Sentech goes live with open peering

Sentech, the signal distributor for the majority of South Africa’s broadcasters, is now live on peering platform NAPAfrica. Lex van Wyk, CEO of Teraco Data Environments – in which NAPAfrica is situated – says: “Sentech will now not only be able to benefit from...

Stone takes over from veteran Isaacs

Well-known industry veteran Alf Isaacs has retired from the position of enterprise mobility business (EMB) and PinPos divisional director at Pinnacle Africa. His position will be taken by Max Stone, best known for his management roles at Motorola Solutions and Symbol...

Inter-Active expects 2013 growth

Call centre and communications company Inter-Active Technologies is looking at consolidating on its 2012 successes by focussing on the expansion of its products and services for its clients based in Africa and beyond.  Inter-Active Technologies CEO Brendan van Staaden...

In-memory market set to reach $1bn

The rapid maturation of application infrastructure technologies and a continued dramatic decline in the cost of semiconductor technologies are paving the way for mainstream use of in-memory computing (IMC). Gartner says that, although the key in-memory data grid...

Banks move to serve multi-channel users

Responding to the growing number of consumers who interact with their bank regularly via more than one channel, retail banks are developing new strategies and planning to invest more resources toward meeting these multi-channel demands.  This is according to the...

Chip revenue set for second quarter growth

Semiconductor inventory and revenue won’t see an increase until the second quarter, when demand returns and fuels growth. According to an IHS iSuppli Supply Chain Inventory market brief, revenue within the semiconductor supply chain is forecast to rise 3,7% in the...