Logicalis acquires iConsult in Jersey

Datatec subsidiary Logicalis Group has acquired iConsult (Jersey), a Channel Islands based provider of hosted desktop and mail solutions. The transaction will be made through Logicalis’ wholly owned local subsidiary Logicalis Jersey. The transaction will strengthen...

All is social on the Y-front

Generation Y-ers have been the subject of many workplace studies. Ys are criticised for being overly insistent on their value to the organisation and “too precious” about the myriad career choices open to them, but they have also justly been credited with driving much...

BlackBerry tries to reassure users

Struggling for its very survival, smartphone maker BlackBerry has sent out an open letter to its users, urging them not to give up on the technology. This move could be particularly pertinent for South Africa, one of BlackBerry’s biggest and most successful markets,...

Apple bites at online retailer

A year after being sued by Apple for using its logo on its Web site, Pretoria online retailer The Notebook Company is again in a legal wrangle with the IT giant over the use of various domain names. The company complied with Apple’s logo demand last year and replaced...

AxizWorkgroup re-enters security market

AxizWorkgroup has re-entered the home and business security market by signing a distribution agreement with MICROmega Security Solutions. MICROmega’s flagship product, 2Way iConnect, provides users with remote access to their alarm system via a mobile app, or logging...

Smart machines impact business

Sixty percent of CEOs believe that the emergence of smart machines capable of absorbing millions of middle-class jobs within 15 years is a “futurist fantasy”, according to Gartner’s 2013 CEO survey. However, Gartner predicts that smart machines will...