Top mobile tech, capabilities for 2014
Organisations wishing to unlock the full potential of mobility must master a wide range of technologies and skills, many of which are unfamiliar to IT staff. In his blog post, Nick Jones, VP and distinguished analyst at Gartner, shares Gartner’s top 10 mobile...Cloud spending to triple by 2017
An increasing move on the part of enterprise businesses to move their IT services, applications and infrastructure to a cloud-based architecture will cause market revenue in this segment to surge by a factor of three from 2011 to 2017, according to HIS Technology....Governments must grow African Web presence
African governments are urged to help boost the continent’s presence on the World Wide Web by submitting lists of important names for inclusion in the dotAfrica Reserved Names List (RNL) process. That’s the word from the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) and...FNB to slash power consumption
First National Bank (FNB) has selected 1E’s NightWatchman Enterprise to reduce energy consumption on its estate of 8 500 workstations during peak demand times, overnight and during weekends. With PC power management in place, the project is set to reduce peak load on...Etisalat boasts growth, technological firsts
African and Middle Eastern telecommunications provider Etisalat has reached a milestone with 150-million subscribers. CEO Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar says that Etisalat, which operates across 15 markets, is on course to achieve 100% fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) penetration in...