Comstor gets new chief
Westcon has announced that it has appointed a new director for its local Cisco distribution business, Comstor. Louise Taute, an industry and Westcon stalwart with more than 22 years in the ICT industry, will head up the only Cisco Collaboration Accredited distributor...Africa forges ahead with ICT infrastructure investments
African countries such as Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, and Nigeria, in co-operation with international developmental agencies, academia, and ICT vendors, are making considerable investments in ICT infrastructure, presenting attractive opportunities...Personality map of Africa gets underway
One of the African continent’s most ambitious big data projects got underway today with TA Telecom launching beta trials for Nafsi in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. This anthropological survey aims to use mobile technology to collect data from individual...What does the HP split mean?
A separated HP will be able to react to market dynamics faster, and be better equipped to seize opportunities. Giorgio Nebuloni, research manager: data centres at IDC EMEA, points out that HP’s stated goal is to have an increased focus, faster decision-making...Symantec split allows for better focus
Symantec confirms that its board has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two, independent publicly traded companies: one business focused on security and one business focused on information management (IM). “As the security and storage industries...