Technology News
3% chance of Mac malware
Kaspersky Lab experts have calculated the chances of a malicious programme making it onto a Mac OS X device. In August, the probability of unwanted encounters with malware was about 3%. Compared to the 21% infection risk facing Windows users, the situation with Macs...
Tablet sales down laptops increase
Tablet sales for the first six months of the year compared to the first six months of 2013 are down at The Notebook Company – but laptop sales are up by 15%. Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, comments: “There was a big buzz in the tablets market up until...
Cyberoam offers online learning platform
Cyberoam has launched the online virtual learning platform for Cyberoam’s well-known network-security certification program– Cyberoam Certified Network Security Professional, CCNSP. The training is available 24/7, can be accessed from a connected device anywhere...
Software-based solutions for SMEs
Contact centres are the interface for businesses between themselves and their customers. However, the full-service functionality that really adds value for customers has typically been limited to the larger enterprise space, due to the high cost of infrastructure...
Fujitsu introduces scalable tape library
Fujitsu has introduced a new Petabyte-scale expandable edition of its Eternus LT tape library that combines performance with exceptionally high data storage density, making it ideally suited to both short-term back-up plus longer-term archiving deployments. As the new...
GIT offers training on DVTel analytics
Graphic Image Technologies (GIT), specialist in remote CCTV and control room technologies, video compression and transmission, is now offering training to integrators and value-added resellers on DVTel ioimage cameras and encoders with Edge-based analytics. This full...
Hotel group rolls out Quintica solution
When a leading hotel and entertainment group identified the need to better understand how its customers were engaging with its Web site, it turned to Quintica to assist with the deployment of its BMC End User Experience Management (EUEM) solution. Key to the company’s...
The changing face of workplace training
On-the-job performance support solutions have emerged as a powerful supplement or alternative to classroom based training and e-learning for companies that want to drive higher return on investment (ROI) from new business systems and processes. That’s according to...
FormsXpress deploys Xerox iGen3 press
FormsXpress, one of South Africa’s largest full-service print, design and production companies, has deployed a Xerox iGen3 digital production press to significantly increase capacity and reduce printing costs. The Xerox iGen3 press was supplied by Oxbow and supported...
Obsidian, GuruHut offer Atlassian products
Open Source software solutions provider Obsidian Systems has joined forces with GuruHut to deliver complete local Atlassian solutions. “With more pressure on IT teams to deliver rapid innovation for your business, we will enable many more Atlassian users in South...
Making payroll count
CRS Technologies, a leading provider of HR & Payroll services and solutions, is one of a growing number of businesses that support the Payroll Giving South Africa initiative. This is an on-going national project that places charities, represented through an...
PayGate adds Zapper to mobile payment options
Payment service provider PayGate has added mobile payment system Zapper to its stable of options, says general manager for business development Brendon Williamson, as the company gears up for a predicted mobile boom. “We expect that mobile will account for 50% of all...
Internet of Things drive retail revolution
A recent survey, which was conducted to examine the effect of the Internet of Things (IoT), has revealed that 83% of respondents surveyed agree that billions of connected and wearable devices talking seamlessly to each other and to service providers, will likely “have...
3% chance of Mac malware
Kaspersky Lab experts have calculated the chances of a malicious programme making it onto a Mac OS X device. In August, the probability of unwanted encounters with malware was about 3%. Compared to the 21% infection risk facing Windows users, the situation with Macs...
Tablet sales down laptops increase
Tablet sales for the first six months of the year compared to the first six months of 2013 are down at The Notebook Company – but laptop sales are up by 15%. Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, comments: “There was a big buzz in the tablets market up until...
Cyberoam offers online learning platform
Cyberoam has launched the online virtual learning platform for Cyberoam’s well-known network-security certification program– Cyberoam Certified Network Security Professional, CCNSP. The training is available 24/7, can be accessed from a connected device anywhere...
Software-based solutions for SMEs
Contact centres are the interface for businesses between themselves and their customers. However, the full-service functionality that really adds value for customers has typically been limited to the larger enterprise space, due to the high cost of infrastructure...
Fujitsu introduces scalable tape library
Fujitsu has introduced a new Petabyte-scale expandable edition of its Eternus LT tape library that combines performance with exceptionally high data storage density, making it ideally suited to both short-term back-up plus longer-term archiving deployments. As the new...
GIT offers training on DVTel analytics
Graphic Image Technologies (GIT), specialist in remote CCTV and control room technologies, video compression and transmission, is now offering training to integrators and value-added resellers on DVTel ioimage cameras and encoders with Edge-based analytics. This full...
Hotel group rolls out Quintica solution
When a leading hotel and entertainment group identified the need to better understand how its customers were engaging with its Web site, it turned to Quintica to assist with the deployment of its BMC End User Experience Management (EUEM) solution. Key to the company’s...