Technology News
New DNA offers cancer clues
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a paper describing the interweaving "double helix" DNA structure – the chemical code for all life. Now, in the year of that scientific landmark’s 60th Anniversary, Cambridge researchers have published a paper...
BlackBerry 10 OS available now
Research in Motion’ new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, is now available for download. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 re-invents RIM’s EMM by bringing together device management, industry leading security, and mobile...
Schneider signs new distributor
Local value added distributor, First Distribution, has signed a distribution agreement to represent APC by Schneider Electric in South Africa. According to Charlie Murray, GM at First Distribution, discussions with APC by Schneider Electric began in mid-2012 and the...
Windows 8 prices set to rise
Starting from next month (February), the price of Windows 8 is set to soar. Writing on the Microsoft official blog, Brandon LeBlanc has revealed the new pricing set to kick in from 1 February. “We are seeing good momentum with Windows 8 today,” he writes. “When...
Microsoft tipped as Dell investor
Plans for Dell to go private may have gained new momentum with the news that Microsoft could back move. The New York Times reports that Microsoft could invest between $1-billion and $3-billion in the $20-billion private equity deal. The private equity bid is being led...
Massive growth for digital mapping
Digital mapping services have emerged as one of the most powerful growth areas in IT in South Africa. According to a survey by World Wide Worx, conducted with the backing of digital mapping provider mapIT, 76% of South African corporations and 38% of small and medium...
Innovation vital for future growth
According to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTTL) Millennial Survey, 78% of the world's future business leaders believe innovation is essential for business growth. However, as the economic crisis enters its sixth year, just 26% of Millennials feel that business...
Mobile payments to reach $90bn by 2017
US mobile payments will reach $90-billion by 2017, a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from the $12,8-billion spent in 2012. This is according to Forrester's latest five-year mobile payments forecast, which segments mobile payments into three categories:...
IBM announces Q4 results
IBM has announced fourth-quarter 2012 diluted earnings of $5.13 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $4.62 per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 11%. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were $5.39 per share, compared with operating diluted...
Better earnings for Pinnacle
Pinnacle Technology Holdings is expecting earnings for the six months ended 31 December to be significantly higher than the previous year. The company issued a trading statement regarding the anticipated interim headline earnings per share (HEPS) and earnings per...
CIH enhances processes with PPO
Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH), a Namibian-based financial services group with interests in banking, insurance, asset management, investments and microfinance, is improving project status reporting, resource utilisation as well as timesheet management, with the...
Cloud an opportunity for the channel
A depressed economic climate, coupled with the ever-present challenges of shrinking IT budgets, reduced spend and lower margins, are issues which have plagued the channel for many years, says Alain Schram, chief operating officer at Kathea. More recently the...
Seagate wins Best of CES 2013 award
With a "Best of CES 2013" win, Seagate’s Wireless Plus is destined for great things, says local distributor Platinum Micro. The Wireless Plus mobile storage device was singled out by international consumer technology news site CNET for the award in its Networking and...
New DNA offers cancer clues
In 1953, Cambridge researchers Watson and Crick published a paper describing the interweaving "double helix" DNA structure – the chemical code for all life. Now, in the year of that scientific landmark’s 60th Anniversary, Cambridge researchers have published a paper...
BlackBerry 10 OS available now
Research in Motion’ new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, is now available for download. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 re-invents RIM’s EMM by bringing together device management, industry leading security, and mobile...
Schneider signs new distributor
Local value added distributor, First Distribution, has signed a distribution agreement to represent APC by Schneider Electric in South Africa. According to Charlie Murray, GM at First Distribution, discussions with APC by Schneider Electric began in mid-2012 and the...
Windows 8 prices set to rise
Starting from next month (February), the price of Windows 8 is set to soar. Writing on the Microsoft official blog, Brandon LeBlanc has revealed the new pricing set to kick in from 1 February. “We are seeing good momentum with Windows 8 today,” he writes. “When...
Microsoft tipped as Dell investor
Plans for Dell to go private may have gained new momentum with the news that Microsoft could back move. The New York Times reports that Microsoft could invest between $1-billion and $3-billion in the $20-billion private equity deal. The private equity bid is being led...
Massive growth for digital mapping
Digital mapping services have emerged as one of the most powerful growth areas in IT in South Africa. According to a survey by World Wide Worx, conducted with the backing of digital mapping provider mapIT, 76% of South African corporations and 38% of small and medium...
Innovation vital for future growth
According to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTTL) Millennial Survey, 78% of the world's future business leaders believe innovation is essential for business growth. However, as the economic crisis enters its sixth year, just 26% of Millennials feel that business...