New fibre to reach remote areas
At the Great Rift Valley ICT summit taking place in Dar es Salaam next week, Gilat Satcom will unveil a raft of new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa. These routes are already providing companies with fast and reliable broadband connectivity at competitive...IDC IDs China’s smart cities
China’s smart city market is expected to reach $10,8-billion in 2013, representing an increase of 18,5% compared to the previous year, says IDC This is one of the key findings of IDC’s China 100 Smart Cities Evaluation and Recommendation: Penetrating the...Oz surprises on Big Data analytics
Following a recent survey among 300 organisations in Australia, IDC reports that about a third view Big Data analytics as essential or critical to their business, while 80% have either deployed or have plans to launch it in the next 12 months. This illustrates,...Cisco appoints new distributor
Following a request for proposals (RFP) issued about two months ago, networking giant Cisco has made a decision on an additional distributor for the South African market. Reliable sources have told IT-Online that AxizWorkgroup has secured the agency for Cisco in South...SA saving less for kids’ education
More South Africans are struggling with debt and cutting back on saving towards their children’s future education – a financial decision that could have devastating consequences for generations to come. This is o¬ne of the key findings of the recent 2013 Old...