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Industrial printers shipments decline

Sep 8, 2023

Worldwide shipments of industrial printers declined 11,6% year over year to 78 500 units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. Results for the full year...

Hybrid workplaces need a cloud-based print and scan solution

Sep 8, 2023

One of the main findings of Microsoft’s 2022 Work Trend Index — an annual study that outlines the top trends business leaders must pay attention to in the shift to hybrid work — is that “every organisation in every industry will have to infuse technology into every...

Architecting the future of supercomputing

Aug 25, 2023

As chief architect and principal investigator for the Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, Olivier Franza plays a leading role in bringing one of the most ambitious scientific instruments – not to mention the world’s largest GPU cluster –...

Everyone is busy – but are you busy with the right things?

Aug 23, 2023

By Natasha Bezuidenhout – First, we had the New Normal with people working from home during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic; that was later modified to a hybrid working model where employees juggled between home and office working; and now, today, we are...

How can we design voice assistants for SA?

Aug 23, 2023

South African languages pose quite a challenge to voice assistants. The country recognises twelve official dialects, but these subdivide into many regional, cultural and colloquial accents. Most South Africans speak more than one language, further colouring their...

Intelligent businesses see the value of a diverse workforce

Aug 23, 2023

By Valencia Risaba – Africa’s technology sector is growing at an immense rate. According to a recent report, the estimated size of the continent’s digital economy is $115-billion and is expected to grow to $712-billion by 2050. As the industry continues to...

IT is improving the circular economy

Aug 23, 2023

By 2030, 80% of hardware vendors’ product portfolio will be linked to circular initiatives, up from 20% in 2023, according to Gartner. In fact, re-manufacturing and reusing end-of-life devices instead of having them end up in a landfill has become top of mind for most...

3D printer shipments sag but revenues rise

Aug 23, 2023

In the last quarter of 2022, global 3D printer shipments continued the trend established earlier in the year with volumes flat or falling, according to the latest research from Context. “While industrial unit shipments dipped, system revenues rose again thanks to...

SA print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Aug 23, 2023

By Chris de Beer – These are worrying times for the South African print and digitalisation market. Having just seen out the last of the Covid-19 pandemic slowdown with early signs of a healthy recovery in 2021 and 2022, the industry – like many others in the...

The nation’s in some state – but the channel perseveres

Aug 11, 2023

Stalwarts in the local IT distribution channel are more than used to the ‘boom and bust’ cycles that have dictated the market for literally decades – The Chunderer, wizened through his 40-plus years exposure to distribution has regularly waxed lyrical on the subject...

Dell debuts a new way to control costs

Aug 10, 2023

By Kathy Gibson – Dell Technologies is hoping to shake up the data centre market with APEX, its scalable consumption-based infrastructure solution that can be hosted in any data centre – and, a major plus in today’s uncertain economy, priced in rands. The move...

Transforming lives and empowering entrepreneurs

Aug 10, 2023

OmniTel is not just another telecommunications company. They are on a mission to bring about positive change and open doors of opportunity. Through its innovative agent model, this visionary company is paving the way for the creation of 40 000 new jobs in South...

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