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The path to true mobility
As mobile data costs continue to decline, the much-vaunted concepts of enterprise mobility and remote workforce are now very much top of mind for most organisations. Technological advances in mobile services and products have changed the way customers and the...
CDO key to leveraging company info
As data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, the management of data has become increasingly critical to business. Understanding what data is being stored, why it is being retained, what risk this data may pose and how to unlock its value are just a few of...
3M leverages Orange Business Services
In Europe, 3M now relies on Orange Business Services' secure cloud platform – Flexible Computing Healthcare – to host both its medical applications and patient information. Orange Business Services support will be implemented with the launch of the 3M True Definition...
Prevent blindness with smart app
Peek Vision is a new eye testing system that runs on a standard-issue smartphone and can be used to help limit blindness in all corners of the world. With a mobile app and lens adapter the system provides an easy-to-use, affordable and portable system for testing...
Green light for open access WiFi network
Approval for the formation of the WirelessCo, which will run an open access network, has been received from the South African Competition Commission. WirelessCo will be owned by Internet Solutions parent company Dimension Data (51%) and MultiChoice (49%) respectively,...
More suburbs get Telkom LTE-A
Following a successful launch in Parkview, Johannesburg, Telkom’s new super-fast LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network is now live in five more suburbs: Illovo and Melrose in Gauteng; Sea Point and Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town; and Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal. These suburbs now...
Connectivity merges into daily consumer life
Ericsson ConsumerLab's annual report shows that consumers want technology and connectivity to be integrated into all facets of daily life. Consumers are becoming more comfortable with ideas that once seemed beyond imagination - like robots in the home and mind...
Global economic growth set to increase
The global economy is expected to expand at a rate of 3% or slightly higher in 2015 after three years of global growth stuck in the 2,5% range, according to a forecast from Nariman Behravesh, chief economist for HIS. Solid and improving growth in the US and a slight...
Wearables to become inconspicuous
As the smart wearables market continues to grow and evolve, Gartner predicts that by 2017, 30% of smart wearables will be completely unobtrusive to the eye. "Already, there are some interesting developments at the prototype stage that could pave the way for consumer...
African communications set to boom
The communications market in Africa has been characterised as “highly competitive”. ICT infrastructure is now more developed in urban areas and the voice market is rapidly reaching maturity. The demand for fast Internet and data services is also beginning to increase....
POPI benefits SA companies
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is being seen as a compliance nightmare, but it could also be highly beneficial for South Africa, delegates heard at the IDC - Fortinet Advanced Threat Protection Network Security Conference in Sandton. The act is...
DCC offers the new Dell Precision range
Users can now leverage the best in performance and scalability with the new Dell Precision workstation range from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). Featuring one advanced tower workstation, two premium tower workstations and one rack workstation model, all...
HP enables printing without borders
Businesses of all sizes can now broaden their printing horizons and create eye-catching, borderless prints with the new HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format e-All-in-One from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This innovative all-in-one printer enables...
The path to true mobility
As mobile data costs continue to decline, the much-vaunted concepts of enterprise mobility and remote workforce are now very much top of mind for most organisations. Technological advances in mobile services and products have changed the way customers and the...
CDO key to leveraging company info
As data volumes continue to grow at an exponential rate, the management of data has become increasingly critical to business. Understanding what data is being stored, why it is being retained, what risk this data may pose and how to unlock its value are just a few of...
3M leverages Orange Business Services
In Europe, 3M now relies on Orange Business Services' secure cloud platform – Flexible Computing Healthcare – to host both its medical applications and patient information. Orange Business Services support will be implemented with the launch of the 3M True Definition...
Prevent blindness with smart app
Peek Vision is a new eye testing system that runs on a standard-issue smartphone and can be used to help limit blindness in all corners of the world. With a mobile app and lens adapter the system provides an easy-to-use, affordable and portable system for testing...
Green light for open access WiFi network
Approval for the formation of the WirelessCo, which will run an open access network, has been received from the South African Competition Commission. WirelessCo will be owned by Internet Solutions parent company Dimension Data (51%) and MultiChoice (49%) respectively,...
More suburbs get Telkom LTE-A
Following a successful launch in Parkview, Johannesburg, Telkom’s new super-fast LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network is now live in five more suburbs: Illovo and Melrose in Gauteng; Sea Point and Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town; and Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal. These suburbs now...
Connectivity merges into daily consumer life
Ericsson ConsumerLab's annual report shows that consumers want technology and connectivity to be integrated into all facets of daily life. Consumers are becoming more comfortable with ideas that once seemed beyond imagination - like robots in the home and mind...