Technology News
China tops US in smartphones
China is now the biggest market for smartphones and tablets. This is according to Christopher Riley, MD of The Notebook Company. “Right now China is reporting the highest number of active iOS and Android devices. “Additionally, it is among one of the fastest growing...
SybaWeb makes global MSP list
SybaWeb, a South African-based IT company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, has ranked 498 in the MSPmentor (managed service provider) 2013 rankings. “We are thrilled to have received such an outstanding accolade which is a great reflection on the...
Integr8 among world’s top 50 MSPs
Integr8 has been ranked as one of just two African companies to be listed among the world’s top 50 managed service providers (MSPs) for 2013. The South African company, which was recently acquired 100% by the Business Connexion Group, owns and operates the only...
NetApp expands Flash portfolio
In a move that extends its leadership in the industry, NetApp has announced the availability of the EF540 all-flash array for today’s extreme performance-driven enterprise applications, and previewed the architecture of its new, purpose-built FlashRay product family,...
Progress Software honours AIGS
Local vendor AIGS has been named the best new growth distributor for Progress Software International. The Gauteng-based firm received the award in Las Vegas last week. Progress Software Corporation has named five leading independent software vendors (ISVs) in EMEA as...
Make way for cyber-forensics
The advent of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill, which is set to be enacted this year, will change the way companies have to approach data handling strategies, processes and procedures. As computers have increasingly become part of users' lives, they...
Dell unveils new backup appliance
To help customers better manage and reduce the cost of backing up and recovering company data, Dell today unveiled its next generation disk backup appliance built on the Fluid Data architecture. The new high performance Dell DR4100 disk backup appliance can help...
Tablets, smartphones fuel telepresence
Smartphones and tablets continue to nab market share from more traditional computing technologies, such as netbooks, as they are integrated into the enterprise arena. Apple's iPad and tablets featuring Android-enabled operating systems, for example, have given rise to...
SMBs can benefit from BI
Whenever they hear the term “business intelligence” (BI), owners of small-to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) might be under the wrongful impression that it is a solution meant to be implemented only by major corporations and large enterprises with multi-million...
DCC stocks WD Red NAS drive
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is now delivering Western Digital’s (WD) Red network attached storage (NAS) hard drives. The Red drive is an innovative line of SATA hard drives with intellipower technology specifically designed for home and small office...
Prasa rolls out network revamp
The Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (Prasa) is revamping its ICT infrastructure and enhancing its existing railway network. The improvements will ease the burden on many commuters following the introduction by Prasa of its Rolling Stock Fleet Renewal...
10% revenue growth for Mustek
Mustek has announced that revenue from continuing operations is up 10% to R1,807-billion for the half year period ending December 2012. The Mustek Group wholly owns the Mustek and Rectron companies. For the half-year period, headline earnings per ordinary share were...
Bigger earnings from EOH
EOH Holdings expects to report a big increase in earnings for the last six months. The company states that a review of the financial results for the six month interim period ended 31 January 2013 has indicated that the earnings per share and the headline earnings per...
China tops US in smartphones
China is now the biggest market for smartphones and tablets. This is according to Christopher Riley, MD of The Notebook Company. “Right now China is reporting the highest number of active iOS and Android devices. “Additionally, it is among one of the fastest growing...
SybaWeb makes global MSP list
SybaWeb, a South African-based IT company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, has ranked 498 in the MSPmentor (managed service provider) 2013 rankings. “We are thrilled to have received such an outstanding accolade which is a great reflection on the...
Integr8 among world’s top 50 MSPs
Integr8 has been ranked as one of just two African companies to be listed among the world’s top 50 managed service providers (MSPs) for 2013. The South African company, which was recently acquired 100% by the Business Connexion Group, owns and operates the only...
NetApp expands Flash portfolio
In a move that extends its leadership in the industry, NetApp has announced the availability of the EF540 all-flash array for today’s extreme performance-driven enterprise applications, and previewed the architecture of its new, purpose-built FlashRay product family,...
Progress Software honours AIGS
Local vendor AIGS has been named the best new growth distributor for Progress Software International. The Gauteng-based firm received the award in Las Vegas last week. Progress Software Corporation has named five leading independent software vendors (ISVs) in EMEA as...
Make way for cyber-forensics
The advent of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill, which is set to be enacted this year, will change the way companies have to approach data handling strategies, processes and procedures. As computers have increasingly become part of users' lives, they...
Dell unveils new backup appliance
To help customers better manage and reduce the cost of backing up and recovering company data, Dell today unveiled its next generation disk backup appliance built on the Fluid Data architecture. The new high performance Dell DR4100 disk backup appliance can help...