Cisco strengthens African leadership team

Cisco has promoted David Meads to the role of Cisco’s vice-president for Africa, responsible for the sales operations and go-to-market model across the continent. Sabrina Dar becomes GM: sales for East Africa (including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia)...

SecureData to distribute AlgoSec in SSA

AlgoSec, a vendor of security policy management, has appointed SecureData Africa, a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, as its first value-added distributor for the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. “Partnering with AlgoSec extends our portfolio...

EOH grows revenue 40%, profit up 49%

EOH has reported a 40% increase in group revenue, to R5,086-billion, for the year ended 31 July 2013. Profit after tax increased by 49% to R331-million, while headline earnings per share (HEPS) was up 34% to 339 cents. “EOH is now one of the strongest players in the...

Slower growth for mobile phones

The Western European mobile phone market grew in the second quarter of 2013, but declined from the first quarter this year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Total shipments increased 2,6% year on year to 43,3-million units, according to IDC’s...

Intel debuts faster Xeon processors

Intel has showed its new Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 product family, which offers up to 45% greater efficiency and up to 50% more performance compared to the previous generation. The processors are designed for use in the server, storage and networking...

US, China lead in tech innovation

Technology executives worldwide believe that the US and China are the top two countries with the greatest potential to drive technology breakthroughs that will have a global impact in the next four years, according to the Global Technology Innovation survey by KPMG....