Technology News
Telkom switches FTTH on in some areas
Telkom announced the commercial availability of its 20Mbps, 40Mbps and 100Mbps fibre to the home (FTTH) offers in selected areas in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.Homes in Groenkloof, Houghton, Eldoraigne, Parktown and Westcliff in Gauteng;...
Use your vote to improve the channel
ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2014 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for SME and Consumer resellers in the 2014 Channelwise Awards is now...
DFA rolls out fibre to KZN
DFA recently launched its Umhlanga Tachyon Node, in La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal. The hosting facility will act as an aggregation point for Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide businesses in the area with a cost-effective way to easily access high-speed broadband...
EMEA storage market up, but only just
Research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was up 0,4% year-over-year with around 7-million units shipped in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), according...
2014 in review
2014 was a relatively quiet year in IT, but there were some news stories that herald the start of game-changing trends. JJ Milner, chief cloud architect and founder of Global Micro offers his roundup of the news stories that made waves this year. Big hack horror One...
Attix5 celebrates 15th anniversary
In November, Attix5 marked 15 years of operation and continued value added service to global markets. Executive leaders of the company joined members of staff in toasting the milestone, a fitting symbolic end to a challenging but successful year. “A lot has changed in...
Three signs you need an MSP
Many companies find themselves juggling IT problems along with their typical day-to-day responsibilities. Outsourcing IT work to a managed service provider (MSP) lets a company excel at what it does best. Here are some signs that your business should look into hiring...
Kolok wins HP award
Kolok , a proudly Bidvest company has been appointed HP Supplier Distributor of the Year 2014, an important milestone and indicative of the distributor’s strong and growing market share in a challenging SA technology environment. The distributor received the accolade...
Sophos expands cloud security portfolio
Sophos has announced the release of Sophos Cloud Server Protection, a high performance malware protection solution designed specifically for servers. The solution expands Sophos Cloud to a comprehensive security platform designed to protect desktops, laptops, mobile...
Zambian company rolls out SAP solution
Phenomenal growth, together with an outdated legacy system, saw Livestock Services Zambia in dire need of an entire IT infrastructure overhaul. With each business function running on separate systems, this complete lack of integration was not only hampering daily...
Affordable broadband for Karoo users
Karoo farmers in the area of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be able to access affordable broadband that won’t interfere with the sensitive radio telescopes used by both the existing MeerKAT and upcoming SKA projects. Because the radio telescopes are sensitive...
Nanodiamonds read quantum data
Quantum computing could soon become a mainstream reality, with the news that nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamonds could be used to construct vital components for quantum computers. Before now it has been impossible to read optically-written information from quantum computers electronically. Now, using a graphene layer, a team of scientists headed by Professor Alexander Holleitner of the Technische Universität München (TUM) has implemented a read unit that seems to work.
Thomson Wilks to deal in bitcoins
Thomson Wilks has become the first law firm in South Africa to accept bitcoins from its clients as a means of payment, enabled by bitcoin investment company Voomar. Thomson Wilks believes it has changed the legal landscape with its business model. Specialist attorneys...
Telkom switches FTTH on in some areas
Telkom announced the commercial availability of its 20Mbps, 40Mbps and 100Mbps fibre to the home (FTTH) offers in selected areas in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.Homes in Groenkloof, Houghton, Eldoraigne, Parktown and Westcliff in Gauteng;...
Use your vote to improve the channel
ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2014 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for SME and Consumer resellers in the 2014 Channelwise Awards is now...
DFA rolls out fibre to KZN
DFA recently launched its Umhlanga Tachyon Node, in La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal. The hosting facility will act as an aggregation point for Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide businesses in the area with a cost-effective way to easily access high-speed broadband...
EMEA storage market up, but only just
Research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was up 0,4% year-over-year with around 7-million units shipped in the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), according...
2014 in review
2014 was a relatively quiet year in IT, but there were some news stories that herald the start of game-changing trends. JJ Milner, chief cloud architect and founder of Global Micro offers his roundup of the news stories that made waves this year. Big hack horror One...
Attix5 celebrates 15th anniversary
In November, Attix5 marked 15 years of operation and continued value added service to global markets. Executive leaders of the company joined members of staff in toasting the milestone, a fitting symbolic end to a challenging but successful year. “A lot has changed in...
Three signs you need an MSP
Many companies find themselves juggling IT problems along with their typical day-to-day responsibilities. Outsourcing IT work to a managed service provider (MSP) lets a company excel at what it does best. Here are some signs that your business should look into hiring...