by Allan Davison | Sep 19, 2014 | Innovation
LTE has turbocharged the mobile Internet experience for end-users, which has reflected in rapid adoption of LTE-capable smartphones along with other mobile devices, but it has also reinvigorated the broadband wireless marketplace. According to ABI Research, 1.26...
by Allan Davison | Sep 19, 2014 | Features
Worldwide PC monitor shipments totaled 32.5 million units in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), a year-over-year decline of -2.9%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. IDC expects worldwide shipments to continue...
by Allan Davison | Sep 19, 2014 | Features
Organisations that fail to set clear mobility strategies are in grave danger of losing out to the competition, and a complete failure to embrace this new reality will have potentially catastrophic consequences. That was the conclusion drawn yesterday at the IDC...
by Allan Davison | Sep 19, 2014 | Features
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...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Features
Last week’s launch of online video-on-demand (VOD) service Vidi by Times Media Group (TMG) has finally opened up competition in South Africa’s pay-TV market, long dominated by Multichoice’s DSTV service. And global advisory services firm...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Innovation
Global driverless vehicle shipments will increase from 1.1 million in 2024 to more than 42 million in 2035, with an installed driverless vehicle base reaching 176 million. “While autonomous driving under the control of a human standby driver is quickly gaining...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Features
As smartphone vendors and component suppliers continue to expand into the wearables market, Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2016 smartwatches will comprise about 40 percent of consumer wristworn devices. Gartner said that seven out of the top 10 smartphone vendors have...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Features
A recently completed Social Buying Study from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that 75% of the business-to-business (B2B) buyers studied and 84% of C-level/vice president executives use social media to support purchase decisions. According to the...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Features
According to IDC’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, 2Q14 vendor revenue for the EMEA security appliance market reached $654.80 million, a moderate 6.2% year-on-year growth. Shipments increased marginally at 0.8% year on year...
by Allan Davison | Sep 18, 2014 | Innovation
IT spending by financial institutions in the big four markets of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) — Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the UAE, and Turkey — is set for strong year-on-year growth of 10.8% in 2014, according to the latest insights from global advisory services...
