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Fujitsu announces Power Appliance
Fujitsu has announced a certified, ready-to-run virtualised appliance for the SAP HANA platform for test and development use. The fully virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance enables more rapid development and testing for implementations of SAP HANA, allowing companies...
Developers need to come to the BI party
A majority of employees have yet to use BI in organisations that have implemented it and the adoption rate or percentage of people who use it has changed little since as far back as 2007. In the past two years BI vendors have also gone to some trouble to increase...
Jasco helps NBC improve workflow
The Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has been making use of an Avid iNEWS system from Jasco Broadcast Solutions for the past nine years. When the hardware on this legacy system became obsolete and NBC began to experience compatibility and server-related issues,...
Cybercriminals reuse malware
Sophisticated attacks originally targeting the financial services industry are now increasingly directed at other critical sectors of the economy, while an emerging set of new tactics and technologies are being implemented to evade industry-standard security measures....
Bhoola takes on Samsung B2B
Industry veteran Manoj Bhoola has joined Samsung as B2B lead for the region. Bhoola previously set up Avanade – the joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft – in South Africa, where he worked for 18 months. His previous positions include HP, Microsoft and...
Big data high on IT to-do list
After a few years of experimentation and early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, according to Gartner. According to a worldwide survey of IT leaders, 42% of respondents stated they had invested in big data...
Working moms vital for SA economy
How can South African businesses get professional women back into the workforce after maternity? By introducing greater flexibility, near-site crèche facilities, increased use of video-conferencing technology and more job sharing, say South African respondents in...
Major ICANN expansion for Africa
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is moving ahead immediately with plans to have six new ICANN representatives on the African continent. This is according to president Fadi Chehadé, who says: “ICANN used to say if you want to participate...
Sluggish x86 server growth for MEA
The x86 server market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) witnessed a marginal year-on-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to IDC. Referencing its latest EMEA Quarterly Server Tracker, the research firm announced that the MEA x86 server market...
SA scores well in carbon reporting
While South Africa scored poorly in the World Economic Forum (WEF) competitive index for education, it is rated first out of 144 countries for corporate reporting and protection of minority shareholders’ rights. Robbie Louw, a director of carbon advisory firm...
DVT becomes OnTime value-added reseller
Local software developer DVT has been appointed a value-added reseller for Axosoft’s OnTime project management software for Agile and scrum software development. The deal was signed early in February 2013, and makes DVT the first OnTime reseller in Africa. “This is a...
Redington Value named VMware distributor
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a significant drive by the leader in virtualisation and cloud solutions into the African continent. As a value-added distributor,...
Video calling holds major opportunities
It couldn’t have escaped anyone’s notice that the tablet computer (and mobile devices on the whole) have cemented themselves firmly in the lifestyle artillery of the modern consumer, says Henry McCracken, regional sales director, Africa at Aspect Software. According...
Fujitsu announces Power Appliance
Fujitsu has announced a certified, ready-to-run virtualised appliance for the SAP HANA platform for test and development use. The fully virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance enables more rapid development and testing for implementations of SAP HANA, allowing companies...
Developers need to come to the BI party
A majority of employees have yet to use BI in organisations that have implemented it and the adoption rate or percentage of people who use it has changed little since as far back as 2007. In the past two years BI vendors have also gone to some trouble to increase...
Jasco helps NBC improve workflow
The Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has been making use of an Avid iNEWS system from Jasco Broadcast Solutions for the past nine years. When the hardware on this legacy system became obsolete and NBC began to experience compatibility and server-related issues,...
Cybercriminals reuse malware
Sophisticated attacks originally targeting the financial services industry are now increasingly directed at other critical sectors of the economy, while an emerging set of new tactics and technologies are being implemented to evade industry-standard security measures....
Bhoola takes on Samsung B2B
Industry veteran Manoj Bhoola has joined Samsung as B2B lead for the region. Bhoola previously set up Avanade – the joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft – in South Africa, where he worked for 18 months. His previous positions include HP, Microsoft and...
Big data high on IT to-do list
After a few years of experimentation and early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, according to Gartner. According to a worldwide survey of IT leaders, 42% of respondents stated they had invested in big data...
Working moms vital for SA economy
How can South African businesses get professional women back into the workforce after maternity? By introducing greater flexibility, near-site crèche facilities, increased use of video-conferencing technology and more job sharing, say South African respondents in...