Technology News
Mobile advertising revenue rising
Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $11,4-billion in 2013, up from $9,6-billion in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide revenue will reach $24,5-billion in 2016 with mobile advertising revenue creating new opportunities for app developers, ad...
WD appoints Components sales manager
Western Digital (WD) has appointed Kalvin Subbadu to the position of sales manager for its Components business in South Africa. He will drive the sales of WD’s Components range of internal hard drives across all three official distributors, including Drive Control...
Kaspersky named a Leader by Gartner
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the second year in a row. Kaspersky Lab believes it has cemented its status as a provider...
QlikTech, Attivio simplify big data
QlikTech, a leader in user-driven business intelligence (BI), and Attivio have announced a partnership to give customers the ability to combine QlikView in-memory data with Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) via QlikView Direct Discovery. QlikTech and Attivio...
Blue Turtle, Gigamon sign VAR agreement
Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) announced that it has signed a value-added reseller agreement with Gigamon to provide intelligent Traffic Visibility Fabric solutions to enterprises, data centres and service providers across Africa. “As a leading provider of...
CA now VCE certified
CA Southern Africa has announced that 25 of CA Technologies’ software offerings are now certified by VCE to run on Vblock Systems, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to supporting converged infrastructure platforms. The 13 new certified offerings include...
Six business trends for 2013
Making predictions in a world that moves as quickly as the one people live in today is brave and perhaps even a little foolish. But based on the way the world evolved last year, here are a few trends Stephanie Houslay, GM at Acceleration Media, expects to play out in...
Getting founding documents right
“If you’re in the process of starting a new business and want to do things right, you probably already know that it’s important to have the necessary 'founding documents' - your memorandum of incorporation and shareholders’ agreement – in place. But do you know what...
ICT critical to business survival in 2013
If users reflects on the progress made within the projects and portfolio management space, and the level of development and integration of solutions, it is clear that this area of ICT is set to play an increasingly important role in revenue generation and business...
Enterprises can learn from start-ups
When compared to smaller start-ups, enterprises are traditionally viewed as being more risk averse and have therefore been slow to embrace new technology – often to the chagrin and frustration of some of their gadget-toting employees. In order to help enterprise...
Bing adds Facebook to search
Microsoft has added new features to Bing that include more Facebook returns in search queries. According to Microsoft, with every search that people do, Bing believes there is a person out there who can help users make a decision. “This is why Bing lets you tap into...
Massive shifts for IT security
The future of IT will dramatically shift by 2030 as cloud computing, augmented reality, quantum computing, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology evolve into the next generation of information technology. This is according to Magnus Kalkuhl, director of Kaspersky...
‘Phablets’ take centre stage in 2013
With their global shipments set to more than double this year, phablets are a hot product, as illustrated by their high profile at this month’s 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The “phablet” - a portmanteau of the words “phone” and “tablet” - is a...
Mobile advertising revenue rising
Worldwide mobile advertising revenue is forecast to reach $11,4-billion in 2013, up from $9,6-billion in 2012, according to Gartner. Worldwide revenue will reach $24,5-billion in 2016 with mobile advertising revenue creating new opportunities for app developers, ad...
WD appoints Components sales manager
Western Digital (WD) has appointed Kalvin Subbadu to the position of sales manager for its Components business in South Africa. He will drive the sales of WD’s Components range of internal hard drives across all three official distributors, including Drive Control...
Kaspersky named a Leader by Gartner
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the second year in a row. Kaspersky Lab believes it has cemented its status as a provider...
QlikTech, Attivio simplify big data
QlikTech, a leader in user-driven business intelligence (BI), and Attivio have announced a partnership to give customers the ability to combine QlikView in-memory data with Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) via QlikView Direct Discovery. QlikTech and Attivio...
Blue Turtle, Gigamon sign VAR agreement
Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) announced that it has signed a value-added reseller agreement with Gigamon to provide intelligent Traffic Visibility Fabric solutions to enterprises, data centres and service providers across Africa. “As a leading provider of...
CA now VCE certified
CA Southern Africa has announced that 25 of CA Technologies’ software offerings are now certified by VCE to run on Vblock Systems, demonstrating the company’s ongoing commitment to supporting converged infrastructure platforms. The 13 new certified offerings include...
Six business trends for 2013
Making predictions in a world that moves as quickly as the one people live in today is brave and perhaps even a little foolish. But based on the way the world evolved last year, here are a few trends Stephanie Houslay, GM at Acceleration Media, expects to play out in...