Telkom to buy out BCX

Telkom is to make a cash offer to buy out all of Business Connexion’s (BCX’s) shares. The value...

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Telkom delivers fibre to SA homes

Telkom has announced plans to roll out fibre to the home (FTTH) connectivity to more than 20 South African suburbs before the end of 2014. It will also deliver high speed home LTE connectivity to other suburbs across the country. The home LTE rollout will enable peak connectivity speeds of up to 100Mbps.

Leadership change at HP SA

The South African IT industry is this week abuzz with reports about senior management changes at HP SA. It has been confirmed that Frank van Rees, country manager and Enterprise Group lead, will be leaving the local operation and returning to Europe.

Pinnacle hammered on bribery allegations

Pinnacle Holdings stock continued to slide on the back of the news that an executive director stands accused of bribery. Takalani Tshivhase is alleged to have offered a lieutenant-general of the South African Police Service R5-million in January last year to secure a technology contract.

Mitel takes market share lead in EMEA

Mitel has announced that in the first quarter of 2014, the company claimed the number one market share position in two of the largest geographic regions in the world – Western Europe and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Significant market share strength in...

iPads increasingly used as conference tools

iPads are being increasingly used outside conference and meeting rooms to give valuable on-the-go information to delegates and visitors- such as when events start, who the speakers are and when the rooms will become free. This is according to Nicolette Kruger, country...

UCS Solutions achieves new certifications

UCS Solutions has become the first South African company to be awarded ISO20000 certification for IT service management, and the first African company (and fourth globally) to gain ISO22301, the new international standard for business continuity management. Making it...

A-tek Distribution launches in South Africa

Based in the heart of Cape Town’s City Centre, A-tek Distribution assists consumers, resellers and vendors in meeting the growing demand for quality products within the tech sector. Focusing on retail, channel and online sales, A-tek is able to offer a range of...

New appointments to MMA board of directors

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade association for the mobile industry, has announced the addition of 13 new industry leaders to its MMA South Africa board of directors, serving for a one-year term from 1 August 2014. They join an active...

Education department endorses EOH initiative

The Department of Higher Education and Training is responsible for post-school education and training in South Africa, with oversight of, among others, the universities and universities of technology, as well as technical and vocational education and training for FET...

F5 Networks acquires Defense.Net

F5 Networks has announced that it has acquired Defense.Net, a privately-held provider of cloud-based security services for protecting data centres and Internet applications from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The advanced technologies and operational...

Revenue to change under new accounting rules

A new accounting standard is expected to result in significant change in the way in which companies record revenue, says PwC. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will issue IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts withCustomers, on Wednesday this week, which...

Africell Holding acquires Orange Uganda

Africell Holding has signed an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its majority stake in Orange Uganda.  The transaction upon completion, following regulatory approval, would bring Africell’s portfolio to four operations with a total market potential of over...

High performance driven by learning culture

“A learning culture is what enables Cisco and Apple to out-innovate their competitors … it is what enables ING Direct, Zappos and Starbucks to grow at rates 10 to 100 times their competitors. "And it is what prevented Digital Equipment Company, Tandem, Apollo...