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New tape drives for Oracle libraries
Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle’s StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives with fibre channel connectivity for Oracle’s StorageTek SL8500 and SL3000 Tape Libraries. With the introduction of StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives, Oracle now offers customers both the latest...
Datacentrix awarded OpenText title
IT solution provider Datacentrix has been named as the local OpenText partner of the year for 2012, based on its exceptional revenue contribution for the financial year period. According to Juane Peacock, MD of the enterprise content management (ECM) business unit at...
Implementing social media analytics
Social media is a treasure trove of insights and useful information, but most people have realised that the path from hype to reality is hardly straightforward or easy to implement. At the heart of the matter, information gleaned from social channels is a combination...
Triple4 to launch self-service portal
Triple4, the innovative infrastructure solution company, is launching a self-service portal with a difference to enable clients to access cloud-based services. The new portal will launch on 1 February 2013. Kevin Mortimer, MD of Triple4, explains that while...
Toshiba introduces 10-inch tablet
Toshiba Gulf FZE announces the launch of its new 10-inch tablet, the TOSHIBA AT300, in South Africa. The new tablet boasts thin-and-light designs, brilliant displays, quad-core performance and a full range of essential ports and smart features. "With its amazingly...
IBM predicts steampunk trend
Based on an analysis of more than half a million public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites and news sources, IBM predicts that "steampunk", a sub-genre inspired by the clothing, technology and social mores of Victorian society, will be a major trend to...
Kaspersky hunts for Red October
Kaspersky Lab has published a new research report, identifying an elusive cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations in several countries for at least five years. The primary focus of this campaign targets...
New iPad, Mini set for March?
Apple iPad and iPad Mini users around the world could be holding outdated devices soon if reports that Apple will launch new versions of the device as soon as March are true. Analysts believe the vendor will launch the iPad 5 and a new version of the iPad Mini in just...
PC’s popularity takes a dive
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 90,3-million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4,9% decline from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Analysts say the PC industry’s problems point to something beyond a weak economy. “Tablets...
E-commerce gets back to basics
As shoppers become increasingly connected, online retailers in 2013 will get back to basics, focusing on strategies and tactics to improve the customer experience and increase Web conversion and loyalty across all devices. According to the 2013 Shop.org/Forrester...
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...
New tape drives for Oracle libraries
Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle’s StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives with fibre channel connectivity for Oracle’s StorageTek SL8500 and SL3000 Tape Libraries. With the introduction of StorageTek LTO 6 Tape Drives, Oracle now offers customers both the latest...
Datacentrix awarded OpenText title
IT solution provider Datacentrix has been named as the local OpenText partner of the year for 2012, based on its exceptional revenue contribution for the financial year period. According to Juane Peacock, MD of the enterprise content management (ECM) business unit at...
Implementing social media analytics
Social media is a treasure trove of insights and useful information, but most people have realised that the path from hype to reality is hardly straightforward or easy to implement. At the heart of the matter, information gleaned from social channels is a combination...
Triple4 to launch self-service portal
Triple4, the innovative infrastructure solution company, is launching a self-service portal with a difference to enable clients to access cloud-based services. The new portal will launch on 1 February 2013. Kevin Mortimer, MD of Triple4, explains that while...
Toshiba introduces 10-inch tablet
Toshiba Gulf FZE announces the launch of its new 10-inch tablet, the TOSHIBA AT300, in South Africa. The new tablet boasts thin-and-light designs, brilliant displays, quad-core performance and a full range of essential ports and smart features. "With its amazingly...
IBM predicts steampunk trend
Based on an analysis of more than half a million public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites and news sources, IBM predicts that "steampunk", a sub-genre inspired by the clothing, technology and social mores of Victorian society, will be a major trend to...
Kaspersky hunts for Red October
Kaspersky Lab has published a new research report, identifying an elusive cyber-espionage campaign targeting diplomatic, governmental and scientific research organisations in several countries for at least five years. The primary focus of this campaign targets...