Technology drives banking innovation

South African banks are quickly adopting innovation to drive value and customer retention. Historically, banks have led in implementing technology-enabled solutions, as seen with the rise in ATMs, call centres and mobile banking, but they have been slow to adopt next...

Loadshedding boosts Notebook Co’s business

During the last seven days, sales at The Notebook Company have dramatically increased as end-users replace PCs with laptops. Clients are also ordering large UPS units. says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company: “Companies and end users are shifting to...

High cost holds back 3D printing

About 60% of organisations said high start-up costs are a main factor in the delay of implementing 3D printing strategies, according to a new survey by Gartner. However, the survey also found that early adopters of the technology are finding clear benefits in multiple...

Thin clients see long-delayed slowdown

After four consecutive quarters of year-over-year volume growth, worldwide thin and terminal client shipments totalled 1,35-million units in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), a decline of -1,8% from the same quarter a year ago (2Q13). This is markedly lower than the...

VMware offers new integrations

VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced technology integrations with Docker, Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration project initiated and managed by Google, Mesosphere and Pivotal Cloud Foundry to further...