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Mobile payments face European obstacles
Although Europeans are increasingly using mobile devices for payments, most payments are still made using the traditional e-commerce environment: the Internet browser. However, a new report from IDC Financial Insights found that the future of mobile payments belongs...
MTN adds new WoW tiers
MTN South Africa has introduced two new WoW tiers for its prepaid customers, in order to give them even more budget flexibility and additional value in their voice and data usage. In addition to already popular WoW bouquet of promotions, MTN is rewarding customers who...
Cross-border money transfers with FNB app
The latest version of the FNB Banking App for smartphones now offers customers the ability to send money across the border from South Africa to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. FNB’s Zimbabwe Money Transfer service was first launched on Cellphone Banking in April 2013 to...
What the cloud means for utility companies
The opportunity for cloud must be looked at differently in the utility industry. The ability for utilities to receive a guaranteed cost recovery on capital investments creates an apparent disincentive for utilities to invest in cloud software. IDC Energy Insights has...
ISIS videos highlight need for protection
The release of a series of graphic videos by terrorist organisation ISIS, which depict the beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as UK aid worker David Haines, have again highlighted the need to protect South African minors from access...
Paul Allen adds more to Ebola relief
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has clinched two additional partnerships with Medical Teams International (MTI) and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres as part of their relief campaign to tackle the Ebola epidemic. More volunteer medical professionals and...
Antivirus not enough in the Internet age
Today’s society is always on, always connected – from PCs and notebooks to tablets, smartphones and even smart televisions and other devices - we have become used to accessing the Internet at will, wherever we are, says Fred Mitchell, Symantec division manager, Drive...
Big data drives SA’s CIOs to SDN
In today’s fast-evolving IT environment, the need to manage big data and mobility is putting significant pressure on network managers, says Anton Jacobsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. Today’s increasingly internet-facing community is creating a massive flow of data; new...
Obsidian Systems, GuruHut partner
Obsidian Systems, an established South African supplier of Open Source software solutions, and GuruHut, a collective of Java programmers, have announced a partnership that will result in an integrated solution for the local Red Hat JBoss middleware market, as well as...
Kyocera achieves AEO certification
Kyocera Document Solutions Europe has successfully passed the on-site validation audits conducted by EU Customs and is now certified as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), a counter-terrorism and global trade certification. Continued growth in global trade and...
AIH, Kaymu win at Online Retail Awards
African Internet Holding (AIH) and one of its start-ups, the online marketplace Kaymu, have won the E-Commerce Company of the Year and Department Store awards at the Online Retail Awards in London. Kaymu was also nominated in the Small Size Online Retailer of the Year...
Orange Business Services extends VPN
Orange Business Services is extending its core Business VPN service with Business VPN Internet. The offering is designed to meet the growing demand from multinational corporations (MNCs) for high-performance, secure access to Internet-based cloud and Web services....
Despite savings, cloud ERP still lags
Mid-market businesses in Europe have reported savings of more than 25% when they deploy cloud over on-premise solutions, with one in five reporting reductions of 50%. However, ERP is lagging behind many other cloud services. Nearly nine in 10 (87%) of mid-market...
Mobile payments face European obstacles
Although Europeans are increasingly using mobile devices for payments, most payments are still made using the traditional e-commerce environment: the Internet browser. However, a new report from IDC Financial Insights found that the future of mobile payments belongs...
MTN adds new WoW tiers
MTN South Africa has introduced two new WoW tiers for its prepaid customers, in order to give them even more budget flexibility and additional value in their voice and data usage. In addition to already popular WoW bouquet of promotions, MTN is rewarding customers who...
Cross-border money transfers with FNB app
The latest version of the FNB Banking App for smartphones now offers customers the ability to send money across the border from South Africa to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. FNB’s Zimbabwe Money Transfer service was first launched on Cellphone Banking in April 2013 to...
What the cloud means for utility companies
The opportunity for cloud must be looked at differently in the utility industry. The ability for utilities to receive a guaranteed cost recovery on capital investments creates an apparent disincentive for utilities to invest in cloud software. IDC Energy Insights has...
ISIS videos highlight need for protection
The release of a series of graphic videos by terrorist organisation ISIS, which depict the beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as UK aid worker David Haines, have again highlighted the need to protect South African minors from access...
Paul Allen adds more to Ebola relief
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has clinched two additional partnerships with Medical Teams International (MTI) and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres as part of their relief campaign to tackle the Ebola epidemic. More volunteer medical professionals and...
Antivirus not enough in the Internet age
Today’s society is always on, always connected – from PCs and notebooks to tablets, smartphones and even smart televisions and other devices - we have become used to accessing the Internet at will, wherever we are, says Fred Mitchell, Symantec division manager, Drive...