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Skin patches: the ultimate wearable

Aug 21, 2018

Electronic skin patches could well be described as the ultimate wearable electronic devices. They deploy electronic components, including sensors and actuators with appropriate processing, energy storage and communication, directly onto the body, typically attached...

Specialised mobile form factors offer new opportunities

Aug 21, 2018

Mobile computer unit shipments in South Africa continue to be driven by all-purpose, workhorse notebooks, but resellers have opportunities to grow margins by seeding demand for more specialised form factors among their customer bases. This is the word from Mark...

How to manage the ever-evolving mobility challenge

Aug 21, 2018

Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, transforming the way people work. By Ronald Ravel, director: B2B South Africa at Toshiba South Africa The ongoing rise of mobile working is one of the most notable results of how this trend is impacting the professional...

When women become their own worst enemies

Aug 7, 2018

Throughout history we’ve seen women who stood out above the rest. They excelled against all odds in a society or a sector which did not acknowledge their contribution, whether in politics or business. By Dr Renate Scherrer‚ MD of JvR Consulting Psychologists, and Dr...

Cloud-to-things integration with OpenFog standard

Aug 7, 2018

The OpenFog Consortium’s OpenFog Reference Architecture for fog computing has been adopted as an official standard by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). The new standard, known as IEEE 1934, relies on the reference architecture as a universal technical...

Improved switch market bodes well for year ahead

Aug 7, 2018

The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6,29-billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), a healthy increase of 10.9% year over year, while routers saw $3,31-billion in revenue in 1Q18, a 1,4% decrease. These rates are according to...

SSD gains in popularity, grows shipments

Jul 24, 2018

The market for solid state drives (SSD) expected to gain traction over the coming years. This is due mainly to the benefits that SSD has over hard drives (HDD) such as high reliability and performance efficiency which are seeing the take-up of SSD in the data centre...

Warning signs that it is time to replace your SSD

Jul 24, 2018

While solid state drives (SSD) are more stable than hard drives, age can eventually cause them to fail. It is therefore important to know what signs to keep an eye out for, which could signal an impending failure. According to Tony Yu, South African country manager at...

Enterprise storage shipments, revenue up

Jul 24, 2018

Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue was up 13,7% year over year to just under $13,6-billion in the fourth quarter of 2017 (4Q17), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker. ...

How to modernise your organisation

Jul 11, 2018

There is no question that companies need to transform their technology stacks, both to improve their competitiveness and to remain relevant in the market. Studies confirm that digitally transformed companies are able to bring new products to market 44 times faster and...

Digital disruption and its impact on ICT companies

Jul 11, 2018

As a technology company, we spend a vast amount of our energy on advising our clients, in various sectors, on the ways that they can smartly adopt new technologies, business models and mindsets in order to survive the onslaught of digital disruption. By Mpumi Nhlapo,...

Experiences that match expectations

Jul 11, 2018

It’s all about the experience. From bootstrapped start-ups to the largest enterprises, companies across digital commerce are seeking to gain a competitive edge through a better customer experience. By Nick Durrant, MD of Bluegrass Digital But, as fast as companies can...

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