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Dell takes lion’s share of fast-growing worldwide enterprise client device market

Sep 19, 2014

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker, worldwide thin client and terminal client device shipments totaled 1.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), an increase of 10.8% from the same...

Times Media’s Vidi first-mover advantage to shake up South Africa’s pay-TV market

Sep 18, 2014

The biggest threat in the short term to Vidi is expected to come from Telkom if it launches its own VOD services by leveraging its ADSL infrastructure

By 2016, almost half of wristworn devices will be smartwatches

Sep 18, 2014

Trend around the "quantified self" to drive adoption -- but despite growing interest, numerous hurdles to overcome

Cisco leads as security appliance market grows again

Sep 18, 2014

Unified threat management (UTM) was the fastest-growing security appliance product category in 2Q14

One company’s doomsday cloud scenario is a lesson for all

Sep 17, 2014

The annihilation of cloud services company Codespaces should raise serious questions for any company that hosts some or all of its data in the cloud, says Warren Olivier, Veeam Regional Manager for Southern Africa. “The ability to work in the cloud gives us...

60% of family owned businesses struggle to find external finance to fund investment

Sep 17, 2014

A new KPMG International survey has found that 58% of family businesses are currently seeking external financing to fund their investment plans, but finding the right strategic investment partner can be challenging. While family businesses create more than 70% of...

First look of new MSN South Africa

Sep 17, 2014

Yesterday Microsoft unveiled a first look of the new MSN in South Africa. “To make MSN relevant in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, we have gone back to basics and redesigned the platform with that in mind. The new MSN brings together the world’s best media sources...

Growth of cloud and data centres in SA fuels need for appropriate storage

Sep 17, 2014

Demanding applications such as on-line transaction processing, high-performance database, analytics applications, multi-tenant server applications and virtualised servers require both high performance and high reliability.

Rubric donates translations of Ebola health information to Wikipedia

Sep 15, 2014

Partnerships on Wikipedia targets South Africans, with other languages to follow, as organisations work to improve access to information in West Africa. Rubric, a global language service provider, has donated its translation services to Wikimedia ZA to provide South...

Worldwide Phablet Shipments to Surpass Portable PCs in 2014 — and Tablets by 2015

Sep 4, 2014

According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Connected Device Tracker, worldwide phablet shipments (smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5 to less than 7 inches) will reach 175 million units worldwide in 2014,...

EMEA Market Confidence Will Boost Workstation Refreshments in H2 2014

Sep 4, 2014

Workstation shipments in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region increased 12.7% year on year in first half of 2014. Global research and advisory company IDC expects this healthy performance to continue in the second half of the year, with 11.2% growth...

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