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Smartphones boom in developing markets
Canalys’ latest smartphone forecasts show a clear rise in the importance of developing markets, and markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (BRIIC) will drive much of the volume growth in the global market in 2013 and beyond. In total, developing...
Revolutionising data centre construction
As a CFO, CEO or CIO with a data centre (or possibly several) in the organisation, users are undoubtedly aware that they devour electricity like small cities and that the up-front capital investment, cost of expansion and re-development is somewhere between painful...
Enterasys launches IdentiFi
Positioned as the latest development in WiFi innovation, Enterasys Networks has launched a new WiFi solution designed to address key industry requirements, including scalability, visibility, security and application performance. Dubbed Enterasys IdentiFi, the solution...
Mining companies turn to Quintica, BMC
The mining sector faces stringent governance and regulatory issues all of which are designed to keep its systems and processes in check. It is against this backdrop that more and more mining customers are turning to Quintica and the BMC platform it provides to ensure...
VoIP is the future
In 2010 ICASA, South Africa’s telecoms regulator, announced that call termination rates - the price telcos may charge one another for carrying their calls - would drop each year over the next three years. By 1 March 2013, the rate will be 40c per minute for mobile...
HR needs to speak business language
People are at the top of the agenda in most companies, with the war for talent intensifying in many business sectors. “It is crucial for the human resources (HR) department to recognise the value that it brings in terms of helping the business to compete in finding...
Cyber insurance is essential
With the onset of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill, which looks set to be enacted in 2013, as well as the increasing reliance of companies on digital data, businesses can no longer afford to be complacent about the potential effects of a data breach...
WeMetOnAPlane.com launches app
Ever met that special someone on a plane but, for whatever reason, contact details were never exchanged? Without their names, how are users going to find those special people on Facebook? If users are looking for someone they met on a flight, the WeMetOnAPlane mobile...
RCOM, Alcatel-Lucent sign contract
Reliance Communications (RCOM), India’s fully integrated telecommunications service provider and Alcatel-Lucent, have announced a first-of-its-kind, end-to-end network managed services contract aimed at delivering superior customer experience in eastern and southern...
Bytes Connect wins Eqstra award
Bytes Connect has been named Partner of the Year at Eqstra Fleet Management’s annual supplier day. Eqstra runs fleets for numerous major clients, and fields over 60 call centre agents at four different call centres, says Eqstra IT manager, Edward Macfarlane....
Poor BI hinders telcos
A holistic view of the telco customer across siloed applications is essential for operators looking to reduce churn, but the majority of BI and analytics solutions on the market today are not up to scratch, says Ovum. In its latest evaluation of the BI vendor...
Strikes claim nearly 200 in 13 years
Some 181 fatalities occurred in strike violence between January 1999 and October 2012. A further 313 people were injured and over 3 058 arrests made during the period. This is according to figures compiled by the South African Institute of Race Relations using print...
Automotive LCD shipments to soar
Global shipments of automotive full-colour liquid crystal displays (LCD) will nearly double during the four-year period from 2012 to 2016, partly propelled by a US mandate on rear-view cameras that will result in expanding use in both midrange and economy-class...
Smartphones boom in developing markets
Canalys’ latest smartphone forecasts show a clear rise in the importance of developing markets, and markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (BRIIC) will drive much of the volume growth in the global market in 2013 and beyond. In total, developing...
Revolutionising data centre construction
As a CFO, CEO or CIO with a data centre (or possibly several) in the organisation, users are undoubtedly aware that they devour electricity like small cities and that the up-front capital investment, cost of expansion and re-development is somewhere between painful...
Enterasys launches IdentiFi
Positioned as the latest development in WiFi innovation, Enterasys Networks has launched a new WiFi solution designed to address key industry requirements, including scalability, visibility, security and application performance. Dubbed Enterasys IdentiFi, the solution...
Mining companies turn to Quintica, BMC
The mining sector faces stringent governance and regulatory issues all of which are designed to keep its systems and processes in check. It is against this backdrop that more and more mining customers are turning to Quintica and the BMC platform it provides to ensure...
VoIP is the future
In 2010 ICASA, South Africa’s telecoms regulator, announced that call termination rates - the price telcos may charge one another for carrying their calls - would drop each year over the next three years. By 1 March 2013, the rate will be 40c per minute for mobile...
HR needs to speak business language
People are at the top of the agenda in most companies, with the war for talent intensifying in many business sectors. “It is crucial for the human resources (HR) department to recognise the value that it brings in terms of helping the business to compete in finding...
Cyber insurance is essential
With the onset of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill, which looks set to be enacted in 2013, as well as the increasing reliance of companies on digital data, businesses can no longer afford to be complacent about the potential effects of a data breach...