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Huawei launches GPON solution in SA
Huawei has launched their Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution for the first time in South Africa at the Huawei GPON Summit, held in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. The demand for ubiquitous broadband has increased globally due to the manner in which people...
Revolutionising business telephony
Changing the way business owners think about and run their communications is the sole mission of two Cape Town entrepreneurs and the co-founders of Euphoria Telecom, George Golding and Conrad de Wet. Euphoria is fast changing the business telephone (PABX) system game...
Intervate, Santam build Extranet portal
Santam is one of South Africa’s largest and most historic insurance companies. Majority-owned by the Sanlam Group, Santam’s base of customers represents a 22% market share in the local short-term insurance market. Having first opened its doors 96 years ago, Santam...
DiData powers Tour de France
Dimension Data and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), owners of the Tour de France, have signed a five-year deal that will see Dimension Data become the Official Technology Partner of ASO on cycling events including the Paris-Nice, Critérium International,...
Williams Martini Racing uses BT solutions
BT has agreed a multi-year strategic technology partnership with the Williams Martini Racing Formula One team. The Williams Martini Racing team will use BT’s high performance network services globally, facilitating secure and high speed communication as well as...
Med-1, DiData partner on public cloud
Dimension Data has announced that Med-1, Israel’s premier data centre provider, will offer enterprise-class public cloud services to its clients in the Middle East. Med-1 joins the growing list of service providers globally that benefit from membership of Dimension...
LG showcases smart car
LG Electronics (LG) is showcasing its various automotive products at the 85th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland from 3 to 15 March. In collaboration with top automotive design studio Italdesign Giugiaro, LG has contributed several of its products...
MobileData now PCI DSS v3.0 certified
MobileData, a global technology solutions provider focused on payment facilitation and prepaid electronic value distribution, has acquired PCI DSS v3.0 certification and strengthened its enterprise service platform TradeSwitch with payment feature. PCI DSS or Payment...
SAP attains 30% BBBEE equity in SA
SAP South Africa is to issue 19,5% of its shares to a broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) Trust that will distribute dividends to beneficiaries who will use the funds to cover education costs at accredited institutions. By using these dividends for education purposes, the beneficiaries of The SAP South Africa Empowerment Trust will obtain long term sustainable economic self-sufficiency. This move, a first of its kind for a multinational company in the IT sector in South Africa, comes on top of SAP South Africa’s existing 10,5% ownership by broad-based black IT organisation, BLITEC.
SAP unveils ‘biggest launch in its history’
SAP has shared details of its new S/4Hana suite, which is being dubbed the biggest launch in the company’s history, to customers in Johannesburg. Rob Enslin, executive board member and president: global customer operations at SAP, says the company is poised to deliver the greatest of innovations to Africa and to its customers worldwide.
“With Hana, SAP embarked on a strategy to help businesses reduce complexity,” he explains. “It was initially introduced as an in-memory database but has since evolved into what we consider the greatest development platform in the history of IT.”
SecureGUARD moves into Africa with 3DR
SecureGUARD, the manufacturers of turnkey security and cloud infrastructure products based on Microsoft technologies, has announced that it has extended its distribution channel to Africa through a new agreement with 3DR Holdings. Effective as of 12 February 2015, the...
Investing in managers is key for business
According to the Institute of People Development (IPD), the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process is designed to expedite the journey to a qualification, without compromising on quality. Particularly in terms of management positions, candidates may be competent...
Five steps for an effective IT strategy
The business world is shrinking daily. Customers are increasingly more tech-savvy and the instant gratification generation demands change and innovation now. This, combined with the upsurge in cloud solutions and distributed workforces, makes IT strategy progressively...
Huawei launches GPON solution in SA
Huawei has launched their Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution for the first time in South Africa at the Huawei GPON Summit, held in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. The demand for ubiquitous broadband has increased globally due to the manner in which people...
Revolutionising business telephony
Changing the way business owners think about and run their communications is the sole mission of two Cape Town entrepreneurs and the co-founders of Euphoria Telecom, George Golding and Conrad de Wet. Euphoria is fast changing the business telephone (PABX) system game...
Intervate, Santam build Extranet portal
Santam is one of South Africa’s largest and most historic insurance companies. Majority-owned by the Sanlam Group, Santam’s base of customers represents a 22% market share in the local short-term insurance market. Having first opened its doors 96 years ago, Santam...
DiData powers Tour de France
Dimension Data and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), owners of the Tour de France, have signed a five-year deal that will see Dimension Data become the Official Technology Partner of ASO on cycling events including the Paris-Nice, Critérium International,...
Williams Martini Racing uses BT solutions
BT has agreed a multi-year strategic technology partnership with the Williams Martini Racing Formula One team. The Williams Martini Racing team will use BT’s high performance network services globally, facilitating secure and high speed communication as well as...
Med-1, DiData partner on public cloud
Dimension Data has announced that Med-1, Israel’s premier data centre provider, will offer enterprise-class public cloud services to its clients in the Middle East. Med-1 joins the growing list of service providers globally that benefit from membership of Dimension...
LG showcases smart car
LG Electronics (LG) is showcasing its various automotive products at the 85th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland from 3 to 15 March. In collaboration with top automotive design studio Italdesign Giugiaro, LG has contributed several of its products...