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EIU VMware surveys cloud adoption in five verticals

An Economist Intelligence Unit global survey of 360 technologists and senior executives predicts that cloud’s importance in multiple industries will increase almost 400% in the next five years. This high rate of...

How cloud platforms will benefit healthcare

The power dynamics of healthcare are shifting. To date, healthcare providers have been the source and gatekeeper for all information about a patient’s health. Now, consumer technology is allowing individuals to...

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...

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