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Kenyan airports use 24online for public WiFi
If you find yourself using WiFi in one of the five major airports in Kenya anytime soon, plan on enjoying a pleasurable and seamless user experience. These airports - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi; Moi International Airport in Mombasa; Eldoret...
NAS servers a good backup solution for SMEs
Like insurance, data backup is a necessary evil. You don't think you need it until something goes wrong and then you realise just how crucial it was in the first place. If you don't have it during the critical moment when it is required, it can cost you dearly in...
Insurance companies upbeat about Snapper
SilverBridge, a software solutions provider to the financial services industry, has launched SilverBridge Snapper, a tool that provides insurance companies the ability to generate contract documentation by merging Exergy data with custom templates. The company’s CIO...
Major shakeup for debt collectors
Debt collectors in South Africa have been dealt a major blow, with the latest legislation demanding that any debt over three years old cannot be chased for collection. This new law is placing tremendous stress on debt collectors and on call centres that collect debt...
Datatec turns 20, still on the acquisition trail
Datatec today celebrated the 20th anniversary of its listing on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE), and announced its latest intended acquisition of German services and solution provider Inforsacom. Datatec was set up in South Africa 29 years ago. It first...
Corporate learning agile in the cloud
Cloud computing and mobile business solutions are clearing the way for companies to be more agile and efficient in the way that they use technology to support their training efforts. That’s the word from Ivanna Granelli, founder of Can!Do Consulting, who says the...
Conquering cashless payments
Pan-African technology services group, TrustPay, has defined a new space in the mobile money, cross-border, cashless payment sector. Designed specifically with merchants (product, service suppliers and businesses) in mind, TrustPay, today officially launched its...
LG offers Ultra HD Smart 3D Blu-ray player
The LG Ultra HD Smart 3D Blu-ray player is set to change the way that you view entertainment forever. The all-in-one player is the device that will successfully turn your living room into a full-blown multimedia experience. One of the key features of this player is...
IoT is limited only by the imagination
The term "Internet of Things" (IoT) has emerged as an umbrella concept encompassing many different trends and innovations. However, amid all the hype, and the confusion, we are starting to see how the future of connected devices can be used to intelligently manage...
Doodle imagines poaching-free SA
A Grade 8 learner has won the South African Doodle for Google competition with a nature-themed doodle envisioning a country free from poaching. The competition invited school children across the country to create a Google Doodle depicting the “South Africa of Their Dreams”.
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...
Kenyan airports use 24online for public WiFi
If you find yourself using WiFi in one of the five major airports in Kenya anytime soon, plan on enjoying a pleasurable and seamless user experience. These airports - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi; Moi International Airport in Mombasa; Eldoret...
NAS servers a good backup solution for SMEs
Like insurance, data backup is a necessary evil. You don't think you need it until something goes wrong and then you realise just how crucial it was in the first place. If you don't have it during the critical moment when it is required, it can cost you dearly in...
Insurance companies upbeat about Snapper
SilverBridge, a software solutions provider to the financial services industry, has launched SilverBridge Snapper, a tool that provides insurance companies the ability to generate contract documentation by merging Exergy data with custom templates. The company’s CIO...
Major shakeup for debt collectors
Debt collectors in South Africa have been dealt a major blow, with the latest legislation demanding that any debt over three years old cannot be chased for collection. This new law is placing tremendous stress on debt collectors and on call centres that collect debt...
Datatec turns 20, still on the acquisition trail
Datatec today celebrated the 20th anniversary of its listing on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE), and announced its latest intended acquisition of German services and solution provider Inforsacom. Datatec was set up in South Africa 29 years ago. It first...
Corporate learning agile in the cloud
Cloud computing and mobile business solutions are clearing the way for companies to be more agile and efficient in the way that they use technology to support their training efforts. That’s the word from Ivanna Granelli, founder of Can!Do Consulting, who says the...
Conquering cashless payments
Pan-African technology services group, TrustPay, has defined a new space in the mobile money, cross-border, cashless payment sector. Designed specifically with merchants (product, service suppliers and businesses) in mind, TrustPay, today officially launched its...