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Pepsico trials global fibre connection
Simba, the crisp-making subsidiary of the Pepsico Group, has implemented a 25Mbps fibre line from Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL at its headquarters in Isando.
Eaton Towers buys 3 500 Airtel towers
Eaton Towers has announced an agreement to acquire more than 3 500 telecommunications towers in six countries from Bharti Airtel. Airtel will have a 10-year lease on the towers. Eaton Towers currently owns and operates towers in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa. The new...
All the SAP partner winners …
SAP has announced the winners at its 2014 SAP Africa Partner of the Year Awards. All nominees have to excel in the building of revenue, customer growth, joint channel activities growth and on-going attendance to courses that ensure they are current in all SAP technologies.
Weak storage demand drives revenue fall
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues fell -1,4% year-over-year to nearly $5,9-billion during the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14). This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the...
Cascade explores digital creativity
The much-awaited Fak’ugesi: Digital Africa Festival, will see the festival’s Cascade event take centre stage this week. The exciting five-day workshop series will be led by British digital art organisation ‘onedotzero’, with over 16 years’ experience in curating and...
Governments benefit from big data
The term big data has been stealing the headlines lately for all the right reasons. It has been named as a game changer, a paradigm shifter, a means through which enterprises can unlock a host of new value and communication power. In almost every sector, big data has...
Obami grows NSC past paper library
Hot on the heels of their Creative Commons OpenMe Course and the recently updated digital ANA assignments for teachers and parents, Obami have just announced they've added to their library of NSC past papers. They now have over 230 Sit 'n' Submit assignments, across...
South African game developers shine
There’s no doubt about it: "game developer” is one of the coolest job titles ever. There are now hundreds of South Africans wearing that job title (196 full-time, and 284 part-time, according to a recent survey by Make Games South Africa) and making their mark in an...
Jumia releases mobile app
The mobile Internet sector in Africa is developing rapidly, with smartphones becoming much more affordable and growing in popularity. Jumia, Africa’s leading online retailer, has taken advantage of this with a mobile app that allows an increasing number of Africans to...
FNB customers withdraw R9,5bn from retailers
FNB has announced that R9,5-billion has been withdrawn from tills across South Africa since the inception of the Cash@Till service for customers in 2012. Sixty-five percent of this amount was withdrawn in the last year alone (since July 2013). “We have seen strong...
Facebook hits two strategic milestones
Facebook has hit 100-million users in Africa, with 80% of them accessing the social networking site via mobile phones. Nicola Mendelsohn, EMEA vice-president at Facebook, says: “People in high-growth countries want to be connected to the world around them. In...
Vox buys Dynamic IT in differentiation move
Vox Telecom has concluded its acquisition of managed IT provider, Dynamic IT, as part of its growth and diversification strategy. Murray Steyn, executive head: commercial at Vox Telecom, comments: “Convergence and cloud are accelerating the outsourced managed IT...
Titnri signs up Arrow for EMEA distribution
Tintri has signed an agreement with Arrow Electronics to become a value-added distributor, offering the entire Tintri portfolio of solutions to its reseller base across EMEA. Arrow’s network of resellers will be tasked with driving sales in 29 countries across Europe,...
Pepsico trials global fibre connection
Simba, the crisp-making subsidiary of the Pepsico Group, has implemented a 25Mbps fibre line from Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL at its headquarters in Isando.
Eaton Towers buys 3 500 Airtel towers
Eaton Towers has announced an agreement to acquire more than 3 500 telecommunications towers in six countries from Bharti Airtel. Airtel will have a 10-year lease on the towers. Eaton Towers currently owns and operates towers in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa. The new...
All the SAP partner winners …
SAP has announced the winners at its 2014 SAP Africa Partner of the Year Awards. All nominees have to excel in the building of revenue, customer growth, joint channel activities growth and on-going attendance to courses that ensure they are current in all SAP technologies.
Weak storage demand drives revenue fall
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues fell -1,4% year-over-year to nearly $5,9-billion during the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14). This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the...
Cascade explores digital creativity
The much-awaited Fak’ugesi: Digital Africa Festival, will see the festival’s Cascade event take centre stage this week. The exciting five-day workshop series will be led by British digital art organisation ‘onedotzero’, with over 16 years’ experience in curating and...
Governments benefit from big data
The term big data has been stealing the headlines lately for all the right reasons. It has been named as a game changer, a paradigm shifter, a means through which enterprises can unlock a host of new value and communication power. In almost every sector, big data has...
Obami grows NSC past paper library
Hot on the heels of their Creative Commons OpenMe Course and the recently updated digital ANA assignments for teachers and parents, Obami have just announced they've added to their library of NSC past papers. They now have over 230 Sit 'n' Submit assignments, across...