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Freight, utility, healthcare, key for IoT investment across Africa says IDC

International Data Corporation forecasts that organisations in Africa and Middle East will invest more than $6.6 billion in Internet of Things hardware, software, services, and connectivity in 2016. IDC expects IoT...

$1 Trillion IT spending affected by shift to cloud says Gartner

More than $1 trillion in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to cloud during the next five years, said Gartner. This will make cloud computing one of the most disruptive forces of IT...

Devices decline, software up, for South African IT industry

South Africa IT spending is forecast to reach R272 billion in 2016, a 3.8% increase from 2015, according to Gartner. Software spending is on pace to exhibit its highest ever year-on-year growth in 2016, at...

Advanced Underserved Comms next big driver across Africa says Gartner

According to Gartner’s 2016 hype cycle for Africa, Advanced Underserved Area Comms, which is an entrant on the rising slope of the hype cycle, may be the next big business driver. With the proliferation of...

Governments, critical applications driving broadband, Technavio

Technavio’s latest report on the global mobile broadband in public safety market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an...

Average cost of US cyberattack $1M to $10M, Radware survey

How many businesses will pay a ransom if attacked? It might depend on if they have already been a victim of ransomware. Some 84% of US and UK information technology executives at firms that had not faced ransom...

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