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Multiple payment methods aid online stores
E-commerce sites and online retailers can increase their sales by offering a selection of payment methods appropriate to their target markets, according to Robin Philip of payment services provider PayGate. “Customers want choice,” says Philip. “Especially in emerging...
Altonet complies with global best practice
Altonet, local providers of the HP Autonomy LiveVault and Connected Backup solutions, which has its vaults in the Teraco data centre in Isando, has set up mirrored vaults in a geographically separated data centre located in Midrand. This move ensures that Altonet...
Ocular becomes local agent for Radian6
Ocular Technologies’ new agency deal with social media monitoring tool, Radian6, allows the contact centre solutions provider to offer superior social media monitoring to its customers. According to Ocular Technologies CEO, Pommie Lutchman, Radian6 helps brands know...
Datacentrix first Riverbed RASP partner
IT solution provider, Datacentrix has been named as the first Riverbed Accredited Support Partner (RASP) in Africa, joining the ranks of a select, invitee-only programme that allows the organisation to provide high-value support services to local Riverbed customers,...
Merger of galactic giants
The Hubble telescope has beamed back images of two galaxies in the process of merging, appearing as a cosmic “flying V” formation. The “flying V” is actually two distinct objects - a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 2184. Both of the galaxies are seen almost...
Graduates favour government employers
Young graduates are gravitating towards employment in government and parastatal organisations, while the traditionally popular mining houses are falling out of favour as employers of choice. These are some of the findings from Universum South Africa’s annual survey...
Movie premiers on Mxit today
A Lucky Man, a film about Ernie “Lastig” Solomons, the legendary ex-gang boss, is the first full-length feature film to premiere exclusively on social network Mxit. Mxit users can download the movie using the newly-launched Cinemo app, which is within the Mxit Reach...
Android, iOS dominate in mobile
Android and iOS, the number one- and number two-ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, accounted for 91,1% of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
Fourth quarter decline for colour MFPs
Despite a 10% year-over-year increase for the full year 2012, the colour laser multi-function peripheral (MFP) market declined 1% in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12) as ongoing weakness in the global economy finally caught up with this segment. This marks the first...
DCC to distribute Samsung supplies
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has secured the rights to officially distribute the full range of Samsung business-to-business (B2B) printer consumables. Previously DCC was a sub-distributor of certain products within the Samsung consumables range. “We...
BB10 launch to spur app development
App development for BlackBerry smartphones is set to explode with the launch of the new BlackBerry 10 operating system and smartphones and the BlackBerry World app store according to Simon Bestbier of leading mobile development company Realmdigital. “The BlackBerry...
Blue Turtle named WHIPTAIL reseller
Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) has announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with WHIPTAIL, the storage-industry innovator powering faster and more energy-efficient computing for today’s global businesses via Flash storage, at the official partnership...
Samsung unveils ChatON 2.0
Samsung Electronics, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today unveiled ChatON 2.0, the next version of the popular global communication service that connects all phone users into a single community. Now available in over 200...
Multiple payment methods aid online stores
E-commerce sites and online retailers can increase their sales by offering a selection of payment methods appropriate to their target markets, according to Robin Philip of payment services provider PayGate. “Customers want choice,” says Philip. “Especially in emerging...
Altonet complies with global best practice
Altonet, local providers of the HP Autonomy LiveVault and Connected Backup solutions, which has its vaults in the Teraco data centre in Isando, has set up mirrored vaults in a geographically separated data centre located in Midrand. This move ensures that Altonet...
Ocular becomes local agent for Radian6
Ocular Technologies’ new agency deal with social media monitoring tool, Radian6, allows the contact centre solutions provider to offer superior social media monitoring to its customers. According to Ocular Technologies CEO, Pommie Lutchman, Radian6 helps brands know...
Datacentrix first Riverbed RASP partner
IT solution provider, Datacentrix has been named as the first Riverbed Accredited Support Partner (RASP) in Africa, joining the ranks of a select, invitee-only programme that allows the organisation to provide high-value support services to local Riverbed customers,...
Merger of galactic giants
The Hubble telescope has beamed back images of two galaxies in the process of merging, appearing as a cosmic “flying V” formation. The “flying V” is actually two distinct objects - a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 2184. Both of the galaxies are seen almost...
Graduates favour government employers
Young graduates are gravitating towards employment in government and parastatal organisations, while the traditionally popular mining houses are falling out of favour as employers of choice. These are some of the findings from Universum South Africa’s annual survey...
Movie premiers on Mxit today
A Lucky Man, a film about Ernie “Lastig” Solomons, the legendary ex-gang boss, is the first full-length feature film to premiere exclusively on social network Mxit. Mxit users can download the movie using the newly-launched Cinemo app, which is within the Mxit Reach...