Dell had teased, tantalised and tempted that this year’s Dell Forum in Frankfurt, Germany, which TechSmart attended, would bring significant announcements and interesting products. That is exactly what it delivered. FULL STORY >

Despite questions around legacy systems and security, the march towards the cloud continues. Iwan Pienaar looks at what is influencing local companies’ viewpoints. FULL STORY >

In a fascinating and lively interview, Kevin Jacobson, the general manager for enterprise marketing at MTN Business, explains how the business world is changing, and what the company is doing to take advantage of this shift. FULL STORY >

Largely the consequence of the rapid pace of technological change in the workplace, is that the role of the CIO has undergone a fundamental shift. FULL STORY >

Based on information gathered from over 70 global ‘scouts’, Cisco’s Technology Radar has outlined the key technological trends and drivers for innovation and opportunities in 2014 and beyond. FULL STORY >

Motorola Solutions’ Safer Cities event in Cape Town highlighted the importance of more efficient use of technology to ensure that the cities in which people live are both more smartly managed and safer. FULL STORY >

Apparently, TV lovers’ are not just passive recipients of the programming they are dished up, but rather, their needs and demands are having a direct influence on how television’s are used, according to Samsung. FULL STORY >

The internet and the pervasiveness of an online, connected world have already changed a number of industries and sectors; and not being left behind is education, which seems to be undergoing a Renaissance of sorts. FULL STORY >

Begging the question whether we are seeing the dawn of cybernetic implants, a man in Utah has implanted magnets in his ears to hear music in-ear without headphones. FULL STORY >

Strategy Analytics has provided a few tech trends to look out for during the upcoming 2013 Mobile World Congress. FULL STORY >

As expected we all survived 2012, luckily with our iPads and ultrabooks intact. Here are a few of the trends we see on the technological front in 2013. FULL STORY >

In part two of Tech Trends for 2013, we look at the things we want more off in 2013, and look at how we fared with our predictions for 2012. FULL STORY >

Juniper Research has now revised, and scaled back, its forecast of the growth of the NFC technology due to the iPhone 5's omittance. FULL STORY >

Gartner has addressed three of the major security concerns raised by the Bring Your Own Device trend. FULL STORY >

A report has confirmed that bring your own device BYOD is the biggest trend affecting how businesses operate online. FULL STORY >