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Curbing substance abuse in the workplace
All organisations are required by law to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), which specifies a zero tolerance approach to intoxication in the workplace, says Rhys Evans, director of ALCO-Safe. This includes both alcohol and narcotic substances....
Thermal imaging cameras mitigate poaching
Effective monitoring is key in the fight against rhino poaching. Using thermal imaging cameras with advanced detection capability can offer a more proactive solution to stopping poachers. Technology not only helps to protect the lives of the rangers, it can also mean the difference between pre-empting the death of a rhino, or hunting for the killers after the fact, when it is already too late.
Indoor smartphone used boosted by Ericsson
We spend more than 85% of our time indoors, but a recent Ericsson ConsumerLab study conducted with more than 47 000 respondents across 23 countries reveals that only 41% are highly satisfied with their indoor experience when browsing or accessing social networks. This...
Gartner names IFS as leader
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has been named as a leader for its enterprise service management solution in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management, authored by William McNeill, Michael Maoz and Jason Wong on 22 December 2014. It is...
Virtual NAS from QNAP, AMD
QNAP Systems has partnered with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and announced the release of the high-performance 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ and 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 Turbo vNAS series, with an AMD Embedded G-Series quad-core 2.4GHs processor and a RAM module expandable to 16Gb....
DCC offers Ultimate HT703 tablet
The Ultimate HT703 7-inch tablet from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is the last word in affordable tablets for every user, with all of the basic functions and features users’ need. Including WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, this affordable, entry-level...
Go-ahead for merger of Kalahari, Takealot
The Competition Commission has approved the merger of Kalahari and Takealot, two of South Africa’s leading online retailers. takealot.com’s founder and co-CEO Kim Reid comments: “We are super excited about the approval of the transaction. This will allow us to build...
Lenovo completes IBM server integration
Lenovo and IBM have successfully closed the transaction in Lenovo Middle East and Africa (MEA) and completed the move of IBM x86 employees and business operations to Lenovo, effective 1 January 2015. Lenovo completed the initial closing for the acquisition of IBM’s...
The dark side of the sun
There were no fireworks on the sun to welcome in the new year, and only a few C-class flares during the last day of 2014. Instead, the sun starts 2015 with an enormous coronal hole near the south pole. Coronal holes are regions of the corona where the magnetic field reaches out into space rather than looping back down onto the surface. Particles moving along those magnetic fields can leave the sun rather than being trapped near the surface. Those trapped particles can heat up and glow. In the parts of the corona where the particles leave the sun, the glow is much dimmer and the coronal hole looks dark.
OpenWeb cements uncapped promotion
OpenWeb introduced a limited promotion in November 2014 on its capped ADSL accounts that offered users unlimited access between 00:00 and 06:00 daily, irrelevant of usage during peak periods. The promotion was set to expire at the end of February 2015. However,...
Toyota opens up hydrogen energy patents
Toyota is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fuel cell patents - royalty free. Announced today at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, this Toyota initiative will spur development and introduction of innovative fuel cell...
Kaspersky launches online cyberthreat radar
As complex operations become an increasingly frequent feature of contemporary cybercrime, Kaspersky Lab is launching an online service that brings together all the information it holds on the most sophisticated cyber campaigns. The interactive targeted cyber-attacks...
Intelligent CRM as a business goal
The competitive arena is evolving on a second-by-second basis and no company is free from the effect of commercial rivalry, writes Gerda Christoch, director of Orbis Software SA. Indeed, as customer relationship management (CRM) professionals readily confess, the...
Curbing substance abuse in the workplace
All organisations are required by law to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), which specifies a zero tolerance approach to intoxication in the workplace, says Rhys Evans, director of ALCO-Safe. This includes both alcohol and narcotic substances....
Thermal imaging cameras mitigate poaching
Effective monitoring is key in the fight against rhino poaching. Using thermal imaging cameras with advanced detection capability can offer a more proactive solution to stopping poachers. Technology not only helps to protect the lives of the rangers, it can also mean the difference between pre-empting the death of a rhino, or hunting for the killers after the fact, when it is already too late.
Indoor smartphone used boosted by Ericsson
We spend more than 85% of our time indoors, but a recent Ericsson ConsumerLab study conducted with more than 47 000 respondents across 23 countries reveals that only 41% are highly satisfied with their indoor experience when browsing or accessing social networks. This...
Gartner names IFS as leader
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has been named as a leader for its enterprise service management solution in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management, authored by William McNeill, Michael Maoz and Jason Wong on 22 December 2014. It is...
Virtual NAS from QNAP, AMD
QNAP Systems has partnered with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and announced the release of the high-performance 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ and 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 Turbo vNAS series, with an AMD Embedded G-Series quad-core 2.4GHs processor and a RAM module expandable to 16Gb....
DCC offers Ultimate HT703 tablet
The Ultimate HT703 7-inch tablet from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is the last word in affordable tablets for every user, with all of the basic functions and features users’ need. Including WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, this affordable, entry-level...
Go-ahead for merger of Kalahari, Takealot
The Competition Commission has approved the merger of Kalahari and Takealot, two of South Africa’s leading online retailers. takealot.com’s founder and co-CEO Kim Reid comments: “We are super excited about the approval of the transaction. This will allow us to build...