Technology News
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...
Efficiency vital as healthcare spends drops
As a direct consequence of the economic and financial crisis, governments in Western Europe have been looking to curb healthcare expenditure, which represents one of the most substantial items in their budgets. Consequently, hospitals and healthcare services have...
Riverbed unveils OPNET AppInternals Xpert
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, today announced the availability of Riverbed OPNET AppInternals Xpert 8.5, a unified application performance management (APM) suite that provides deep visibility into the performance of complex, multi-tier...
The networking game-changers
At a time when IT budgets remain relatively flat, IT organisations are faced with a number of major shifts in networking that cannot be ignored. Finding ways to keep pace with this shifting landscape and the rapid drumbeat of innovation is a challenge certainly, but...
ONS implements BT cloud solution
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), the UK’s largest producer of independent statistics, has chosen a new BT Cloud Contact solution to give its research agents and the public an improved, more flexible and more responsive service. The deal will see BT’s cloud...
Data protection laws impact non-compliant
The forthcoming promulgation of data protection legislation in South Africa is expected to have a significant impact on local businesses in 2013, as compliance is set to become a legal necessity for businesses. This is according to Guy Kimble, MD of Metrofile Records...
Worst practices a social fail
Although social technologies are employed by 70% of organisations, most social collaboration initiatives fail because they follow a worst practice approach of "provide and pray", leading to just a 10% success rate. "Without a well-crafted and compelling purpose, most...
IT risk spending still on growth path
Overall worldwide IT spending in risk technologies and services continues to grow, but at a reduced compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5,45%, as compared to previous forecasts. Based on the new research from IDC Financial Insights, total risk IT spending is still...
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...
Efficiency vital as healthcare spends drops
As a direct consequence of the economic and financial crisis, governments in Western Europe have been looking to curb healthcare expenditure, which represents one of the most substantial items in their budgets. Consequently, hospitals and healthcare services have...