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Net1 MS grows HR portfolio
South African-based Net1 Mobile Solutions (“N1MS”), a business unit of Net1 UEPS Technologies, and its third party payment business FIHRST, have announced several innovations in its human resources and payroll processing products and services. The newly enhanced...
Qlik launches Qlik Sense
Qlik, a leader in data discovery, has introduced general availability of Qlik Sense, the first device-independent, self-service visualisation and discovery product engineered for enterprise-class governance and performance. Built on a modern architecture and powered...
SAP commits $4m to Global Fund
SAP has announced that it is committing $4-million over a period of four years to the Global Fund, an international financing organisation started in 2002 to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Through its partnership with (RED), SAP technology is helping the...
SteelApp Traffic Manager 9.7 from Riverbed
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced new features for Riverbed SteelApp Traffic Manager, the number one virtual application delivery controller (ADC). As companies evolve toward the hybrid enterprise model with...
Inaugural data centre conference launches
Data Centre Central is a new conference and expo which has been launched to address the unique economic, engineering and legislative aspects of designing and operating a data centre in South Africa. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank,...
Science fiction at Sci-Bono
Between 4 and 12 October, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre will host an amazing holiday programme called The Science Fiction Festival. The past decade has seen the impossible and improbable feats and wonders of science fiction movies and books become a reality in our daily...
MS asks for input on Windows 10
Microsoft has announced the technical preview of Windows 10, which it is calling a re-invented operating system that embraces the connected world.
Why Jobs was so charismatic
Steve Jobs provides business leaders with a perfect template of how to deliver expertly tailored rhetoric, according to new research. The late Apple boss was a master of the art of effective and persuasive speaking, employing various strategies to adapt to differing scenarios and situations, while still delivering a constant constant set of messages or themes across the different scenarios, about his company’s products, future journey and exceptional people.
SA workers not fulfilling their desires
South Africans would choose to work multiple jobs to gain more/different skills and experience, save extra money for the future and meet regular household expenses.
Business doesn’t trust cloud security
Data security and trust in cloud-based services are a rapidly growing concern for IT decision-makers within large organisations, according to a new global study from BT. While 54% of those surveyed in South Africa are adopting cloud storage and Web applications within...
MTN Business, City Lodge Hotel Group partner
MTN Business has signed a deal with the City Lodge Hotel Group to be the group’s connectivity and telecommunications support. This will significantly improve ICT services at the group’s 51 existing hotels in South Africa and one in Botswana, and future hotels that the...
Globalstar expands satellite services
Globalstar has announced that, in partnership with Broadband Botswana Internet (BBI), construction has commenced on a Globalstar gateway in Gaborone, Botswana. This gateway will provide Globalstar's full line of Simplex services, including its SPOT line of affordable...
Kaspersky demystifies Shellshock
Shortly after the disclosure of the "Bash" bug called "Shellshock", Kaspersky Lab indicated that it saw first attempts by criminals to take advantage of this widespread vulnerability also known as CVE-2014-6271. The critical vulnerability in the Bourne shell, simply...
Net1 MS grows HR portfolio
South African-based Net1 Mobile Solutions (“N1MS”), a business unit of Net1 UEPS Technologies, and its third party payment business FIHRST, have announced several innovations in its human resources and payroll processing products and services. The newly enhanced...
Qlik launches Qlik Sense
Qlik, a leader in data discovery, has introduced general availability of Qlik Sense, the first device-independent, self-service visualisation and discovery product engineered for enterprise-class governance and performance. Built on a modern architecture and powered...
SAP commits $4m to Global Fund
SAP has announced that it is committing $4-million over a period of four years to the Global Fund, an international financing organisation started in 2002 to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Through its partnership with (RED), SAP technology is helping the...
SteelApp Traffic Manager 9.7 from Riverbed
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced new features for Riverbed SteelApp Traffic Manager, the number one virtual application delivery controller (ADC). As companies evolve toward the hybrid enterprise model with...
Inaugural data centre conference launches
Data Centre Central is a new conference and expo which has been launched to address the unique economic, engineering and legislative aspects of designing and operating a data centre in South Africa. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank,...
Science fiction at Sci-Bono
Between 4 and 12 October, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre will host an amazing holiday programme called The Science Fiction Festival. The past decade has seen the impossible and improbable feats and wonders of science fiction movies and books become a reality in our daily...
MS asks for input on Windows 10
Microsoft has announced the technical preview of Windows 10, which it is calling a re-invented operating system that embraces the connected world.