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Embracing the cloud
The future of business is digital. Organisations, large and small, are embracing new technologies in our increasingly interconnected digital world. The mega-trends of social, mobile, analytics, and cloud are driving the digital future like never before and these...
WD expands Purple hard drive line
WD has announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for surveillance applications, with the release of the 6Tb capacity. Designed for video surveillance, a highly data-rich category within the Internet of Things (IoT), WD Purple...
DCC demonstrates Dell Compellent SAN
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is showcasing the features and functionality of the next-generation Dell Compellent SC8000 Storage Centre Controller at its Dell Proof of Concept (POC) centre. The Compellent SC8000 provides high-performance, efficient and...
Remote infrastructure management
For many South African firms, making the giant leap to a fully-hosted, fully-outsourced cloud environment is still a daunting idea. Compared with their peers in the US or Europe, local organisations are subject to generally poorer connectivity, longer asset renewal...
Employment, growth key for SA
While the South African economy has come a long way since the recession in 2008, it is still growing at meagre rates. The Department of Labour’s Annual Labour Market Bulletin (ALMB) 2013-2014 Report says the economic growth remains one of the critical channels to...
3D printers set for massive 2015 take-up
Worldwide shipments of 3D printers will reach 217 350 units in 2015, up from 108 151 in 2014, according to Gartner’s latest forecast.
App economy creates opportunity for Africa
The application economy has arrived and with it comes immense business opportunity for Africa. This is according to Gary Lawrence, MD of CA Southern Africa, who says: “We all live in an application economy. Retail, news, entertainment, banking, education, government,...
Microsoft expands cloud solutions
Microsoft has unveiled new cloud services, mobility solutions, APIs, tools and an expanded ecosystem of partner solutions, all designed to help IT professionals and developers compete and thrive in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world. “We are using the power of our cloud platform – Azure, Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics – to deliver technology solutions that empower IT professionals, developers and end-users to do more,” says Jason Zander, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Azure.
Metrofile expands with Dubai acquisition
JSE-listed Metrofile has acquired UAE-based eFile Masters, one of the fastest growing imaging and information management companies in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries. This allows Metrofile to further implement its strategy of acquiring bolt-on...
Microjobbing gets stuck into recycling
Microjobbing platform M4JAM (Money for Jam), which launched in August 2104, has debuted a recycling project in collaboration with Green Office. M4JAM is a new digitally-enabled microjobbing platform hosted on WeChat, which allows companies to allocate microjobs to...
Colliers chooses Qlik Sense
Qlik has announced that Colliers International, a leading global commercial real estate company, will be introducing Qlik Sense across EMEA to arm its senior leadership team with critical business insight and inform strategic decision-making. Colliers International...
Data classification key for compliance
The slew of data breaches seen over the past year, and increasingly stringent regulatory environments are driving businesses to tighten their data security. In order to do this though, object level security must be correctly implemented, and data properly classified....
Turrito Networks scoops Vodacom award
Turrito Networks, a converged communication provider under the MICROmega Group of companies, has been awarded the Vodacom CEO Award for Best Enterprise Channel at the network operator’s annual gala event. The award, which is one of only five for the year, recognises...
Embracing the cloud
The future of business is digital. Organisations, large and small, are embracing new technologies in our increasingly interconnected digital world. The mega-trends of social, mobile, analytics, and cloud are driving the digital future like never before and these...
WD expands Purple hard drive line
WD has announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for surveillance applications, with the release of the 6Tb capacity. Designed for video surveillance, a highly data-rich category within the Internet of Things (IoT), WD Purple...
DCC demonstrates Dell Compellent SAN
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is showcasing the features and functionality of the next-generation Dell Compellent SC8000 Storage Centre Controller at its Dell Proof of Concept (POC) centre. The Compellent SC8000 provides high-performance, efficient and...
Remote infrastructure management
For many South African firms, making the giant leap to a fully-hosted, fully-outsourced cloud environment is still a daunting idea. Compared with their peers in the US or Europe, local organisations are subject to generally poorer connectivity, longer asset renewal...
Employment, growth key for SA
While the South African economy has come a long way since the recession in 2008, it is still growing at meagre rates. The Department of Labour’s Annual Labour Market Bulletin (ALMB) 2013-2014 Report says the economic growth remains one of the critical channels to...
3D printers set for massive 2015 take-up
Worldwide shipments of 3D printers will reach 217 350 units in 2015, up from 108 151 in 2014, according to Gartner’s latest forecast.
App economy creates opportunity for Africa
The application economy has arrived and with it comes immense business opportunity for Africa. This is according to Gary Lawrence, MD of CA Southern Africa, who says: “We all live in an application economy. Retail, news, entertainment, banking, education, government,...