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Digital rail systems to fuel big data
The global rail market offers huge opportunities for big data technology providers with Frost & Sullivan predicting that investment in the sector will reach more than $2,14-billion by 2021. The research group adds that investments will grow at a minimum of 60,3%....
Take a Girl Child to Work on 28 May
The 13th Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign will take place on Thursday, 28 May 2015. It was originally scheduled for June this year but the organisers have changed the date so as not to conflict with any examination timetables. Cell C Take a Girl Child to...
IDC lowers PC outlook for 2015
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -4,9% in 2015, a drop from the previous forecast of -3,3%, while growth projections for 2016 and 2017 were raised slightly, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Market Tracker. Fourth...
Data-hungry applications drive server sales
The EMEA server market continued its strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, reporting $3,7-billion in vendor revenue and 630 000 units shipped, for year-on-year growth of 1,2% and 4,4% respectively. This is according to the International Data Corporation's...
Schneider Electric, Autodesk collaborate
Schneider Electric and Autodesk have announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding. According to this agreement, Schneider Electric and Autodesk plan to collaborate to enhance current practices for building lifecycle management based on Building Information Modeling (BIM). As part of the collaboration, the two companies are exploring ways to complement each other’s strengths to make buildings more energy efficient from the design and construction through operation and end-of-life phases.
Acer wins at MWC 2015
Acer smartphones and wearable technology has won three “Top Pick” awards from two media outlets at Mobile World Congress (MWC)2015. The Liquid M220 and Liquid Leap+ were both awarded “2015 MWC Top Pick” from Windows Central, and the Liquid Jade Z was awarded “MWC Top...
A new approach for delivering mobile apps
The need to build compelling and highly usable customer, employee and partner facing mobile apps is driving a new breed of app platform - Rapid Application Delivery (RAD). Platforms specifically designed to meet the needs of multichannel apps that run perfectly on any...
Managed IT security services key
More South African companies are beginning to favour managed IT security services. Where companies once considered it risky to hand over the function to a third party, keeping security in-house is proving to be riskier. Why? The average business simply doesn’t have...
PayGate takes the pain out of integration
Building e-commerce functionality into client sites has traditionally been difficult and often frustrating for Web developers. But, says Innovation Boutique MD Francois Brill, Paygate’s range of developer support tools has made the process much easier -- and client...
NAS is a trump card for the IT channel
WD has now added high performance network attached storage (NAS) solutions for expert and business users to My Cloud line. With an estimated 40% growth in the next 3 years, the prosumer and SMB NAS markets in EMEA hold a wealth of opportunity for the channel. IDC...
Web sites fall to ISIS attacks
Police and FBI are investigating defacement attacks on numerous US Web sites, in which attackers placed an ISIS flag banner on Web site home pages and played an Arabic song in the background. All the affected sites appear to have one thing in common: they are all built on the WordPress content management platform. WordPress is by far the most popular CMS. As of February 2015, more than 23% of the Web sites in the world were built on the WordPress Open Source platform.
Wireless charging with Samsung S6 pre-orders
Samsung’s new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, are now available to pre-order in South Africa with a special pre-launch offer. For a limited time only, Samsung is offering those who pre-order the Galaxy S6 or S6 edge a free wireless charging pad. One of the key features of the S6 and S6 edge is the embedded wireless charging technology.
Microsoft gains as tablet sales slide
Following the first year-over-year decline in worldwide tablet shipments in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), the International Data Corporation (IDC) has scaled back its five-year forecast for the product category. Worldwide shipments are expected to reach...
Digital rail systems to fuel big data
The global rail market offers huge opportunities for big data technology providers with Frost & Sullivan predicting that investment in the sector will reach more than $2,14-billion by 2021. The research group adds that investments will grow at a minimum of 60,3%....
Take a Girl Child to Work on 28 May
The 13th Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign will take place on Thursday, 28 May 2015. It was originally scheduled for June this year but the organisers have changed the date so as not to conflict with any examination timetables. Cell C Take a Girl Child to...
IDC lowers PC outlook for 2015
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -4,9% in 2015, a drop from the previous forecast of -3,3%, while growth projections for 2016 and 2017 were raised slightly, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Market Tracker. Fourth...
Data-hungry applications drive server sales
The EMEA server market continued its strong growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, reporting $3,7-billion in vendor revenue and 630 000 units shipped, for year-on-year growth of 1,2% and 4,4% respectively. This is according to the International Data Corporation's...
Schneider Electric, Autodesk collaborate
Schneider Electric and Autodesk have announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding. According to this agreement, Schneider Electric and Autodesk plan to collaborate to enhance current practices for building lifecycle management based on Building Information Modeling (BIM). As part of the collaboration, the two companies are exploring ways to complement each other’s strengths to make buildings more energy efficient from the design and construction through operation and end-of-life phases.
Acer wins at MWC 2015
Acer smartphones and wearable technology has won three “Top Pick” awards from two media outlets at Mobile World Congress (MWC)2015. The Liquid M220 and Liquid Leap+ were both awarded “2015 MWC Top Pick” from Windows Central, and the Liquid Jade Z was awarded “MWC Top...
A new approach for delivering mobile apps
The need to build compelling and highly usable customer, employee and partner facing mobile apps is driving a new breed of app platform - Rapid Application Delivery (RAD). Platforms specifically designed to meet the needs of multichannel apps that run perfectly on any...