Technology News
Facebook launches new search tool
Facebook has unveiled a new “graph search” function that improves users’ abilities to search the social network for pictures and information. Although CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company has no immediate plans to commercialise the tool, there is the potential to sell...
Gauteng leads in indebtedness
Gauteng has the highest consumer debt per capita of all nine provinces and accounts for almost half of total consumer debt held in South Africa. The average individual in Gauteng owes R4 260.00. This is according to the South Africa Survey, to be published by the...
DiData enhances Uptime services
Dimension Data has launched an enhanced version of its Uptime Maintenance and Support Services that will help its more than 6 000 global clients maximise the availability of their IT estate while optimising their total IT support spend. The group is the first system...
Smart TVs set to take over
Nearly 85% of all flat-panel TVs produced in 2016 will be smart TVs, according to Gartner. Worldwide unit production of flat-panel smart TVs will grow from 69-million in 2012 to 198-million in 2016. Worldwide unit production of smart TVs in 2013 is expected to reach...
EA architects influence IT buying
At least 50% of enterprise architecture (EA) practitioners have a significant impact on enterprise IT budget activities and decisions, according to a recent survey by Gartner. A July 2012 Gartner survey of EA practitioners found that half of EA practitioners have an...
Using Diginet for VoIP
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony services can provide huge cost savings for any size and type of organisation, sometimes offering a 30% to 50% decrease on their total monthly telecommunications bills, says Danie Fourie, director at XDSL. But many South...
Sundance uses Smart WiFi from Ruckus
Ruckus Wireless has announced that for the third straight year, its patented Smart WiFi products and technology are once again powering the WiFi services being offered at the internationally renowned Sundance Film Festival, which is expected to attract an estimated 45...
Pastel enters personal finance market
Pastel My Money, an online personal finance management tool, is now available to everyone with Web access. Powered by Pastel, South Africa's leading developer of accounting and business software, My Money promises to make personal finance management a breeze. It's...
Reasons for project failure
FOXit has had a handful of projects fail over the last year and a half. Upon reflection, Anita Potgieter, chief operations officer for the company, has come up with a number of potential reasons that could be behind the failure - from the sales cycle through to...
Converging security solutions
Information is the lifeblood of any organisation today. Moreover, the ability to analyse and apply information strategically is critical to the survival strategies of most industries and sectors, says Andrew Chester, chief information security officer at Ukuvuma...
Datatec experiences slight dip
Datatec has published an interim management statement, for the period from 1 September 2012 to 31 December 2012, warning that performance for the financial year will be lower than originally forecast. Group revenues for the financial year are expected to reach...
New BCS manager at HP
HP has announced the appointment of President Ntuli as HP Business Critical Servers (BCS) BU and sales manager for the Enterprise Group in South Africa, with immediate effect. Ntuli’s new position forms part of a string of other new management appointments over the...
BI on-the-go comes of age
Business intelligence (BI) on-the-go is finally here, thanks to the arrival of high-performance mobile devices and the evolution of robust data-carrying infrastructure. According to Ovum, mobile BI solutions, which in the past have suffered from a lack of...
Facebook launches new search tool
Facebook has unveiled a new “graph search” function that improves users’ abilities to search the social network for pictures and information. Although CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company has no immediate plans to commercialise the tool, there is the potential to sell...
Gauteng leads in indebtedness
Gauteng has the highest consumer debt per capita of all nine provinces and accounts for almost half of total consumer debt held in South Africa. The average individual in Gauteng owes R4 260.00. This is according to the South Africa Survey, to be published by the...
DiData enhances Uptime services
Dimension Data has launched an enhanced version of its Uptime Maintenance and Support Services that will help its more than 6 000 global clients maximise the availability of their IT estate while optimising their total IT support spend. The group is the first system...
Smart TVs set to take over
Nearly 85% of all flat-panel TVs produced in 2016 will be smart TVs, according to Gartner. Worldwide unit production of flat-panel smart TVs will grow from 69-million in 2012 to 198-million in 2016. Worldwide unit production of smart TVs in 2013 is expected to reach...
EA architects influence IT buying
At least 50% of enterprise architecture (EA) practitioners have a significant impact on enterprise IT budget activities and decisions, according to a recent survey by Gartner. A July 2012 Gartner survey of EA practitioners found that half of EA practitioners have an...
Using Diginet for VoIP
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony services can provide huge cost savings for any size and type of organisation, sometimes offering a 30% to 50% decrease on their total monthly telecommunications bills, says Danie Fourie, director at XDSL. But many South...
Sundance uses Smart WiFi from Ruckus
Ruckus Wireless has announced that for the third straight year, its patented Smart WiFi products and technology are once again powering the WiFi services being offered at the internationally renowned Sundance Film Festival, which is expected to attract an estimated 45...