Technology News
Xerox announces Impika eVolution
Xerox, represented locally by Bytes Document Solutions, has announced the arrival of the Xerox Impika eVolution. Flexible enough to handle both plain papers and high-quality, inkjet-treated stocks, the drop-on-demand piezoelectric production inkjet device runs at...
Mobile: a device or a channel?
Three years ago, Forrester started addressing the question of whether “mobile” is a channel or a device. Today, having gone through rapid mobile innovation, this question remains pertinent, especially in the contact centre industry. In an article by Tobias Goebel,...
Skills gap in SA grows
South Africa is falling behind its peers in Africa as countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt place greater emphasis on the role that technology plays in economic growth. This is clear from Wits University’s Jo’burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) sixth consecutive skills trends survey on the South African information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Although there are mixed messages and mixed feelings, there is very little doubt that the depressed state of the economy is lowering the expectations of employers in regards to short- to medium-term growth.
SA’s IT spend set to top $13bn
Overall IT spending in South Africa is expected to cross the $13-billion mark in 2015, according to the latest figures released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The consumer, finance, and government verticals will lead the charge, with the former...
Africa edges towards 1bn mobile users
Africa has topped 800-million in mobile subscriptions for the third quarter of 2014. Meanwhile, 85% of Middle East and Africa mobile subscriptions will be 3G/4G by 2020. These are among the findings from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, a comprehensive update on...
The security quarter in review
Security headlines during the last quarter were dominated by the dangerous Bash/ShellShock vulnerability. The IT security community issued a red alert: Bash is easily exploited, providing full access to the operating system on popular devices – routers and wireless...
Recruitment outsourcing picks up pace
With the goal of reducing their workload and prioritising efficiency over cost, companies are becoming more strategic in their hiring and recruitment methods and, when outsourcing, look for an ideal solution for their specific needs. This is according to Kay Vittee,...
Virtual client market set to top $1bn
The EMEA virtual client computing (VCC) market is expected to grow from $804,9-million in 2013 to $1,181-billion in 2018, representing a CAGR of 7,5%, according to a new study from International Data Corporation (IDC). The study assesses the different approaches to...
Scanning tech for safer level crossings
Level crossing accidents cost Transnet around R150-million annually, with injuries and fatalities taking a terrible human toll. Now TeleEye SA, a CCTV remote monitoring firm, has engineered a solution that could improve safety at South Africa's 7 500 level crossings....
Mxit, codeX partner on bursaries
Mxit has partnered with codeX to offer three bursaries to the value of R25 000 each to young Mxit users for the next intake in February 2015. codeX is a new incubator focused on breeding skilled software developers to fuel South Africa’s technology ecosystem. The...
Connection Telecom celebrates 10 years
Connection Telecom, the pioneering leaders of enterprise Voice-over-IP (VoIP) communications, celebrates a decade in business this month. Growth with the market From a standing start in 2004, the company took the lead in the key hosted segment of the South African...
Presence Suite 10.0 now available
Jasco has recently announced the availability of Presence Technology’s latest version of their Presence Suite – version 10.0 - which incorporates significant enhancements to meet the customer journey and improve the customer experience. This latest iteration provides...
Salesforce partnership produces CloudSmiths
Two specialist Salesforce.com partners are merging to create a larger and experienced development house for enterprise applications based on the Salesforce.com’s enterprise platform as a service (ePAAS) solution, called Force.com. The new entity is named CloudSmiths,...
Xerox announces Impika eVolution
Xerox, represented locally by Bytes Document Solutions, has announced the arrival of the Xerox Impika eVolution. Flexible enough to handle both plain papers and high-quality, inkjet-treated stocks, the drop-on-demand piezoelectric production inkjet device runs at...
Mobile: a device or a channel?
Three years ago, Forrester started addressing the question of whether “mobile” is a channel or a device. Today, having gone through rapid mobile innovation, this question remains pertinent, especially in the contact centre industry. In an article by Tobias Goebel,...
Skills gap in SA grows
South Africa is falling behind its peers in Africa as countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt place greater emphasis on the role that technology plays in economic growth. This is clear from Wits University’s Jo’burg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) sixth consecutive skills trends survey on the South African information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Although there are mixed messages and mixed feelings, there is very little doubt that the depressed state of the economy is lowering the expectations of employers in regards to short- to medium-term growth.
SA’s IT spend set to top $13bn
Overall IT spending in South Africa is expected to cross the $13-billion mark in 2015, according to the latest figures released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). The consumer, finance, and government verticals will lead the charge, with the former...
Africa edges towards 1bn mobile users
Africa has topped 800-million in mobile subscriptions for the third quarter of 2014. Meanwhile, 85% of Middle East and Africa mobile subscriptions will be 3G/4G by 2020. These are among the findings from the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, a comprehensive update on...
The security quarter in review
Security headlines during the last quarter were dominated by the dangerous Bash/ShellShock vulnerability. The IT security community issued a red alert: Bash is easily exploited, providing full access to the operating system on popular devices – routers and wireless...
Recruitment outsourcing picks up pace
With the goal of reducing their workload and prioritising efficiency over cost, companies are becoming more strategic in their hiring and recruitment methods and, when outsourcing, look for an ideal solution for their specific needs. This is according to Kay Vittee,...