New criteria for choosing IT partners

IT channel and supplier selection is continually evolving. Customer service and support, low price, and low cost of ownership are the most important criteria when choosing an IT supplier, followed by a thorough understanding of the industry.  According to a new IDC...

Could this be the God particle?

Scientists believe they have discovered the elusive Higgs boson, or “God particle”. Data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which last July was tentatively thought to indicate the existence of the Higgs boson, has now been further analysed with much more...

Samsung debuts new S4 flagship

Samsung yesterday launched its Galaxy S4 smartphone, officially the most powerful phone on the market with an eight-core processor. The new smartphone has a five-inch 1920 x 1080-pixel HD Super AMOLED display, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, 4G LTE and built-in...

SA firms not equipped for disaster

A full three-quarters of South African companies would not be able to fully recover their systems or data in the event of a disaster – and half of organisations have suffered from systems downtime and data loss within the past year. These are among the shock findings...

Companies at risk from BYOD policies

Most companies fail to pay adequate attention to securing corporate mobile devices and the data stored on them. In particular, 34% of the respondents said their companies did not use dedicated mobile device management (MDM) solutions. These are among the findings of a...

Microsoft rolls out SME initiatives

Microsoft has used the National Small Business Chamber’s (NSBC) myBusinessExpo in Midrand yesterday to unveil several initiatives to support and create small businesses in South Africa, including an SME online hub that will provide free support and resources, and an...