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Choice spurs huge smartphone growth
With most of the top brands introducing new flagship models in the first half of 2013, smartphone buyers now have more choices than ever, a phenomenon that will contribute to an expected doubling in market shipments from 2012 to 2017. Worldwide smartphone shipments...
Mild growth for X86 servers in China
The total shipment of X86 servers in China reached nearly 286 000 units in Q1 2013, indicating a mild market growth of 3,9% year-on-year. Vendor factory revenue for X86 servers reached US$870-million, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9,5%. According to IDC, in terms...
EMEA sees decline in PC shipments
New IDC research shows that overall PC shipments in EMEA decreased by 22,2% in Q2 2013 compared to the same period last year. EMEA PC shipments reached 19,6-million units in the second quarter of 2013, with portable PC shipments at 12,4-million, declining by 26%, and...
Telkom settlement ushers in new era
Telkom has welcomed the formal confirmation by the Competition Tribunal of the settlement agreement reached between it and the Competition Commission on 14 June 2013, which has been made an order of the Competition Tribunal. The company says this agreement marks the...
Microsoft disappoints Wall Street
A $900-million charge related to Surface RT inventory adjustments has seen software giant Microsoft post lower than expected results for its fourth quarter, with its share price dropping 5% immediately after the news. The company announced quarterly revenue of...
Academic freedom in spotlight at UCT lecture
The need to seek scientific research funding from corporations could subordinate academic freedom to commercial confidentiality, and is one of the issues that will come under the spotlight at UCT’s upcoming annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture, titled “Universities, the...
Strong need for ‘Made for Africa’ apps
The rise of mobile technology has brought about a gold rush of mobile companies looking to create the next best app for consumers and businesses, but the market is overrun with international applications, many of which do not add value in the African context. This is...
DiData scoops Schneider awards
Dimension Data has taken the lion’s share of partner awards up for grabs at Schneider Electric’s recent MEA distributor conference in Istanbul, with other local companies also featuring. Dimension Data Advance Infrastructure Johannesburg won Solutions Partner of the...
Alpine scales new heights with Aruba
Network infrastructure specialist, Alpine Communications, has become Aruba Networks' first platinum partner on the African continent. It received this recognition after recruiting 15 new customers across the retail, legal and education sectors in just nine months, a...
Hubble finds new Neptune moon
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune - the 14th known moon to be circling the giant planet. The moon, designated S/2004 N 1, is estimated to be no more than 12 miles across, making it the smallest known...
Bytes wins Genesys Partner of the Year Award
Global provider of customer service solutions Genesys has crowned Bytes Systems Integration its 2013 Partner of the Year in the UK, Ireland and South-East Africa region. The award recognises that Bytes Systems Integration, a Genesys partner since 2006, has brought in...
Fujitsu enhances the EXTERNUS DX family
Fujitsu has announced several enhancements to the ETERNUS DX family of disk-based storage systems to significantly broaden and deepen access to performance-hungry scenarios such as business analytics, data bases and online transaction processing (OLTP). To help to...
SMB tech needs are changing
A new IDC survey-based study reveals a significant shift in IT sourcing channels among European SMBs. While basic hardware needs still take up a large share of the IT budget, new technologies — particularly those that IDC refers to as the 3rd Platform (social media,...
Choice spurs huge smartphone growth
With most of the top brands introducing new flagship models in the first half of 2013, smartphone buyers now have more choices than ever, a phenomenon that will contribute to an expected doubling in market shipments from 2012 to 2017. Worldwide smartphone shipments...
Mild growth for X86 servers in China
The total shipment of X86 servers in China reached nearly 286 000 units in Q1 2013, indicating a mild market growth of 3,9% year-on-year. Vendor factory revenue for X86 servers reached US$870-million, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9,5%. According to IDC, in terms...
EMEA sees decline in PC shipments
New IDC research shows that overall PC shipments in EMEA decreased by 22,2% in Q2 2013 compared to the same period last year. EMEA PC shipments reached 19,6-million units in the second quarter of 2013, with portable PC shipments at 12,4-million, declining by 26%, and...
Telkom settlement ushers in new era
Telkom has welcomed the formal confirmation by the Competition Tribunal of the settlement agreement reached between it and the Competition Commission on 14 June 2013, which has been made an order of the Competition Tribunal. The company says this agreement marks the...
Microsoft disappoints Wall Street
A $900-million charge related to Surface RT inventory adjustments has seen software giant Microsoft post lower than expected results for its fourth quarter, with its share price dropping 5% immediately after the news. The company announced quarterly revenue of...
Academic freedom in spotlight at UCT lecture
The need to seek scientific research funding from corporations could subordinate academic freedom to commercial confidentiality, and is one of the issues that will come under the spotlight at UCT’s upcoming annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture, titled “Universities, the...
Strong need for ‘Made for Africa’ apps
The rise of mobile technology has brought about a gold rush of mobile companies looking to create the next best app for consumers and businesses, but the market is overrun with international applications, many of which do not add value in the African context. This is...