by Kathy Gibson | Sep 20, 2015 | Features
DevOps is a new term that’s taking the IT world by storm. But what exactly is it, and how can South African companies take advantage of it to develop better applications quicker? Kathy Gibson found some answers The term DevOps has been kicking around for some time,...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 20, 2015 | Innovation
As businesses in all sectors grapple with how to digitalise to meet increasing competition, the insurance industry remains one of the least transformed – but the signs are already there that it needs to adapt or die. Kathy Gibson asks why … and how The insurance...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 20, 2015 | Innovation
Move over convergence; IT is all about hyper-convergence nowadays. But what is hyper-convergence and why should you care? Kathy Gibson looked for some answers. The IT industry is one of massive change, with new technologies and products coming to market all the time....
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 20, 2015 | Sustainability
Given the current power challenges in South Africa, as well as a growing trend toward solutions for sustainable electricity, solar technology as a source of energy supply has become a hot topic, particularly for organisations wishing to reduce their reliance on...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Innovation
With nearly 2,7-billion smartphones in the hands of global consumers today, and more than 5,5-billion projected by 2018, it’s no surprise that consumers are increasingly more aware of and opportunistic about them integrating seamlessly in their vehicles, according to...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Innovation
Foldable displays are expected to comprise more than half (51%) of total display shipments in 2020, according to IHS. Based on the latest information from the IHS Flexible Display Technology and Market Report, global shipments of foldable displays will grow at a...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Innovation
Global TV shipments declined 8%, year over year, to 48-million units in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015, after a year of quarterly year-over-year growth in 2014. This was the largest year-over-year decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Features
Worldwide spending on enterprise application software will grow 7,5% to reach $149,9-billion in 2015, increasing to more than $201-billion in 2019, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. Analysts said that long-term growth in spending will be driven primarily...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Features
Driven by strong 3G W-CDMA capacity projects in EMEA and unabated LTE activity in China, the global macrocell mobile infrastructure market was up 2% in the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15) from the prior quarter, and up 2% year-over-year, according to the IHS Infonetics...
by Allan Davison | Sep 20, 2015 | Features
In the second quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 8%yea r over year, while revenue increased 7,2% from the second quarter of 2014, according to Gartner. “The second quarter year-over-year growth for 2015 slowed compared with the annual growth of the...
