New branding for Pinnsec and Datanet

New branding for Pinnsec and Datanet

Pinnacle has launched a new corporate identity for the Pinnacle Security Solutions (Pinnsec) and Datanet divisions, following its own brand identity evolution in May 2016. The futuristic new identities feature clean lines of black logos with accents of red for Pinnsec...
Employment is up, but not keeping pace

Employment is up, but not keeping pace

The new Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa, 2015 report, from Statistics South Africa, shows that between 2009 and 2015 employment increased from 14,2-million to 15,7-million. This rise, however, did not keep pace with the increase in the working age population...
Competition heats up as PCs bounce back

Competition heats up as PCs bounce back

Worldwide PC shipments totalled nearly 68-million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year-on-year decline of 3,9%, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipment volume continued to decline, but the results were about 3,2% ahead of...
Brace yourselves for a tough year in 2017

Brace yourselves for a tough year in 2017

It’s never an easy task, and nowadays, takes a lot of courage to try and predict what lies ahead in a new year. In 2016, for example, who could have predicted Brexit? Donald Trump winning the US presidency? And the possible effects these events could have in the...
What are the hot consumer trends for 2017?

What are the hot consumer trends for 2017?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important theme this year and consumers see it playing a much more prominent role than before – both in society and at work. According to Ericsson Consumer Lab’s annual trend report, “The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and Beyond”,...
Mixed emotions for the year ahead

Mixed emotions for the year ahead

Internationally Europe has three of its largest countries – namely the Netherlands, France and Germany – all going to the polls next year, and upsets to traditional voting patterns can certainly be expected here, potentially weakening the Eurozone further....