Technology News
Vodacom adds free benefits
Vodacom yesterday (10 February) launched “Free4Sho”, a range of products and services offering guaranteed free benefits to customers. The first customer offer under Free4Sho is a new prepaid price plan called Vodacom Daily Free Calls, where customers pay a new flat...
Higher earnings for Mustek expected
Mustek has published a trading statement, alerting shareholders that earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2012 will be substantially higher that for the corresponding period one year ago. Mustek’s shareholders are informed that, for the period, Mustek’s...
DiData launches ‘miracle’ site
Dimension Data has launched a Web site, bepartofthemiracle.com, to coincide with last night’s screening of Miracle Rising: South Africa, a 90-minute documentary of the four years between the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 to the elections in 1994. Screened last...
F5 launches new partner programme
F5 Networks, the global leader in application delivery networking (ADN), recently announced the launch of the GUARDIAN Professional Services Partner Programme. The programme expands F5’s UNITY Partner Programme, to provide additional benefits for partners with...
Mobile apps boost workforce participation
Mobile apps already play an important role in enterprise content and application delivery strategies, partly because of the dominance of mobile formats on the computing landscape, and partly because of the proven success of apps with engaging audiences, says Wesley...
Workload-optimised solutions from Dell
To help customers run and deploy business-critical applications and workloads they depend on, Dell has announced new workload-optimised solutions for the SAP HANA platform that enable customers to confidently deploy Dell server, storage and networking systems running...
New insurance app offers instant assistance
According to the Apple App Store, downloads have doubled over the past year alone to reach 40-billion downloads in January 2013. In line with this shift, local underwriter MUA Insurance Acceptances has now launched a new mobile app that enables instant communication...
Syncrony operates online discount store
Syncrony, a leading national provider of Web design and content management services, as well as tablet and phone apps, now manages and operates ontheinternet.co.za. This is a local online store dedicated to providing consumers with discounted deals on a wide range of...
Oracle announces MySQL 5.6
Oracle has announced the general availability of MySQL 5.6, the world’s most popular open-source database. With increased performance, scalability, reliability and manageability, MySQL 5.6 helps users meet the most demanding Web, cloud and embedded application...
Survey: SaaS customer support lacking
According to a global research from the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), businesses increasingly value software as a service (SaaS) applications, but many enterprises are facing significant customer support challenges with their SaaS vendors, leading to low customer...
Nedbank debuts mobile POS solution
Nedbank has launched the Nedbank PocketPOS, the first live EMV-certified mobile point-of-sale (POS) solution in South Africa that enables businesses to process debit and credit card transactions by using a smartphone connected to a secure card reader. “At Nedbank, we...
Fortuin joins Adapt IT board
JSE-listed Adapt IT Holdings has announced the appointment of Oliver Fortuin as an independent non-executive board member to the group. Fortuin will serve as an independent non-executive member of the board of directors and chairman of the social and ethics...
Internet a right in Germany
Internet access has been declared a basic need by a German court, which has allowed users to sue Internet providers if their connection is damaged or lost. Germany’s Federal Court of Justice made this ruling after a man lost his connection for two months due to...
Vodacom adds free benefits
Vodacom yesterday (10 February) launched “Free4Sho”, a range of products and services offering guaranteed free benefits to customers. The first customer offer under Free4Sho is a new prepaid price plan called Vodacom Daily Free Calls, where customers pay a new flat...
Higher earnings for Mustek expected
Mustek has published a trading statement, alerting shareholders that earnings for the six months ended 31 December 2012 will be substantially higher that for the corresponding period one year ago. Mustek’s shareholders are informed that, for the period, Mustek’s...
DiData launches ‘miracle’ site
Dimension Data has launched a Web site, bepartofthemiracle.com, to coincide with last night’s screening of Miracle Rising: South Africa, a 90-minute documentary of the four years between the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 to the elections in 1994. Screened last...
F5 launches new partner programme
F5 Networks, the global leader in application delivery networking (ADN), recently announced the launch of the GUARDIAN Professional Services Partner Programme. The programme expands F5’s UNITY Partner Programme, to provide additional benefits for partners with...
Mobile apps boost workforce participation
Mobile apps already play an important role in enterprise content and application delivery strategies, partly because of the dominance of mobile formats on the computing landscape, and partly because of the proven success of apps with engaging audiences, says Wesley...
Workload-optimised solutions from Dell
To help customers run and deploy business-critical applications and workloads they depend on, Dell has announced new workload-optimised solutions for the SAP HANA platform that enable customers to confidently deploy Dell server, storage and networking systems running...
New insurance app offers instant assistance
According to the Apple App Store, downloads have doubled over the past year alone to reach 40-billion downloads in January 2013. In line with this shift, local underwriter MUA Insurance Acceptances has now launched a new mobile app that enables instant communication...