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Mall robberies will drive online shopping
With a spate of armed shopping mall robberies taking place around the country over the past six-months - especially in Gauteng and the Western Cape - more South Africans are set to explore online shopping options in the run-up to this year’s festive season. This is...
Free simfy Africa subscription from MTN
MTN is giving a free 12-month subscription to simfy Africa to all subscribers who purchase a Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact. This will give them quick and easy access to streamed music. With simfy Africa, users can get access to a number of benefits including offline...
Datacentrix shines at HP awards
Datacentrix was the belle of the ball at a gala dinner celebrating HP’s annual Partner Awards, scooping an unprecedented eight company awards – including overall Partner of the Year – as well as two awards for outstanding individuals. Mark Davison reports.
SAP celebrates quality implementations
SAP Africa last night singled out the top quality implementations in Africa, acknowledging customers for quality excellence in innovation, rapid development and business transformation. The SA Quality Awards are made for SAP implementations that adhere to SAP’s 10...
The top IS channel partners are …
Internet Solutions (IS) awarded its 2014 top performing regional and national partners at the annual IS Channel Partner Awards ceremony held last night in Johannesburg. The channel partner awards recognise IS partners for their contribution and achievements made...
African gambling revenue subdued
Gross gambling and casino revenues showed subdued growth in 2013 in the wake of a faltering economy. Gross gambling increased only 4,3%. The slowdown in gross gambling revenue was centred on casinos: the largest category at 76% of a market at R16,5-billion. Some...
Trust holds back mobile commerce
Global mobile content and commerce activity grew slightly from 65% to 66% in 2014, fuelled by strong gains in growth markets – but a lack of trust remains the industry’s biggest obstacle, increasing from 30% to 34% year-on-year. These are among the results from MEF’s...
MTN Uganda goes for Ericsson mobile wallet
MTN Uganda has deployed the Ericsson Converged Wallet platform, enabling the operator to quickly introduce relevant, new and differentiated mobile financial services offerings for 7-million MTN Uganda mobile wallet users and 50 000 agents. MTN Uganda is part of MTN...
OpenWeb offers 1Tb free data
OpenWeb has announced that all Capped Unshaped ADSL clients will receive 1Tb of data until the end of November. All Capped clients will get 1Tb of free data to use between 00:00 and 06:00. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says OpenWeb’s Home Capped Unshaped offers top...
Xerox named a leader by Gartner
Xerox has been placed by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Managed Print and Content Services Worldwide. In this combined report, Gartner examines the expanding role of managed content services along with managed print services (MPS) and...
Strategic Dimensions an Odoo silver partner
Technology company Strategic Dimensions has been awarded Silver Partner status by global open source CRM and ERP company Odoo, formerly known as OpenERP, making it only the second company in the country to do so. Odoo is one of the fastest evolving business software...
Mobile not that easy to roll out
It takes three weeks for the average IT department in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) to equip staff and get them up and running with the mobility tools and applications they need to do their jobs. This time lag increases to four weeks when it involves...
Telkom, MultiChoice deliver exclusive combo
In an exclusive deal with MultiChoice, Telkom will offer a new Internet-connected DStv Explora decoder for free as part of a 24-month subscription to Telkom customers who upgrade to a 10Mbps or faster Telkom ADSL line.
Mall robberies will drive online shopping
With a spate of armed shopping mall robberies taking place around the country over the past six-months - especially in Gauteng and the Western Cape - more South Africans are set to explore online shopping options in the run-up to this year’s festive season. This is...
Free simfy Africa subscription from MTN
MTN is giving a free 12-month subscription to simfy Africa to all subscribers who purchase a Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact. This will give them quick and easy access to streamed music. With simfy Africa, users can get access to a number of benefits including offline...
Datacentrix shines at HP awards
Datacentrix was the belle of the ball at a gala dinner celebrating HP’s annual Partner Awards, scooping an unprecedented eight company awards – including overall Partner of the Year – as well as two awards for outstanding individuals. Mark Davison reports.
SAP celebrates quality implementations
SAP Africa last night singled out the top quality implementations in Africa, acknowledging customers for quality excellence in innovation, rapid development and business transformation. The SA Quality Awards are made for SAP implementations that adhere to SAP’s 10...
The top IS channel partners are …
Internet Solutions (IS) awarded its 2014 top performing regional and national partners at the annual IS Channel Partner Awards ceremony held last night in Johannesburg. The channel partner awards recognise IS partners for their contribution and achievements made...
African gambling revenue subdued
Gross gambling and casino revenues showed subdued growth in 2013 in the wake of a faltering economy. Gross gambling increased only 4,3%. The slowdown in gross gambling revenue was centred on casinos: the largest category at 76% of a market at R16,5-billion. Some...
Trust holds back mobile commerce
Global mobile content and commerce activity grew slightly from 65% to 66% in 2014, fuelled by strong gains in growth markets – but a lack of trust remains the industry’s biggest obstacle, increasing from 30% to 34% year-on-year. These are among the results from MEF’s...