Advocates and opponents of breaking up big technology firms are falling prey to some serious misconceptions
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SAP fell the most in nearly five years on signs that its $10-billion bet on cloud-based software faces headwinds, but the companies executives are adamant there is still room to grow.
An investigation by law firm ENSafrica has unearthed “evidence of serious governance failings and wrongdoing at EOH”, the JSE-listed technology services group said on Tuesday.
US technology giants are headed for their biggest antitrust showdown with congress in 20 years as lawmakers and regulators demand to know whether companies such as Google and Facebook use their dominance to squelch innovation.
EOH Holdings CEO Stephen van Coller will hold a media conference on Tuesday morning at which he is expected to publish the findings of an ENSafrica investigation into alleged corruption in the group’s public sector contracts.
IBM closed its $34-billion purchase of Red Hat, sealing the world’s second largest technology deal ever and setting up the US technology company on a path to try and compete with top software purveyors in the cloud.
Apple’s Steve Jobs was singular in his ability to take a company “on a path to die” and turn it into the world’s most valuable – in part by “casting spells”, billionaire Bill Gates said.
EOH Holdings will publish the findings of a wide-ranging independent investigation into alleged corruption involving public sector contracts, the JSE-listed IT services group told shareholders on Wednesday.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said his “greatest mistake ever” was allowing Google’s Android, rather than his own company’s software, to become the world’s biggest mobile operating system.
5G networks will allow vast gobs of data to be transmitted at great speeds. And more data usually means more money for mobile carriers. But there’s a hitch. Cloud giants such as Amazon.com and Microsoft are lurking.