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DFA gets Msunduzi network go-ahead on appeal
The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) to continue with the building of a fibre optic network in the Msunduzi municipality.
Summer surprises for MTN users
MTN South Africa has kicked off a summer promotion that will reward customers with daily surprises in the form of free MTN-to-MTN voice minutes, data or content, valued up to R1-million a day from 1 October 2014 until 15 January 2014. Every day, MTN will send its...
Securing the Internet of Things
Not too long ago, the notion that everyday appliances - home, office, medical - would be connected to a network and the Internet was far-fetched and futuristic. Today, however, it is a reality, and we are seeing a slew of devices connecting to the Internet and to each...
Retailers increasingly seek ESL benefits
Electronic shelf labels (ESLs) will, in the next five years, grow beyond retail markets in legislated countries and revenues will increase six-fold to nearly $2-billion by 2019, according to an ABI research report: Next Gen Retail: Electronic Shelf Labels. The report...
VMware announces Workstation 11
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced VMware Workstation 11, the newest version of its leading PC virtualisation solution. Celebrating 15 years of virtualisation excellence and having garnered more than 50 industry...
Oracle upgrades Exalytics In-Memory machine
The ability to find answers to strategic business questions quickly offers a competitive advantage to organisations of any size in any industry. The latest refresh of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, an engineered system for business analytics, includes Intel Xeon...
PPO targets Irish market with Trigraph
As part of the company’s strategy to grow its global footprint, Project Portfolio Office has joined forces with Dublin-based Trigraph Professional Services, to gain greater traction within the Irish market for its online project management and collaboration...
AIS becomes IBM partner
Assimilated Information Systems (AIS), a specialist provider of software and IT solutions, has joined the IBM PartnerWorld Program as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) giving it access to a variety of IBM technologies, tools, and services to further enhance its...
The right Office product for your business
Microsoft Office is an essential tool for any business no matter what size – it is the de facto standard for word processing, spreadsheets and more, and has become indispensable whether a business has five users or five thousand, says Ruben Naicker, Microsoft product...
Businesses must evolve with the times
In 2014 the remuneration and reward industry has been under increasing prominence, focus and pressure as a result of business demands to deliver against the backdrop of a struggling economy, changes in legislation and socio economic challenges. The concerns about the...
Use of biometrics in financial applications
Biometric identification in financial applications is a relatively young and experimental business. In this conservative industry, where security flaws can lead directly to major branding and monetary implications, the smart tradition is to stick to the proven old...
Mobile computer training for rural areas
Transport company Imperial is making computer training accessible to hundreds of people in remote rural areas. The vehicle, which will serve as a mobile computer laboratory providing computer skills training to people in remote disadvantaged communities across South...
Cell C kicks off Epic summer campaign
Cell C has launched its summer marketing campaign under the heading of “Believe and Make It Epic”. “We generated a lot of excitement last year with our Believe campaign, giving over R2-million in prizes away. Prizes that changed people’s lives and allowed them to live...
DFA gets Msunduzi network go-ahead on appeal
The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) to continue with the building of a fibre optic network in the Msunduzi municipality.
Summer surprises for MTN users
MTN South Africa has kicked off a summer promotion that will reward customers with daily surprises in the form of free MTN-to-MTN voice minutes, data or content, valued up to R1-million a day from 1 October 2014 until 15 January 2014. Every day, MTN will send its...
Securing the Internet of Things
Not too long ago, the notion that everyday appliances - home, office, medical - would be connected to a network and the Internet was far-fetched and futuristic. Today, however, it is a reality, and we are seeing a slew of devices connecting to the Internet and to each...
Retailers increasingly seek ESL benefits
Electronic shelf labels (ESLs) will, in the next five years, grow beyond retail markets in legislated countries and revenues will increase six-fold to nearly $2-billion by 2019, according to an ABI research report: Next Gen Retail: Electronic Shelf Labels. The report...
VMware announces Workstation 11
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, today announced VMware Workstation 11, the newest version of its leading PC virtualisation solution. Celebrating 15 years of virtualisation excellence and having garnered more than 50 industry...
Oracle upgrades Exalytics In-Memory machine
The ability to find answers to strategic business questions quickly offers a competitive advantage to organisations of any size in any industry. The latest refresh of Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, an engineered system for business analytics, includes Intel Xeon...
PPO targets Irish market with Trigraph
As part of the company’s strategy to grow its global footprint, Project Portfolio Office has joined forces with Dublin-based Trigraph Professional Services, to gain greater traction within the Irish market for its online project management and collaboration...