Technology News
Tintri adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V
Tintri, the producer of smart storage for virtualisation and cloud environments, has announced support for Microsoft Hyper-V, available this week for all Tintri VMstore storage appliances running Tintri OS 3.1 or greater. Tintri now supports all three major hypervisor...
New Avaya systems offer multi-channel features
Avaya has unveiled new communications solutions that address multichannel communication preferences, while meeting enterprise security, availability, manageability and scalability requirements. The new Avaya Engagement Solutions include innovative technologies that...
E-commerce comes of age
Online shopping hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2014, and it’s set to continue in 2015. “The number of merchants we serve doubled this year, and the vast majority of those are new entrants to the market,” says PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “We’ve also seen...
Social business making massive changes
There has been a rapid change in terms of the way we work, collaborate and simply connect with our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. A core component of this is a new set of connected workers who have an growing requirement to access information for...
Healthy growth for desktop monitor sales
Global desktop monitor sell-in revenue rose 7% in the third quarter of 2014, as average selling prices (ASPs) rose just over 10%. According to a new report from DisplaySearch, now part of IHS, worldwide desktop PC monitor shipments declined just over 3%, to reach...
Direct Telkom billing for Galaxy apps
For the first time in South Africa, customers can securely and conveniently purchase apps and content from the Samsung Galaxy App Store using their Samsung devices and charge it directly to their Telkom mobile bill or airtime, thanks to Direct Operator Billing. This...
MEA PCs weather the storm, show growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market posted year-on-year growth in Q3 2014, spurred in large part by two significant education deals in Pakistan and the revival of the Egyptian market. The latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC) show...
Strong server growth continues in EMEA
As reported in International Data Corporation's (IDC's) EMEA Server Tracker, in the third quarter of 2014 the EMEA server market has continued the strong growth seen in 2Q14 to report $2,99-million in vendor revenue and 541 400 units shipped. This equates to a...
2014 remembered for malware breaches
Malware continues to break records, with an average of 227 747 new samples created daily, according to PandaLabs figures for the third quarter of 2014. “We’ve seen 2014 fast become the ‘year of the breach’ as cyber-attacks have increased dramatically and a common...
More growth for smart connected devices
The smart connected device (SCD) market posted another quarter of growth in Western Europe, driven mainly by increased demand for personal computers. According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), PC, tablet, and smartphone shipments totalled...
Security appliances continue growth trajectory
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, both factory revenue and unit shipments continued to grow in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14). Worldwide vendor revenue grew 10% year over year to nearly $2,4-billion...
Off-grid backup inverter from Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric Solar Business, which makes solutions for the solar power conversion chain, has released its off-grid solar and backup power inverter/charger, the Conext SW, in the southern African region. The Conext SW represents a technological step forward for...
Cloud computing and its impact on ERP
Alan Sher, director of HansaWorld South Africa, talks about the impact of cloud on ERP (enterprise resource planning) software and what the market can expect down the line. What are the trends that you are witnessing in ERP? Far from being the staid uncle at...
Tintri adds support for Microsoft Hyper-V
Tintri, the producer of smart storage for virtualisation and cloud environments, has announced support for Microsoft Hyper-V, available this week for all Tintri VMstore storage appliances running Tintri OS 3.1 or greater. Tintri now supports all three major hypervisor...
New Avaya systems offer multi-channel features
Avaya has unveiled new communications solutions that address multichannel communication preferences, while meeting enterprise security, availability, manageability and scalability requirements. The new Avaya Engagement Solutions include innovative technologies that...
E-commerce comes of age
Online shopping hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2014, and it’s set to continue in 2015. “The number of merchants we serve doubled this year, and the vast majority of those are new entrants to the market,” says PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “We’ve also seen...
Social business making massive changes
There has been a rapid change in terms of the way we work, collaborate and simply connect with our employees, customers, partners and suppliers. A core component of this is a new set of connected workers who have an growing requirement to access information for...
Healthy growth for desktop monitor sales
Global desktop monitor sell-in revenue rose 7% in the third quarter of 2014, as average selling prices (ASPs) rose just over 10%. According to a new report from DisplaySearch, now part of IHS, worldwide desktop PC monitor shipments declined just over 3%, to reach...
Direct Telkom billing for Galaxy apps
For the first time in South Africa, customers can securely and conveniently purchase apps and content from the Samsung Galaxy App Store using their Samsung devices and charge it directly to their Telkom mobile bill or airtime, thanks to Direct Operator Billing. This...
MEA PCs weather the storm, show growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market posted year-on-year growth in Q3 2014, spurred in large part by two significant education deals in Pakistan and the revival of the Egyptian market. The latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC) show...