Lightie scoops innovation prize

Michael Suttner has been awarded the R50 000 first prize in an innovation seed funding competition sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, at the CLIPCD Conference in Durban, for his affordable lighting innovation. His invention, for which he is now trying to raise...

MB Tech plans R80m SecureData acquisition

MB Tech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MB Technologies, has made an offer to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData for an amount of about R86,3-million. The deal would involve MB Tech buying 227 128 521 SecureData shares by way of a scheme of...

SKA communities enter digital age

The communities around the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) are set to enter the information age with a R2,5-million boost that will equip schools and a community centre with IT hardware, software and services. Intel South Africa has launched several community projects in...

Smartphones now 55% of mobile phone sales

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 455,6-million units in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 5,7% from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Sales of smartphones accounted for 55% of overall mobile phone sales in the third quarter of...

SA plays second fiddle to patents at home

Business players in South Africa must become far more aware of the importance of IP in the globalised economy. Sooner or later, about 4 000 registered patents from foreigners in South Africa will become effective – and “one should not wait long as they will soon be...

NetApp takes on traditional Tier 1 storage

By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – NetApp has set the cat among the flash array pigeons in Dublin with the launch today of three new platforms – its E2700, E5500 and, more importantly, its EF550. Matt Watts, director of technology and strategy at NetApp EMEA,...