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MWeb Business extends Mimecast email offerings
MWeb Business’s Cloud-based solutions offering has been expanded and now includes the full Mimecast suite of e-mail solutions. MWeb Business has been a Mimecast partner for several years, providing the Mimecast Archiving solution to its Hosted Exchange customers. Now...
Renewed spending for global semiconductors
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to total $64,5-billion in 2014, an increase of 11,4% from 2013 spending of $57,8-billion, according to Gartner. Capital equipment spending will increase 17,1% in 2014, driven by strong memory average selling prices...
Mobile users hold out on commerce
It sounds like good news for mobile commerce (m-commerce): 10% of all US mobile users and 20% of all US tablet online adult users have made a purchase on these respective devices in the past three months. However, according to a new Forrester survey of more than 4 000...
Yahoo serious about mobile messaging apps
Internet giant Yahoo is deepening its focus on the mobile messaging market, reportedly acting as lead investor in an upcoming funding round for Snapchat, which will value the self-destructing messaging app provider at about $10-billion. This is according to Ovum...
Customer experience vital for energy suppliers
Tech-savvy consumers are demanding that their energy suppliers deliver a better customer experience using digital channels. This is among the findings in IDC Energy Insights research “CXIT and Social Survey 2014” on energy supplier trends and expectations regarding...
A good credit score can build consumer wealth
The over-indebted South African has been the star of recent news reports for all the wrong reasons. More than 8-million individuals are three or more months behind with their debt repayments. And, while many individuals are fully aware of the consequences of not...
SA prepares for the next evolution in telecoms
South Africa’s telecoms landscape has traditionally lagged behind that of the Western world for a number of reasons, not least of which has been a lack of infrastructure, writes Eckart Zollner, head of business development at Jasco. However, in the past few years...
DCC launches Verbatim 2Tb portable hard drive
The new Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go 2.5-inch 2Tb portable hard drive from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) features ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity, a compact, lightweight body and enough capacity to store thousands of movies, songs, photographs, documents and...
MTN launches Night Express Internet bundles
For a monthly subscription from as low as R10, MTN prepaid subscribers will receive 100MB borth of data bundles to use to surf the Internet and connect to social media platforms. This data is valid for a period of 30 days and can be used between midnight (00:00:01)...
Airtel debuts East African cross border money service
Bharti Airtel plans to launch a cross border money transfer product in East Africa. This is a first in market initiative across Africa and will enable Airtel Money customers to send, receive and withdraw money from their Airtel Money wallets. The pilot phase will kick...
Massive gaps in Africa’s telecoms landscape
A colossal disparity exists between fixed and mobile communication penetration rates across Africa. While mobile communications captured 96,4% of the subscriber market share in 2013, fixed communications held a mere 3,6%. The rationale is that fixed line communication...
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...
EMEA PC shipments continue to grow
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 23,7-million units in the third quarter of 2014 — a 10,4% increase year on year and a clear return to growth for two consecutive quarters after a...
MWeb Business extends Mimecast email offerings
MWeb Business’s Cloud-based solutions offering has been expanded and now includes the full Mimecast suite of e-mail solutions. MWeb Business has been a Mimecast partner for several years, providing the Mimecast Archiving solution to its Hosted Exchange customers. Now...
Renewed spending for global semiconductors
Worldwide semiconductor capital spending is projected to total $64,5-billion in 2014, an increase of 11,4% from 2013 spending of $57,8-billion, according to Gartner. Capital equipment spending will increase 17,1% in 2014, driven by strong memory average selling prices...
Mobile users hold out on commerce
It sounds like good news for mobile commerce (m-commerce): 10% of all US mobile users and 20% of all US tablet online adult users have made a purchase on these respective devices in the past three months. However, according to a new Forrester survey of more than 4 000...
Yahoo serious about mobile messaging apps
Internet giant Yahoo is deepening its focus on the mobile messaging market, reportedly acting as lead investor in an upcoming funding round for Snapchat, which will value the self-destructing messaging app provider at about $10-billion. This is according to Ovum...
Customer experience vital for energy suppliers
Tech-savvy consumers are demanding that their energy suppliers deliver a better customer experience using digital channels. This is among the findings in IDC Energy Insights research “CXIT and Social Survey 2014” on energy supplier trends and expectations regarding...
A good credit score can build consumer wealth
The over-indebted South African has been the star of recent news reports for all the wrong reasons. More than 8-million individuals are three or more months behind with their debt repayments. And, while many individuals are fully aware of the consequences of not...
SA prepares for the next evolution in telecoms
South Africa’s telecoms landscape has traditionally lagged behind that of the Western world for a number of reasons, not least of which has been a lack of infrastructure, writes Eckart Zollner, head of business development at Jasco. However, in the past few years...