Pinnacle finalises Datacentrix acquisition

The last remaining conditions regarding Pinnacle Holdings’ acquisition of part of Datacentrix have been met, and the deal is now finalised. Competition Authority approval was granted on 30 October, and the acquisition is now unconditional, with Pinnacle now holding...

Neotel reports profit for the first time

Neotel has announced that the business grew 21% year-on-year and turned PBT (profitable before tax) positive for the first time since its inception seven years ago. The company achieved a positive PBT ahead of its plans. The company also announced a 21% increase in...

Facebook is failing marketers

Seventy-nine percent of companies market on Facebook – betting billions on Facebook’s potential and buying into its promise to revolutionise marketing. But they could be wasting their money. In a new Forrester report, vice-president and principal analyst...

6,8bn mobile devices by year-end

More than 3,4-billion people – nearly half the world’s population – own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90% of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend released by...

Companies still resist big data benefits

While more than 75% of the highest performing organisations cite growth or innovation as the chief value of business analytics, almost two-thirds of them say some form of political or executive resistance is the primary barrier to realising the full value of their...

MWeb to supply Cell C mobile data

MWeb has signed an access point name (APN) agreement with Cell C, which will enable the ISP to offer its own customised mobile data packages to MWeb customers as of yesterday (29 October 2013). MWeb ISP CEO Derek Hershaw says: “We are continuing to see positive growth...