Cisco appoints new distributor
Following a request for proposals (RFP) issued about two months ago, networking giant Cisco has made a decision on an additional distributor for the South African market. Reliable sources have told IT-Online that AxizWorkgroup has secured the agency for Cisco in South...SA women get rough deal
South African women are more likely to be unemployed than men – and they are less likely to work in formal occupations, or to earn as much as their male counterparts. These are among the findings of a Stats SA survey on how men and women fare in South Africa. An...Search for dark energy is on
The largest ever search for supernovae – exploding stars up to 10-billion times brighter than the Sun – is beginning this August. For the next five years, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) will look for these cosmic explosions, which can be used to measure precisely the...How life on Earth will end
In 2-billion years’ time, life on Earth will be confined to pockets of liquid water deep underground, according to Jack O’Malley-James, a PhD astrobiologist at the University of St Andrews. New research also suggests that although the hardiest forms of life may have a...3D printed shoes on the catwalk
This year’s Paris Fashion Week saw a most unusual piece of apparel gracing the catwalk – 12 pairs of 3D printed shoes featured in Iris van Herpen’s couture show “Wilderness Embodied”. In collaboration with Dutch designers Iris van Herpen and Rem Koolhaas, 3D printer...