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Siemens helps to drive SA’s manufacturing
Industry, government and industrial labour need to develop a shared purpose to drive the manufacturing industry in South Africa. Raymond Padayachee, vice-president: process industries and drives at Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa, says Siemens is prepared to take...
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...
Staying in touch with overseas workers
E-mail is still the primary method used by businesses to maintain engagement with their employees posted around the world on assignment. The recent Global Mobility Survey, commissioned by the Santa Fe Group, identified that 82.7% of businesses rely heavily on e-mail...
Sahara to distribute Fondi products
Fondiversal Technology, the Taiwan-based consumer electronics conglomerate, will make its Fondi-branded consumer IT and electronics available through Sahara Computers in Southern Africa. Fondi Tablets are already available at more than 2 000 retail outlets throughout...
LG launches G3 Beat smartphone
The LG G3 Beat is the latest smartphone from LG Electronics. The G3 Beat is compact, but retained most of the big features of the LG G3. Amongst these features is the powerful camera. The 8MP camera is equipped with Laser Auto Focus and Touch&Shoot that were...
Managed services sees African rebirth
The notion of managed IT services is not new, but thanks to the ever-evolving nature of technology and the rapid growth of cloud services in Africa, managed services has in effect been born again. “This time, we see a very real merger of software and infrastructure as...
Avoiding data theft in the cloud
Most enterprises are already using cloud based solutions, even if they don’t see them as such. We see enterprises readily using Salesforce and Webex, yet still voicing concerns about a move to enterprise cloud computing, says Anton Jacobsz, MD of F5 distributor...
Quintica offers BMC’s TrueSight
Quintica customers can now combine data from their operations management and capacity optimisation solutions along with BMC’s new operational analytics TrueSight product family, to derive a better view and deliver critical insights into IT operations. Locally...
Five cloud misconceptions affecting business
In our developing economy, the potential benefits of cloud-based products, particularly for SMMEs, cannot be ignored. Yet for many a small business owner, the concept of “the cloud” is still a foggy haze.
Go green with mobile payslips, statements
South African companies looking for ways to lower their carbon footprint and save money in the process, can score quick wins by digitising their invoices, statements and payslips. That’s the word from Zane Renou, chief commercial officer at Cellfind, who says that...
What SA needs to do to fix manufacturing
For South Africa to become a top-class manufacturing nation, South Africa needs to fix some fundamental problems while nurturing skills and driving demand. Coenraad Bezuidenhout, executive director of the Manufacturing Circle, told delegates to the Siemens Future of...
IBM, Microsoft collaborate on cloud
IBM and Microsoft are working together to provide their respective enterprise software on Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. As the adoption of hybrid cloud computing accelerates, this relationship will give clients, partners and developers more choice in the cloud,...
Digital migration deadline set for 2015
The Department of Communications has set June 2015 as the deadline to begin digital migration, but has offered no guidelines as to when the process should be completed.
Siemens helps to drive SA’s manufacturing
Industry, government and industrial labour need to develop a shared purpose to drive the manufacturing industry in South Africa. Raymond Padayachee, vice-president: process industries and drives at Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa, says Siemens is prepared to take...
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...
Staying in touch with overseas workers
E-mail is still the primary method used by businesses to maintain engagement with their employees posted around the world on assignment. The recent Global Mobility Survey, commissioned by the Santa Fe Group, identified that 82.7% of businesses rely heavily on e-mail...
Sahara to distribute Fondi products
Fondiversal Technology, the Taiwan-based consumer electronics conglomerate, will make its Fondi-branded consumer IT and electronics available through Sahara Computers in Southern Africa. Fondi Tablets are already available at more than 2 000 retail outlets throughout...
LG launches G3 Beat smartphone
The LG G3 Beat is the latest smartphone from LG Electronics. The G3 Beat is compact, but retained most of the big features of the LG G3. Amongst these features is the powerful camera. The 8MP camera is equipped with Laser Auto Focus and Touch&Shoot that were...
Managed services sees African rebirth
The notion of managed IT services is not new, but thanks to the ever-evolving nature of technology and the rapid growth of cloud services in Africa, managed services has in effect been born again. “This time, we see a very real merger of software and infrastructure as...
Avoiding data theft in the cloud
Most enterprises are already using cloud based solutions, even if they don’t see them as such. We see enterprises readily using Salesforce and Webex, yet still voicing concerns about a move to enterprise cloud computing, says Anton Jacobsz, MD of F5 distributor...