Technology News
Bohbot named as CNBC business leader
Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH Holdings, has been named as the Southern African Business Leader of the Year in the regional leg of the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards. The AABLA recognise the Continent’s most pioneering business game-changers in a variety of...
Pamoja delivers automated services
Pamoja has adopted the Interworks Cloud Platform and Citrix Cloud Portal Services Manager for cloud enablement and business administration. The Interworks Cloud Platform enables cloud service providers to deliver enterprise class applications and infrastructure to...
Philips, PET work on wind-up foetal monitor
Royal Philips has announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organisation, PET (PowerFree Education Technology), to further develop, test and commercialise a Wind-up Doppler Ultrasound Foetal Heart Rate Monitor. This will be a power-independent...
Semiconductor sales set for 7% increase
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to reach $338-billion in 2014 - a 7,2% increase from 2013, and up from the previous quarter's forecast of 6,7% growth, according to Gartner. "Semiconductor revenue set an all-time record in the third quarter of 2014, fuelled...
Wired Women conference set for take-off
The Wired Women Conference is set to take place at the Protea Hotel Parktonian in Braamfontein on Thursday 23 October. “Companies across Africa are experiencing the innovation and collaboration that talented female leaders are bringing to the workplace,” says Debby...
Oracle unveils Fusion Middleware innovations
At Oracle OpenWorld 2014, Thomas Kurian, executive vice-president of product development at Oracle, unveiled new innovations in Oracle Fusion Middleware, the cloud platform for digital business. Kurian highlighted major updates across the entire Oracle Fusion...
Kaspersky, Interpol, Europol sign agreement
Kaspersky Lab has signed an agreement with Interpol and a memorandum of understanding with Europol to extend the scope of cooperation between the company and the law enforcement agencies in their joint fight against cybercrime. Kaspersky Lab has taken its...
Essential productivity components for WFP
Printing environments continue to be challenged by a growing demand for productivity: to deliver output faster and with greater image quality, yet with less waste, lower costs and a diminished impact on the environment, says Hennie Kruger, DDS product and marketing...
Fortinet firewalls win NSS rating
Fortinet - a global leader in high-performance network security, announced that the FortiGate-1500D and FortiGate-3600C demonstrated best value for performance, with the lowest price per protected Mbps of throughput in real-world comparative analysis conducted by...
Reconciliation key in agile analytics
Businesses need data in analytics systems and processes in order to make business decisions but two of the biggest challenges they face are timeliness and agility, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics. It can take too long to get the data...
SA’s silver surfers embrace online shopping
As International Grandparents’ Day was celebrated yesterday (5 October), new data is showing that Baby Boomers in South Africa are defying what it means to be old - especially when it comes to their adventurous online surfing and shopping habits. Take South African...
Vox outlines cloud plans
Vox Telecom has outlined its cloud services plan, positioning itself as a turnkey provider and highlighting key developments that include utility-based pricing; a structured SLA programme; and a managed services layer around its cloud infrastructure environment....
Otel aims for wireless acquisitions
Otel Telecoms has announced its intention to expand its network nationally by strategically acquiring non-controlling shares in established wireless ISPs in various parts of South Africa. While Otel Telecoms’ core service focus is infrastructure, sharing of certain...
Bohbot named as CNBC business leader
Asher Bohbot, CEO of EOH Holdings, has been named as the Southern African Business Leader of the Year in the regional leg of the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards. The AABLA recognise the Continent’s most pioneering business game-changers in a variety of...
Pamoja delivers automated services
Pamoja has adopted the Interworks Cloud Platform and Citrix Cloud Portal Services Manager for cloud enablement and business administration. The Interworks Cloud Platform enables cloud service providers to deliver enterprise class applications and infrastructure to...
Philips, PET work on wind-up foetal monitor
Royal Philips has announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organisation, PET (PowerFree Education Technology), to further develop, test and commercialise a Wind-up Doppler Ultrasound Foetal Heart Rate Monitor. This will be a power-independent...
Semiconductor sales set for 7% increase
Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to reach $338-billion in 2014 - a 7,2% increase from 2013, and up from the previous quarter's forecast of 6,7% growth, according to Gartner. "Semiconductor revenue set an all-time record in the third quarter of 2014, fuelled...
Wired Women conference set for take-off
The Wired Women Conference is set to take place at the Protea Hotel Parktonian in Braamfontein on Thursday 23 October. “Companies across Africa are experiencing the innovation and collaboration that talented female leaders are bringing to the workplace,” says Debby...
Oracle unveils Fusion Middleware innovations
At Oracle OpenWorld 2014, Thomas Kurian, executive vice-president of product development at Oracle, unveiled new innovations in Oracle Fusion Middleware, the cloud platform for digital business. Kurian highlighted major updates across the entire Oracle Fusion...
Kaspersky, Interpol, Europol sign agreement
Kaspersky Lab has signed an agreement with Interpol and a memorandum of understanding with Europol to extend the scope of cooperation between the company and the law enforcement agencies in their joint fight against cybercrime. Kaspersky Lab has taken its...