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QlikView SA debuts Qlik Sense
QlikView South Africa used its annual user conference at Vodaworld, Midrand on 11 November to introduce the latest member of the Qlik product family – Qlik Sense. The next-generation data visualisation and analytics application wowed the audience of 700 users and...
Orlando Pirates kids score
School kids attending the Orlando Pirates Learning Centre, supported by Acer for Education, have seen significant improvements in their marks for the critical subjects of maths and English. The centre has already touched the lives of more than 1 500 children between Grade 6 and Grade 12. Testing before and after attending the centre shows that primary school children increased their English marks from an average of 55,67% to an average of 75,79%; with their maths marks improving from 41,33% to 64,79%.
SA users still careless online
Nearly a third of users are still careless when making online transactions, putting their own cash at risk – and also posing problems for banks and e-payment systems if they have to refund their clients’ losses. This is according to a global survey, which cautions that all parties involved in an online transaction should take adequate security measures, in order to keep costs to a minimum.
Tablet growth slows for the first time
The worldwide tablet market is expected to see a massive deceleration in 2014, with year-over-year growth slowing to 7,2% - down from 52,5% in 2013 - according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). At the core of this slowdown is the expectation...
Mobility is now critical for business
Mobility has become a crucial component for most enterprises. Having the ability to work at different places within the office – or away from it – is regarded as key to improving business efficiency and productivity. It also grows engagement with customers and...
Modest gains, but PC outlook cautious
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of -3.7%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although third quarter results were a few points ahead of forecast...
Turrito to manage Famous Brands’ WAN
International food services company Famous Brands has appointed Turrito Networks to manage the entire wide area network (WAN) serving its South African manufacturing plants, distribution centres and head office. The Famous Brands franchise network includes Steers,...
MasterCard partners with EMIS in Angola
Empresa Interbacaria de Servicos (EMIS), the operator of Angola’s only interbank network, and MasterCard have announced a landmark partnership that sees all automated teller machines (ATMs) in the country accept MasterCard debit, credit and prepaid cards. From today,...
Wits joins edX as first African partner
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) has announced a partnership with edX, the non-profit online learning destination founded by MIT and Harvard, to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) to a global learning audience. The collaboration is the...
Public WiFi isn’t as safe as you think
No vacation today is device-free: computers, tablets and phones are a part of the holiday experience, and in a digital world, many people still “check in” at work. While free WiFi has become more important than a comfortable bed when considering a hotel, what we need to keep in mind are the many risks that come with public WiFi hotspots.
Kaspersky joins Hitachi alliance programme
Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions, has joined the Hitachi Technology Alliance Programme, a Hitachi Data Systems programme that seeks to foster synergistic combinations of partner technology with Hitachi...
Protecting a big data environment
Prevention is always better than cure when it comes to information security, particularly when dealing with today’s big data environments that see a flood of data drowning the enterprise on a daily basis. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of Logikal Consulting, says it’s not only...
A service desk is not service management
IT has become an essential component of practically every business today, underpinning the basic functioning of the enterprise, Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval Africa. As such, providing effective IT services is critical to the efficiency and...
QlikView SA debuts Qlik Sense
QlikView South Africa used its annual user conference at Vodaworld, Midrand on 11 November to introduce the latest member of the Qlik product family – Qlik Sense. The next-generation data visualisation and analytics application wowed the audience of 700 users and...
Orlando Pirates kids score
School kids attending the Orlando Pirates Learning Centre, supported by Acer for Education, have seen significant improvements in their marks for the critical subjects of maths and English. The centre has already touched the lives of more than 1 500 children between Grade 6 and Grade 12. Testing before and after attending the centre shows that primary school children increased their English marks from an average of 55,67% to an average of 75,79%; with their maths marks improving from 41,33% to 64,79%.
SA users still careless online
Nearly a third of users are still careless when making online transactions, putting their own cash at risk – and also posing problems for banks and e-payment systems if they have to refund their clients’ losses. This is according to a global survey, which cautions that all parties involved in an online transaction should take adequate security measures, in order to keep costs to a minimum.
Tablet growth slows for the first time
The worldwide tablet market is expected to see a massive deceleration in 2014, with year-over-year growth slowing to 7,2% - down from 52,5% in 2013 - according to a new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). At the core of this slowdown is the expectation...
Mobility is now critical for business
Mobility has become a crucial component for most enterprises. Having the ability to work at different places within the office – or away from it – is regarded as key to improving business efficiency and productivity. It also grows engagement with customers and...
Modest gains, but PC outlook cautious
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of -3.7%, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although third quarter results were a few points ahead of forecast...
Turrito to manage Famous Brands’ WAN
International food services company Famous Brands has appointed Turrito Networks to manage the entire wide area network (WAN) serving its South African manufacturing plants, distribution centres and head office. The Famous Brands franchise network includes Steers,...