Africa contributes to Internet governance

Remote hubs in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos and Tunis will feed Africa’s contributions in realtime to the NETmundial global multi-stakeholder meeting on the future of Internet governance, which will be held in São Paulo on 23 and 24 April 2014. To date, a total...

Matthews to hand over BT reins

Keith Matthews, in charge of BT’s African operations, will be leaving the organisation at the end of the month. The official BT statement says Matthews will be pursuing new career opportunities, but Matthews hasn’t yet decided what he will be doing in the future....

Rosy future for Dell partners

Mark Davison at Dell’s Enterprise Forum, Frankfurt – She may be new to Dell’s channel, but Cheryl Cook, vice-president of Global Channel and Alliances, has no doubt it has a crucial role to play in the future success of the now private organisation. Cook explains that...

Dell tweaks its channel programme

Mark Davison at Dell’s Enterprise Forum, Frankfurt – Looking to maintain the strong double-digit growth that its channel is experiencing in the EMEA region, Dell has announced a slew of new partner programmes and incentives. Laurent Binetti, vice-president and GM of...

Drivers of smart government

The Nexus of Forces, which is the convergence of the four powerful forces of social, mobile, cloud and information, is driving innovation in the government sector, according to Gartner. “Smart government integrates information, communication and operational...

Ericsson joins 5G research group

Ericsson has joined New York University’s NYU Wireless as an affiliate sponsor of research exploring a new generation of wireless technologies, also known as 5G. New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering launched NYU Wireless in August 2012. Focused on...