all companies are looking for as evidence mounts that women executives have a positive effect on the bottom line. The economic reasons for...