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IBM top of patent list for 20 years
IBM has received a record 6 478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across key domains including analytics, big data, cyber-security, cloud, mobile, social networking and software defined environments, as well as industry solutions...
CES: Kingston debuts largest USB
Kingston Technology has announced the DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB Flash drive. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is the world’s largest-capacity USB 3.0 Flash drive and will be available in a 1Tb capacity later in in the first quarter. Currently, it is...
Video consoles set for rebound
The video game console is set to make a comeback. International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new forecast on the video game console market: Worldwide Video Game and Entertainment Console Hardware and Packaged Software 2012 - 2016 Forecast. The 71-page study...
Securicom offers Zenprise 7.01
South African companies can now access the very latest mobile device management (MDM) features and tools from the industry leader, Zenprise, through trusted cloud security services provider, Securicom. The company, which provides the Zencloud that enables South...
Hisense debuts U-LED TV at CES
Hisense has unveiled its highly-anticipated U-LED TV at CES, the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition. Building on the LED display, U-LED achieves unprecedented display effects through software and hardware optimisation, delivering better contrast, wider...
BT positioned as Leader by Gartner
BT has announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services report for the third consecutive year. The report by Gartner includes analysis of 21 global vendors that...
Lessons from enterprise start-ups
Enterprise technology is extremely diverse and exciting these days, as the cloud changes approaches and needs, and as the boundaries between personal and work life get increasingly blurred. As a result, scores of entrepreneurs around the world are braving regulatory...
Kaseya achieves FIPS 140-2 validation
Kaseya the leading global provider of automated IT systems management services, has announced the Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA) has achieved a level one validation against Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2: Security Requirements for...
BI trends in retrospect
At the beginning of 2012 the research firms and pundits proposed numerous trends for the business intelligence (BI) world, says Julian Field, marketing director at knowledge integration Dynamics (KID). Statistical analytics, BI in the cloud, mobile BI, in-memory...
Ericsson unveils WebRTC platform
Ericsson has unveiled a new Web development platform that will allow any connected device to be turned into an always-open communications device. The world’s first IMS-based “Web Realtime Communications” (WebRTC) platform enables Web applications that will greatly...
Multi-function devices to boom
Consumers are less likely to buy single-function electronic products in the next year, while intentions to buy multi-function devices have increased dramatically. This is according to a new Accenture survey, presented in its 2013 Global Consumer Electronics Products...
Stability, accessibility key in 2013
In 2013, IT buyers will be looking for stability and ways to prepare for the next five years in their business cycle. A new report from Ovum looks at the phenomenon of IT services bundling and how it will influence the IT market in 2013. “The fact that we live in very...
Info assets will be monetised
The financial demands of storing and managing big data will lead 30% of businesses to directly or indirectly monetise their information assets by trading, bartering or outright selling them by 2016, according to Gartner. Many enterprises are starting to appreciate the...
IBM top of patent list for 20 years
IBM has received a record 6 478 patents in 2012 for inventions that will enable fundamental advancements across key domains including analytics, big data, cyber-security, cloud, mobile, social networking and software defined environments, as well as industry solutions...
CES: Kingston debuts largest USB
Kingston Technology has announced the DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB Flash drive. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 is the world’s largest-capacity USB 3.0 Flash drive and will be available in a 1Tb capacity later in in the first quarter. Currently, it is...
Video consoles set for rebound
The video game console is set to make a comeback. International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new forecast on the video game console market: Worldwide Video Game and Entertainment Console Hardware and Packaged Software 2012 - 2016 Forecast. The 71-page study...
Securicom offers Zenprise 7.01
South African companies can now access the very latest mobile device management (MDM) features and tools from the industry leader, Zenprise, through trusted cloud security services provider, Securicom. The company, which provides the Zencloud that enables South...
Hisense debuts U-LED TV at CES
Hisense has unveiled its highly-anticipated U-LED TV at CES, the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition. Building on the LED display, U-LED achieves unprecedented display effects through software and hardware optimisation, delivering better contrast, wider...
BT positioned as Leader by Gartner
BT has announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, in the Leaders Quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services report for the third consecutive year. The report by Gartner includes analysis of 21 global vendors that...
Lessons from enterprise start-ups
Enterprise technology is extremely diverse and exciting these days, as the cloud changes approaches and needs, and as the boundaries between personal and work life get increasingly blurred. As a result, scores of entrepreneurs around the world are braving regulatory...