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PC market declines in 2012
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 15,3-million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decline of 11,7% when compared with the same period in 2011, according to Gartner. In 2012, PC shipments reached 58-million units, a decrease of 8,4% from 2011. In the fourth...
FNB opens Banking App via eWallet
Non-FNB customers can now make use of the FNB Banking App to perform transactions, with the addition of eWallet to the app suite of services. This means that eWallet users now have access to the FNB Banking App which provides a superior user experience. It allows...
4most wins SAP deal in Botswana
SAP Business One software specialist 4most, has won a R207 000 contract to supply, install and commission a SAP Business One ERP software and technology solution for The Butcher Shop, a Gaborone headquartered supplier of meat products with 13 wholesale and retail...
Kathea wins Polycom awards
Kathea, a distributor of video communications solutions, was recently named Polycom Partner of the Year for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEA). The company was also awarded the Polycom Country Award. Kathea received both awards at TEAM Polycom 2013, the...
PPO aids AfriSam development
Leading black-controlled construction materials group in southern Africa, AfriSam has chosen to implement Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in order to meet its project management and reporting...
Windows Phone 8 aims for business market
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8, which launched with much fanfare to the consumer market late last year, is busy making a strong play for the heart and mind of the business market with a host of enterprise-level features that the company says will slot in seamlessly with...
VMware introduces new offerings
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced....
QlikView positioned in Leaders Quadrant
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Magic Quadrant report. This designation marks the...
XDSL provides Poynting Antennas with fibre
Poynting Antennas, a supplier of advanced antennas with branches in Gauteng and Cape Town, has resolved its connectivity issues with the implementation of a 4Mbps fibre optic solution from XDSL at its Samrand offices in Johannesburg. The solution has delivered...
TruTeq Devices seeks solutions providers
TruTeq Devices, which focuses on providing wireless connectivity solutions to all market sectors, has announced that it is looking for solutions providers to service a number of market sectors it serves, including mining, home and industrial automation systems,...
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...
PC market declines in 2012
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 15,3-million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decline of 11,7% when compared with the same period in 2011, according to Gartner. In 2012, PC shipments reached 58-million units, a decrease of 8,4% from 2011. In the fourth...
FNB opens Banking App via eWallet
Non-FNB customers can now make use of the FNB Banking App to perform transactions, with the addition of eWallet to the app suite of services. This means that eWallet users now have access to the FNB Banking App which provides a superior user experience. It allows...
4most wins SAP deal in Botswana
SAP Business One software specialist 4most, has won a R207 000 contract to supply, install and commission a SAP Business One ERP software and technology solution for The Butcher Shop, a Gaborone headquartered supplier of meat products with 13 wholesale and retail...
Kathea wins Polycom awards
Kathea, a distributor of video communications solutions, was recently named Polycom Partner of the Year for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEA). The company was also awarded the Polycom Country Award. Kathea received both awards at TEAM Polycom 2013, the...
PPO aids AfriSam development
Leading black-controlled construction materials group in southern Africa, AfriSam has chosen to implement Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in order to meet its project management and reporting...
Windows Phone 8 aims for business market
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8, which launched with much fanfare to the consumer market late last year, is busy making a strong play for the heart and mind of the business market with a host of enterprise-level features that the company says will slot in seamlessly with...
VMware introduces new offerings
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has introduced two new offerings to help customers further leverage their investments in VMware vSphere - VMware vSphere with Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced....