Technology News
Maseko is new Telkom GCEO
The Telkom board has announced the appointment of telecommunications executive Sipho Maseko as group CEO and executive director of Telkom Group, with effect from 1 April 2013. Telkom also announced that it is appointing MD of Telkom Business, Dr Brian Armstrong, as...
Sahara is official WD distributor
WD, a Western Digital company, has appointed Sahara Computers as the official distributor for its range of internal and external hard drives, as well as its storage solutions for the connected life. “For the past few years Sahara has been a sub-distributor for a...
Gijima down, but outlook positive
Gijima believes it is positioned for strong growth after a challenging operational period. For the six months to December 31 2012, revenue from continuing operations was down 23% from the previous comparable reporting period. This followed the expiry of a long term...
Smart building technology catches on
At least 50% of respondents to an IDC Energy Insights survey have reported that they use smart building technologies today, and another 33% will use smart building technologies in the next six months or year. IDC Energy Insights surveyed 291 building owners regarding...
Etisalat receives top-level domain
Etisalat has become one of the first companies in the world to pass the initial stages of a procedure to get its own top-level domain (TLD) as part of a revolutionary shake-up in way people search the Web. TLDs are the letters after the final dot of a domain name....
3D printing set to go mainstream
3D printing is disrupting the design, prototyping and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries, according to Gartner. Enterprises should start experimenting with 3D printing technology to improve traditional product design and prototyping, with the...
SDN a new approach to business agility
Software defined networking (SDN) is creating a lot of excitement in data centres, but current technology is still relatively immature. In the research note, Ending the Confusion around Software Defined Networking (SDN): A Taxonomy, Joe Skorupa, VP and distinguished...
2013 SARS Employer Filing season open
SARS has announced the annual PAYE reconciliation submission season for the period 1 April to 31 May 2013. All South African employers are required to reconcile and submit PAYE, UIF and SDL contributions for the period 1 March 2012 to 28 February 2013. SARS requires...
Mobility extends business reach
Mobility enjoys such acceptance in the market that many new enterprise applications are now built for mobile access first and for other devices only as additional channels. In addition, there is large-scale mobile re-engineering of enterprise applications taking...
Use LBS to find friends on WeChat
WeChat, a social communications services available for smartphones, announced the launch of a new version for BlackBerry smartphones. The new version, WeChat 2.0, features a new location-based services (LBS) feature that integrates both "Look Around" and QR code...
IT spending set to pick up
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3,8-trillion in 2013, a 4,1% increase from 2012 spending of $3,6-trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Currency effects are less pronounced this quarter with growth in constant dollars forecast at 4% for...
DoS attacks make a comeback
Despite lurking in the shadows for nearly a decade, denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are resurgent. Several high-profile assaults on the world's leading financial firms and other industries have recently been experienced. And...
Impact of Dell’s privatisation deal
Although the full consequences of Dell's leveraged buyout (LBO) will take time to become clear, Adrian O’Connell, research director at Gartner, lays out some of the key impacts of the deal. In the research note, Dell’s Leverage Buyout Necessitates Scenario Planning...
Maseko is new Telkom GCEO
The Telkom board has announced the appointment of telecommunications executive Sipho Maseko as group CEO and executive director of Telkom Group, with effect from 1 April 2013. Telkom also announced that it is appointing MD of Telkom Business, Dr Brian Armstrong, as...
Sahara is official WD distributor
WD, a Western Digital company, has appointed Sahara Computers as the official distributor for its range of internal and external hard drives, as well as its storage solutions for the connected life. “For the past few years Sahara has been a sub-distributor for a...
Gijima down, but outlook positive
Gijima believes it is positioned for strong growth after a challenging operational period. For the six months to December 31 2012, revenue from continuing operations was down 23% from the previous comparable reporting period. This followed the expiry of a long term...
Smart building technology catches on
At least 50% of respondents to an IDC Energy Insights survey have reported that they use smart building technologies today, and another 33% will use smart building technologies in the next six months or year. IDC Energy Insights surveyed 291 building owners regarding...
Etisalat receives top-level domain
Etisalat has become one of the first companies in the world to pass the initial stages of a procedure to get its own top-level domain (TLD) as part of a revolutionary shake-up in way people search the Web. TLDs are the letters after the final dot of a domain name....
3D printing set to go mainstream
3D printing is disrupting the design, prototyping and manufacturing processes in a wide range of industries, according to Gartner. Enterprises should start experimenting with 3D printing technology to improve traditional product design and prototyping, with the...
SDN a new approach to business agility
Software defined networking (SDN) is creating a lot of excitement in data centres, but current technology is still relatively immature. In the research note, Ending the Confusion around Software Defined Networking (SDN): A Taxonomy, Joe Skorupa, VP and distinguished...