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Pamoja, Symantec deliver cloud services
Pamoja and Symantec will launch their cloud services in Nairobi, Kenya, next week (25 September). Pamoja Africa is the cloud services business unit of Pan-African ICT enabler Seacom. Its partnership with Symantec, a recognised leader in the security technology...
Metacom enables remote ATM network roll-out
Spark ATM has grown to be South Africa’s leading independent ATM network since its inception in 2005, with more than 2 500 cash machines in some of the country’s most remote areas. These have all been built on the basis of a lean, low-cost business model that has...
IBM announces Watson Analytics
IBM has announced Watson Analytics, a breakthrough natural language-based cognitive service that will provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. According to analysts, only a small fraction of business people use powerful...
Schoolboy is Social Media Star of 2014
Nadav Ossendryver, who founded the Kruger Sightings Web site when he was just 15, was presented with the Social Media Star of 2014 award for building his wildlife sightings service into the most viewed YouTube channel based in South Africa.
Vidi set to disrupt SA’s pay-TV market
Last week’s launch of online video-on-demand (VOD) service Vidi by Times Media Group (TMG) has finally opened up competition in South Africa’s pay-TV market, long dominated by MultiChoice’s DSTV service.
Avaya, Wind River collaborate on vSwitch
Avaya is collaborating with Wind River to take a significant step toward data centre simplification through the development of “hands-free” vSwitch network services configuration. This capability, which the companies expect to submit to the Open Source domain, can...
LG brand ambassador opens for The Fray
LG Electronics is proud to announce that Connell Cruise, official LG G3 brand ambassador, will be the opening act for The Fray, when they perform to the Johannesburg audience on, 19 September 2014. LG is giving fans a chance to win tickets to the concert at The Dome...
Hybrid cloud is the future of enterprise IT
Cloud computing is universally accepted as one of the major disruptive forces impacting IT today. But few enterprises are ready to migrate all their data and applications to a public cloud. With key concerns including latency, security and control over critical data...
Capitalising on African mobile trends
According to Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet Trends report and Ericsson Mobility Report 2014, there has been significant growth in mobile. Mobile data traffic globally has accelerated by 81%, with video being a strong driver. Founder of free content distribution app...
Ericsson grows TV product portfolio
Since the acquisition of Mediaroom in September 2013, Ericsson has accelerated efforts and investments to further extend its television and media leadership in the Pay TV space. As part of this effort, Ericsson has announced a number of solutions that deliver new...
Huawei takes a telecoms view of the cloud
Kathy Gibson reports from the Huawei Cloud Congress in Shanghai - Huawei Technologies intends for its cloud offerings to be a major part of its business going forward, and believes it has the right mix of technologies to succeed in this market. Ron Raffensperger,...
Ricoh moves to 3D printer manufacture
Ricoh has launched an additive manufacturing business focused on 3D printing, aimed specifically at the Japanese market. Ricoh will sell 3D printers and associated output services directly to manufacturing customers, as well as provide consulting services to those...
Family home could hold 500 smart devices
The falling cost of adding sensing and communications to consumer products will mean that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart objects by 2022. Gartner says the smart home will be an area of dramatic evolution over...
Pamoja, Symantec deliver cloud services
Pamoja and Symantec will launch their cloud services in Nairobi, Kenya, next week (25 September). Pamoja Africa is the cloud services business unit of Pan-African ICT enabler Seacom. Its partnership with Symantec, a recognised leader in the security technology...
Metacom enables remote ATM network roll-out
Spark ATM has grown to be South Africa’s leading independent ATM network since its inception in 2005, with more than 2 500 cash machines in some of the country’s most remote areas. These have all been built on the basis of a lean, low-cost business model that has...
IBM announces Watson Analytics
IBM has announced Watson Analytics, a breakthrough natural language-based cognitive service that will provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. According to analysts, only a small fraction of business people use powerful...
Schoolboy is Social Media Star of 2014
Nadav Ossendryver, who founded the Kruger Sightings Web site when he was just 15, was presented with the Social Media Star of 2014 award for building his wildlife sightings service into the most viewed YouTube channel based in South Africa.
Vidi set to disrupt SA’s pay-TV market
Last week’s launch of online video-on-demand (VOD) service Vidi by Times Media Group (TMG) has finally opened up competition in South Africa’s pay-TV market, long dominated by MultiChoice’s DSTV service.
Avaya, Wind River collaborate on vSwitch
Avaya is collaborating with Wind River to take a significant step toward data centre simplification through the development of “hands-free” vSwitch network services configuration. This capability, which the companies expect to submit to the Open Source domain, can...
LG brand ambassador opens for The Fray
LG Electronics is proud to announce that Connell Cruise, official LG G3 brand ambassador, will be the opening act for The Fray, when they perform to the Johannesburg audience on, 19 September 2014. LG is giving fans a chance to win tickets to the concert at The Dome...