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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...
Rwanda aims for a cashless society
The Government of Rwanda has moved to accelerate its plans to transform Rwanda into a cashless economy and achieve 80% financial inclusion by 2017. Rwanda's commitment to using information and communications technology (ICT) for financial services was made as it...
SA users feel vulnerable online
A survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that 64% of Internet users in South Africa felt vulnerable while shopping online or making online transactions, and 63% of users would utilise online payment systems more often if they felt they were protected from...
New CIO for Airports Company SA
Airports Company South Africa has appointed Sello Mmakau as its new CIO. The CIO position is a newly created role for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) following the company’s leadership realignment earlier this year. ACSA's CEO Bongani Maseko says: “Mmakau’s new...
More East African partners for Panda
Panda Security continues to increase its footprint in Africa recently appointing BA Internet Solutions as a premier partner. Panda Security and BA Internet see the partnership as an opportunity to grow the adoption of cloud technology within the region and provide...
How to differentiate customer experience
The battle for the customer is shifting to new ground, away from the telephone to digital (email, web chat) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, and others). However, the delivery mechanism for customer experience remains the same: the contact centre agent or customer...
Hosted PBX cuts costs, operational strain
Companies are increasingly turning towards the cloud – the umbrella term used to describe Internet-based computing where data, software, or applications are run and stored online instead of on the user's machine itself or housed elsewhere on site. It is therefore...
Eaton offers new 9E UPS
Power management company Eaton has launched a new range of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) which gives users access to comprehensive online double-conversion power protection at an affordable price in Africa. Models in the new 9E range combine exceptional...
Veeam Cloud Connect now in Azure Marketplace
Veeam Software, provider of solutions that deliver availability for the modern data centre, has announced the availability of Veeam Cloud Connect within the Azure Marketplace. Veeam Cloud Connect is available as a pre-configured Microsoft Azure Certified for Virtual...
Online businesses need to heed POPI
The promulgation of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act into law will result in severe penalties if an online business does not adequately secure the personal details of its customers stored online. According to the Act, personal information is defined...
App use grows with screen size
Larger smartphone screen sizes strongly correlate with a longer time spent using apps. This emerged from research by HIS and Mobidia, which analysed the impact of smartphone screen size and resolution on popular mobile applications usage, including social, chat,...
ITSM remains stuck in the IT back room
At least 55% of IT professionals are unable to leverage their ITSM solution beyond IT processes, according to a survey by cloud-based IT service and asset management supplier EasyVista. At the same time, if they could extend their ITSM to non-IT functions, 59% of the...
What prosperity means to Africans
Africans equate prosperity with achieving financial freedom, as the continent continues to experience growth ahead of other developing economies. This is according to the Barclays Africa Prosper Report, which captures what "prosper" means to Africans in 11 of those...
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...
Rwanda aims for a cashless society
The Government of Rwanda has moved to accelerate its plans to transform Rwanda into a cashless economy and achieve 80% financial inclusion by 2017. Rwanda's commitment to using information and communications technology (ICT) for financial services was made as it...
SA users feel vulnerable online
A survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that 64% of Internet users in South Africa felt vulnerable while shopping online or making online transactions, and 63% of users would utilise online payment systems more often if they felt they were protected from...
New CIO for Airports Company SA
Airports Company South Africa has appointed Sello Mmakau as its new CIO. The CIO position is a newly created role for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) following the company’s leadership realignment earlier this year. ACSA's CEO Bongani Maseko says: “Mmakau’s new...
More East African partners for Panda
Panda Security continues to increase its footprint in Africa recently appointing BA Internet Solutions as a premier partner. Panda Security and BA Internet see the partnership as an opportunity to grow the adoption of cloud technology within the region and provide...
How to differentiate customer experience
The battle for the customer is shifting to new ground, away from the telephone to digital (email, web chat) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, and others). However, the delivery mechanism for customer experience remains the same: the contact centre agent or customer...
Hosted PBX cuts costs, operational strain
Companies are increasingly turning towards the cloud – the umbrella term used to describe Internet-based computing where data, software, or applications are run and stored online instead of on the user's machine itself or housed elsewhere on site. It is therefore...