Technology News
Namibia rolls out online e-marking system
Metrofile group company CSX Customer Services has launched a new WebScore Project in Namibia. Inaugurated by the Namibian Minister of Education, Dr David Namwandi, the online e-marking system allows several moderators to access the same exam papers online, in order to...
MTN, Telkom offer iPhone 6 from today
MTN and Telkom will offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus from today (24 October). MTN says the iPhone 6 will be available starting at R499 per month and iPhone 6 Plus will be available starting at R649 per month. MTN will allow iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus customers to...
EMC Federation delivers virtualised data centre
The first of five planned EMC Federation solutions, the new Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution provides a virtualised data center that is fully automated by software and delivered as a service. The Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution was...
Healthy growth for Huawei’s consumer business
Huawei Consumer business group (BG) shipped a total of 32,03-million devices during the third quarter, including 16,8-million smartphones, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 26%. The percentage of mid- to high-end devices grew an impressive 162% year-on-year,...
Obsidian, Red Hat lay down enterprise security gauntlet
Open source industry partners Obsidian and Red Hat will host a two-day event in October to discuss the feasibility of open source technology as an integrated IT solution for enterprises and the relevant decisions left up to CIOs. The agenda will include in-depth...
Fujitsu adds integrated backup for the mid-market
Fujitsu now makes the planning, implementation and operation of data backup easy for mid-sized businesses and those with branch offices and distributed operations. The Fujitsu Storage Eternus CS200c Integrated Backup Appliance delivers customers a complete backup and...
Firms fail to focus on the long term
Business process resilience is mission-critical, but businesses may be missing opportunities to fortify themselves. In a global survey of 330 C-suite executives by FT Remark and Wipro, nearly all respondents (98%) agreed that technology risk management is important or...
Innovation leaders drive double the revenue growth
Leaders who are investing in new innovation and development capabilities are growing revenue at more than twice the rate of laggards, creating an application divide in the marketplace.
SMEs can benefit from cloud services
Small businesses that use more than two types of cloud services grow 26% faster and are 21% more profitable on average than those that don't use cloud tools, according to a new report from Google and Deloitte which surveyed over 1300 IT decision makers in six...
MTN grows subscribers, posts positive results
The MTN Group has recorded 219,2-million subscribers as at the end of September 2014, an increase of 2% during the quarter. Meanwhile, data revenue increased by 34% year-to-date, now contributing 17,8% to total revenue. Registered Mobile Money subscribers of...
It’s official: tablets are here to stay
South African IT decision-makers agree with their global counterparts that tablets are becoming an integral part of their IT offering, with 90% or more of the workforce now using tablets.
Spammers add Ebola twist to ‘Nigerian letters’
In September spammers produced topical new versions of the old “Nigerian letter” scam, this time based on the Ebola virus. According to Kaspersky Lab experts, several mass mailings exploited this theme. A large part of the major theme mailings promoted products and...
Cell C debuts Lumia 730
Microsoft has announced the South African availability of the Lumia 730 Dual SIM, exclusively with Cell C. The device will be available from next week at Cell C stores countrywide for just R229 per month on a SmartChat 1GB contract. The recommended cash retail price...
Namibia rolls out online e-marking system
Metrofile group company CSX Customer Services has launched a new WebScore Project in Namibia. Inaugurated by the Namibian Minister of Education, Dr David Namwandi, the online e-marking system allows several moderators to access the same exam papers online, in order to...
MTN, Telkom offer iPhone 6 from today
MTN and Telkom will offer iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus from today (24 October). MTN says the iPhone 6 will be available starting at R499 per month and iPhone 6 Plus will be available starting at R649 per month. MTN will allow iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus customers to...
EMC Federation delivers virtualised data centre
The first of five planned EMC Federation solutions, the new Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution provides a virtualised data center that is fully automated by software and delivered as a service. The Federation Software-Defined Data Center Solution was...
Healthy growth for Huawei’s consumer business
Huawei Consumer business group (BG) shipped a total of 32,03-million devices during the third quarter, including 16,8-million smartphones, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 26%. The percentage of mid- to high-end devices grew an impressive 162% year-on-year,...
Obsidian, Red Hat lay down enterprise security gauntlet
Open source industry partners Obsidian and Red Hat will host a two-day event in October to discuss the feasibility of open source technology as an integrated IT solution for enterprises and the relevant decisions left up to CIOs. The agenda will include in-depth...
Fujitsu adds integrated backup for the mid-market
Fujitsu now makes the planning, implementation and operation of data backup easy for mid-sized businesses and those with branch offices and distributed operations. The Fujitsu Storage Eternus CS200c Integrated Backup Appliance delivers customers a complete backup and...
Firms fail to focus on the long term
Business process resilience is mission-critical, but businesses may be missing opportunities to fortify themselves. In a global survey of 330 C-suite executives by FT Remark and Wipro, nearly all respondents (98%) agreed that technology risk management is important or...