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Blue Label connects rural community
Blue Label Telecoms subsidiary South African Distribution has installed satellite dishes for two disadvantaged farming communities in the Northern Cape, so that families living in these remote areas can purchase prepaid electricity without having to travel long...
Orange retail store opens for business
Following the success of its Orange Online Store, introduced to South Africa earlier this year, telecommunications services provider Orange will launch the first Orange-branded retail store in South Africa, situated in Claremont, Cape Town. The store is expected to...
Technology drives banking innovation
South African banks are quickly adopting innovation to drive value and customer retention. Historically, banks have led in implementing technology-enabled solutions, as seen with the rise in ATMs, call centres and mobile banking, but they have been slow to adopt next...
Loadshedding boosts Notebook Co’s business
During the last seven days, sales at The Notebook Company have dramatically increased as end-users replace PCs with laptops. Clients are also ordering large UPS units. says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company: “Companies and end users are shifting to...
High cost holds back 3D printing
About 60% of organisations said high start-up costs are a main factor in the delay of implementing 3D printing strategies, according to a new survey by Gartner. However, the survey also found that early adopters of the technology are finding clear benefits in multiple...
Thin clients see long-delayed slowdown
After four consecutive quarters of year-over-year volume growth, worldwide thin and terminal client shipments totalled 1,35-million units in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), a decline of -1,8% from the same quarter a year ago (2Q13). This is markedly lower than the...
VMware offers new integrations
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced technology integrations with Docker, Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration project initiated and managed by Google, Mesosphere and Pivotal Cloud Foundry to further...
Gemalto launches Sealys Secure Surface
Gemalto has launched Sealys Secure Surface, a new family of cost-effective security features for polycarbonate identity documents that strengthens protection against fraud by combining three different effects: light reflection, movement and tactile elements. Sealys...
Analytics in the contact centre
Contact centres are often a customer’s only point of interaction with a business and its brand, and as such service should be optimised to provide the best experience possible, says Marco van Biljoen, executive head: Gauteng and Central, The Jasco Group. Many studies...
Trend predictions for 2015
In a few short weeks, 2015 will be upon is. Our technology future is bright and there’s much to look forward to in the New Year, including a desire for endpoint protection that goes above and beyond protection inside your organisation’s four walls, an increased...
Digital maturity benefits financial firms
Financial services firms are the organisations that see the greatest business benefit in digital maturity. “It is perhaps unsurprising that financial services businesses of all sizes are the most likely across sectors to recognise the importance of achieving digital...
Nayagar takes the reins at Lexmark
Nathan Nayagar has been appointed GM for Lexmark South Africa, taking over from veteran Mark Hiller. Nayagar joined Lexmark in June 2013 as channel sales director, moving to the position of sales director: enterprise and public sector in April this year. Prior to...
Red October spyware could be back
It looks like the Red October cyber-espionage malware is back. Two years ago, Kaspersky Lab published research into Red October, a complex cyber-espionage operation targeting diplomatic embassies worldwide, in January 2013. The Red October operation was promptly shut...
Blue Label connects rural community
Blue Label Telecoms subsidiary South African Distribution has installed satellite dishes for two disadvantaged farming communities in the Northern Cape, so that families living in these remote areas can purchase prepaid electricity without having to travel long...
Orange retail store opens for business
Following the success of its Orange Online Store, introduced to South Africa earlier this year, telecommunications services provider Orange will launch the first Orange-branded retail store in South Africa, situated in Claremont, Cape Town. The store is expected to...
Technology drives banking innovation
South African banks are quickly adopting innovation to drive value and customer retention. Historically, banks have led in implementing technology-enabled solutions, as seen with the rise in ATMs, call centres and mobile banking, but they have been slow to adopt next...
Loadshedding boosts Notebook Co’s business
During the last seven days, sales at The Notebook Company have dramatically increased as end-users replace PCs with laptops. Clients are also ordering large UPS units. says Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company: “Companies and end users are shifting to...
High cost holds back 3D printing
About 60% of organisations said high start-up costs are a main factor in the delay of implementing 3D printing strategies, according to a new survey by Gartner. However, the survey also found that early adopters of the technology are finding clear benefits in multiple...
Thin clients see long-delayed slowdown
After four consecutive quarters of year-over-year volume growth, worldwide thin and terminal client shipments totalled 1,35-million units in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), a decline of -1,8% from the same quarter a year ago (2Q13). This is markedly lower than the...
VMware offers new integrations
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced technology integrations with Docker, Kubernetes, the open-source container orchestration project initiated and managed by Google, Mesosphere and Pivotal Cloud Foundry to further...