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Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013
“Changes proposed to South Africa’s Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their business in 2013,” says Rob Cooper, a tax expert and...
BYOD poses serious risks to IT security
The always-on, always-connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity around the...
Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller
Tellumat Communications Solutions, the exclusive distributor of ShoreTel unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) systems, has added to its growing channel with the appointment of Plessie as its first ShoreTel reseller in KZN. Leon Rusch,...
Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy
Genesys has reached a definitive agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, to acquire its subsidiary Angel.com. Angel is a leading provider of cloud-based self-service contact centre...
Boost for local software development
Application development in South Africa is taking a step forward in terms of efficiency and productivity with the announcement of the formation of a joint venture to create “High-Maturity Software Development” (Hi-Mat) Units. Under the leadership of the Joburg Centre...
Sophos recognised in Forrester report
Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research’s new Client Security report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013. It provides a comprehensive overview of the endpoint protection vendor landscape. Forrester says that...
Africa-wide cloud service to debut
Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Seacom, is poised to take advantage of the evolving local cloud services market, characterised by the rise of telcos and ISPs over traditional IT service providers. The company, established in 2011 by Seacom founder Brian...
Samsung damages to Apple halved
The more than $1-billion award that Samsung was last year ordered to pay to Apple for patent infringement has been almost halved on appeal. On Friday, a federal judge cut about $450-million from the award. District Judge Lucy Koh decided that the jury award of...
Telkom Mobile, 8ta brands segmented
Telkom has announced to its employees that elements of the market, which had been serviced and marketed to under the 8ta brand, will soon be served under the Telkom Mobile brand. 8ta will not be discontinued, but will be repositioned into specific market segments....
Cricket SA launches Mxit app
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has launched its first mobile-only community, lovecricket, on mobile social network Mxit. The app gives fans match details, player profiles, match scores, news, polls and an opportunity to have their say. “The success of our Facebook and...
Esquire expands CCTV product range
As part of its ongoing diversification drive, Esquire Technologies – the digital and lifestyle distributor – has expanded its range of K Guard-branded CCTV and security products. According to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, over the past two years K Guard...
Interconnection rate cuts to boost VoIP
South Africa could at last be on the cusp of having a more competitive telecoms market. In 2010, the country’s telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA), implemented three interconnect rate cuts. These rates are the...
Africa focused on a connected future
The increase in available bandwidth and lowering of costs makes for a far more competitive connectivity services marketplace. ICT experts suggest that as companies continue to try to establish their offerings and differentiate themselves, the relevance and...
Legislative guidelines for employers in 2013
“Changes proposed to South Africa’s Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) will have a significant impact on how employers conduct their business in 2013,” says Rob Cooper, a tax expert and...
BYOD poses serious risks to IT security
The always-on, always-connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity around the...
Tellumat appoints Plessie as ShoreTel reseller
Tellumat Communications Solutions, the exclusive distributor of ShoreTel unified communications (UC) and enterprise contact centre (ECC) systems, has added to its growing channel with the appointment of Plessie as its first ShoreTel reseller in KZN. Leon Rusch,...
Genesys to buy Angel from MicroStrategy
Genesys has reached a definitive agreement with MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, to acquire its subsidiary Angel.com. Angel is a leading provider of cloud-based self-service contact centre...
Boost for local software development
Application development in South Africa is taking a step forward in terms of efficiency and productivity with the announcement of the formation of a joint venture to create “High-Maturity Software Development” (Hi-Mat) Units. Under the leadership of the Joburg Centre...
Sophos recognised in Forrester report
Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research’s new Client Security report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security, Q1 2013. It provides a comprehensive overview of the endpoint protection vendor landscape. Forrester says that...
Africa-wide cloud service to debut
Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Seacom, is poised to take advantage of the evolving local cloud services market, characterised by the rise of telcos and ISPs over traditional IT service providers. The company, established in 2011 by Seacom founder Brian...