Technology News
DCC offers HP ElitePad 900 G1
Designed with the business user in mind, the HP ElitePad 900 from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is a premium tablet that delivers a thin, lightweight experience to take productivity beyond the office with ease. An elegant design and an intuitive...
Kathea launches virtual meeting room
The cloud is often seen as a challenge to the traditional IT channel, eroding its business by removing the need for the middleman. However, cloud based services can offer opportunities for the channel to extend and grow their business. Kathea’s innovative "MeetME"...
Talia, Newtec boost Somalia’s mobile
Talia and Newtec are pleased to announce the provision of a new satellite communications backbone infrastructure for AGSM.MOBI, a Mobile operator in Somalia. Based on Newtec’s FlexACM technology, the network will enable reliable mobile voice, data, and payment...
Gemalto launches new mobile wallet app
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has launched its LinqUs Mobile Wallet – the complete suite of secure software solutions that enables a range of NFC services, mobile banking, mobile payment and loyalty programs, all integrated in a single wallet. The new...
Data-based decision-making
People can learn a surprising amount from animals, as Chester Liu, director of product sales enablement at QlikView, discovered recently on his first safari trip in South Africa. Consider for example the collaborative relationship between the zebra and giraffe, and...
Big data is watching
Social media, expansion of the Internet and the ubiquity of computers has allowed companies to capture vast sets of data about their customers. Managed correctly, this data can allow companies to refine their marketing efforts and offer a greater degree of...
Minimising BYOD risk
As the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend continues to grow, the smarter, mobile, integrated workforce of the future is being shaped right now. In the process, it’s reshaping the companies it works for and the digital landscape people inhabit. The common arguments...
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...
IT must adapt to technology consumers
The speed at which technology devices are moving into the business is a cause for concern for the IT department. But not in the sense that these devices are unwanted, but rather through the highlighting of the need for IT to start providing the same levels of service...
New Riverbed capabilities empower customers
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company announced the availability of new product capabilities, developer tools and a supporting community that allow IT professionals to customise and adapt their IT infrastructure to meet the demands of their business...
SAS, NWU build data science skills
SAS and North-West University (NWU) has announced the launch of the SAS Advanced Analytics Laboratory in the Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI), the first of its kind in South Africa. Through the Centre for BMI, students will be able to enroll for...
DCC offers HP ElitePad 900 G1
Designed with the business user in mind, the HP ElitePad 900 from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is a premium tablet that delivers a thin, lightweight experience to take productivity beyond the office with ease. An elegant design and an intuitive...
Kathea launches virtual meeting room
The cloud is often seen as a challenge to the traditional IT channel, eroding its business by removing the need for the middleman. However, cloud based services can offer opportunities for the channel to extend and grow their business. Kathea’s innovative "MeetME"...
Talia, Newtec boost Somalia’s mobile
Talia and Newtec are pleased to announce the provision of a new satellite communications backbone infrastructure for AGSM.MOBI, a Mobile operator in Somalia. Based on Newtec’s FlexACM technology, the network will enable reliable mobile voice, data, and payment...
Gemalto launches new mobile wallet app
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has launched its LinqUs Mobile Wallet – the complete suite of secure software solutions that enables a range of NFC services, mobile banking, mobile payment and loyalty programs, all integrated in a single wallet. The new...
Data-based decision-making
People can learn a surprising amount from animals, as Chester Liu, director of product sales enablement at QlikView, discovered recently on his first safari trip in South Africa. Consider for example the collaborative relationship between the zebra and giraffe, and...
Big data is watching
Social media, expansion of the Internet and the ubiquity of computers has allowed companies to capture vast sets of data about their customers. Managed correctly, this data can allow companies to refine their marketing efforts and offer a greater degree of...
Minimising BYOD risk
As the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend continues to grow, the smarter, mobile, integrated workforce of the future is being shaped right now. In the process, it’s reshaping the companies it works for and the digital landscape people inhabit. The common arguments...