NW entrepreneurs get a boost

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a project that studies entrepreneurship activity around the globe, South Africa’s entrepreneurial activity still lags behind other emerging markets.  Compared to other BRICS countries, South Africa’s total...

SA apps finalists for BlackBerry Awards

Voting for the BlackBerry Achievement Awards, formerly the Wireless Achievement Awards, closes on 15 April – and two South African entries are in the running for prizes. South Africa’s PriceCheck is a finalist in the App of the Year category, while WayTag is a...

FNB enables affordable Zim transfers

FNB has launched an affordable service for FNB customers in South Africa, enabling them to send money to residents in Zimbabwe via its cell phone banking channel.  “FNB’s Zimbabwe Money Transfer service is more convenient and economical than anything else offered in...

HP redefines server market

HP has launched its Moonshot server, the first software-defined server that uses 89% less energy, 80% less space and saves up to 77% of the costs. The company believes the server is more than an update to the traditional server world, but calls it the first in a new...

Technology in education works

A massive 90% of education leaders believe that technology has made them more imaginative and creative at work, while 80% say it has made them more productive.  This and other insights are from a study called Humans and Machines conducted by the Economist Intelligence...

Fujitsu buys cloud service provider

Fujitsu has finalised a contract with RunMyProcess (RMP), a French cloud service provider, to acquire all shares of RMP. With this acquisition, Fujitsu will add integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to its cloud offerings to bolster its cloud portfolio as it...