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Africa forges ahead with ICT infrastructure investments
African countries, in co-operation with international developmental agencies, academia and ICT vendors, are making considerable investments in ICT infrastructure, presenting attractive opportunities for IT service providers in the process.
Personality map of Africa gets underway
One of the African continent’s most ambitious big data projects got underway today with TA Telecom launching beta trials for Nafsi in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. This anthropological survey aims to use mobile technology to collect data from individual...
What does the HP split mean?
A separated HP will be able to react to market dynamics faster, and be better equipped to seize opportunities, according to IDC EMEA.
Symantec split allows for better focus
Symantec confirms that its board has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two, independent publicly traded companies: one business focused on security and one business focused on information management (IM).
Shortlist for AfricaCom Awards released
The AfricaCom Awards, taking place on 12 November, will celebrate and acknowledge leaders in digital technology, ICT, telecommunications and media.
Why the move to Windows 10 was necessary
If Microsoft fails to fix the problems that have plagued Windows 8, it could damage its PC market dominance, says Warwick Business School Professor of Practice Mark Skilton.
New threat mimics simple game
Kaspersky Lab has detected a new mobile Trojan that targets Android devices while camouflaged as an innocent game of Tic-Tac-Toe (noughts and crosses). The Gomal Trojan collects info about the devices it infects and sends all that data to its master server. But this...
SA improves contact centre allure
The South African call centre industry has matured markedly over the last 10 years, gaining in experience and knowledge. Call centres in specific sectors of the industry, such as financial services, healthcare, travel and utilities are well oiled and integrated - and...
Orange Botswana partners with Ericsson
Orange Botswana has entered into a multi-year managed services agreement for Ericsson to manage its network operations. Under the terms of the contract, Ericsson will assume responsibility of the operational management and field maintenance of Orange Botswana’s...
Top predictions for 2015 and beyond
Gartner has revealed its top predictions for IT organisations and IT users for 2015 and beyond. Gartner's top predictions for 2015 begin to examine a shift in the age old relationships between man and machine due to the emergence of digital business. "For some time...
IFS honoured as leading EAM supplier
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has been identified as the number one vendor in market share in enterprise asset management (EAM) and field service management (FSM) software for the oil and gas industry in a report from ARC Advisory Group, the leading...
An integrated view of marketing initiatives
Today’s companies touch their customers through multiple challenges, and through various areas of the organisation. However, up till now there hasn’t been a single system that can provide a comprehensive view of these channels and interactions. Gerald Naidoo, CEO of...
Putting Exergy to the test
SilverBridge, a financial services solutions provider, has introduced a solution to maximise the benefits of using Exergy as a core policy administration platform. Exergy’s Testing as a Service (TaaS) is a solution that provides assurance that implementations run...
Africa forges ahead with ICT infrastructure investments
African countries, in co-operation with international developmental agencies, academia and ICT vendors, are making considerable investments in ICT infrastructure, presenting attractive opportunities for IT service providers in the process.
Personality map of Africa gets underway
One of the African continent’s most ambitious big data projects got underway today with TA Telecom launching beta trials for Nafsi in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. This anthropological survey aims to use mobile technology to collect data from individual...
What does the HP split mean?
A separated HP will be able to react to market dynamics faster, and be better equipped to seize opportunities, according to IDC EMEA.
Symantec split allows for better focus
Symantec confirms that its board has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two, independent publicly traded companies: one business focused on security and one business focused on information management (IM).
Shortlist for AfricaCom Awards released
The AfricaCom Awards, taking place on 12 November, will celebrate and acknowledge leaders in digital technology, ICT, telecommunications and media.
Why the move to Windows 10 was necessary
If Microsoft fails to fix the problems that have plagued Windows 8, it could damage its PC market dominance, says Warwick Business School Professor of Practice Mark Skilton.
New threat mimics simple game
Kaspersky Lab has detected a new mobile Trojan that targets Android devices while camouflaged as an innocent game of Tic-Tac-Toe (noughts and crosses). The Gomal Trojan collects info about the devices it infects and sends all that data to its master server. But this...