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Mid-market business confidence soars
The top strategies for mid-market businesses over the next 12 months are increasing customer loyalty and reducing operating costs, according to new research from The Sage Group. As confidence for mid-market companies reaches new highs, businesses are planning for...
Cloud looms large in MEA
By 2018, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region will have the second highest cloud workload growth rate in the world, with a CAGR of 39%, and will see data centre traffic reach 366 exabytes per year compared to 68 exabytes per year in 2013. This is according to the...
SA’s first Adwords judgement handed down
South Africa has seen its first Adwords decision, with Judge Nicholls of the Gauteng Local Division handing down judgment in the case of Cochrane Steel Products versus M-Systems Group on 29 October 2014.
Use your vote to improve the channel
ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2014 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for SME and Consumer resellers in the 2014 Channelwise Awards is now...
How digitalisation is driving Swedish TV
Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm - The television and media industry is undergoing rapid change, driven by digitalisation. Eva Hamilton, CEO of Swedish Public Service Television, outlines how the broadcaster has adapted to...
Going private pays off for Dell
Dell has become the world’s fastest-growing integrated technology company. The company became the top storage supplier in the first half of 2014, while maintaining its number two shared position in the global x86 server market.
Pedestrian crossings for the blind from JRA
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has begun testing a specialised lane guidance and sensory pedestrian crossing traffic signal system for the visually impaired. The pilot project was launched at Regents Park just outside the Johannesburg Society for the Blind...
Steppa tablet launched in SA
Following the sell-out of its affordable Steppa 1, MTN SA has launched the next device in its low-cost range, the Steppa Tablet. The device brings the Internet to students and learners, entrepreneurs and consumers looking for an affordable, high-performance alternative to a PC or laptop.
Use technology to engage students
Technology does not necessarily make people learn better or faster. What it does do is it enables us to learn and teach more efficiently, meaning we use fewer resources and can reach more students. “Using technology, we can do more with less and have larger classes....
Fighting the outsider threat
It is common sense that the sooner an attack is identified, the faster it can be contained and mitigated, limiting the fallout as much as possible. Businesses need to supplement their traditional security tools and protocols with skilled incident response teams,...
Building the 5G networks of the future
Kathy Gibson reports from Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm - It is hoped that 5G will become a reality as soon as 2020, and Ericsson is already well on its way to making the next-generation network infrastructure a reality. Dr Sara Mazur, head of...
Broadband to drive ‘astounding’ change
Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm - ICT, and broadband penetration in particular, will have a massive social impact over the next five years – and governments that don’t adapt quickly will get left behind. This is the word...
Omni-channel drives IT in retail
By 2017, three times the current number of retailers will succeed in explicitly pinning their customer and operations strategies on 3rd platform technologies. This is one of the findings from an International Data Corporation (IDC) report “IDC FutureScape: Worldwide...
Mid-market business confidence soars
The top strategies for mid-market businesses over the next 12 months are increasing customer loyalty and reducing operating costs, according to new research from The Sage Group. As confidence for mid-market companies reaches new highs, businesses are planning for...
Cloud looms large in MEA
By 2018, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region will have the second highest cloud workload growth rate in the world, with a CAGR of 39%, and will see data centre traffic reach 366 exabytes per year compared to 68 exabytes per year in 2013. This is according to the...
SA’s first Adwords judgement handed down
South Africa has seen its first Adwords decision, with Judge Nicholls of the Gauteng Local Division handing down judgment in the case of Cochrane Steel Products versus M-Systems Group on 29 October 2014.
Use your vote to improve the channel
ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2014 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors. Online voting for SME and Consumer resellers in the 2014 Channelwise Awards is now...
How digitalisation is driving Swedish TV
Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm - The television and media industry is undergoing rapid change, driven by digitalisation. Eva Hamilton, CEO of Swedish Public Service Television, outlines how the broadcaster has adapted to...
Going private pays off for Dell
Dell has become the world’s fastest-growing integrated technology company. The company became the top storage supplier in the first half of 2014, while maintaining its number two shared position in the global x86 server market.
Pedestrian crossings for the blind from JRA
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has begun testing a specialised lane guidance and sensory pedestrian crossing traffic signal system for the visually impaired. The pilot project was launched at Regents Park just outside the Johannesburg Society for the Blind...