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Duxbury Networking turns 30
Value-added distributor Duxbury Networking is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014. To mark the passing of this milestone, the company recently hosted an "open day" for its resellers and their customers at its Johannesburg head office complex. Commenting on the...
Decision Inc acquires Dataways
Decision Inc. has completed its integration of the client base and staff of Dataways, a major Roambi partner, in a move that reinforces its strategy to provide clients across industry sectors with mobile business intelligence (BI) solutions. "This announcement sees...
Unyazi IV music festival finalises line-up
NewMusicSA is pleased to announce the complete schedule of Unyazi IV Electronic Music Festival, which takes place as part of the Fak'ugesi: Digital Africa Festival line-up, at Wits and the Goethe Institute from 9 to 13 September. With a total of nine concerts, an...
Managed solution partnerships key to success
In today’s fast changing global business environment, adaptability and responsiveness have become non-negotiable components for the sustainable success of any organisation. Given that, for the vast majority of companies, employees are central to the continued...
Gemalto solution delivers green energy
Gemalto is providing M2M connectivity for SOLARKIOSK, a compact, solar powered station transported onboard a mobile vehicle. This cabin features photovoltaic panels across its roof to generate sustainable energy in areas outside of conventional power cabling and...
Business continuity versus disaster recovery
Despite the importance of having business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans in place in the connected world, many organisations irrespective of size and industry are still struggling to get to grips with the differences between these two...
Video conferencing beyond the boardroom
By 2016 video conferencing will be the world’s preferred business communications tool - and will move far beyond the boardroom, said Nicolette Kruger, country manager at NFS Technology, a specialist software company that supplies software for the hospitality industry,...
Bytes SI named an Alcatel-Lucent VAD
Significantly enhancing its product and solution portfolio, Bytes Systems Integration has signed up as a value-added distributor (VAD) for Internet protocol and cloud vendor Alcatel Lucent Enterprise and created a dedicated business unit focused on its solutions....
Building smart cities through ICT Innovation
The concept of the "smart city" has emerged as a term to describe a city that uses technology to address service delivery challenges. However, building a smart city is about more than just using technology – it is about ICT innovation and transformation that improves...
TruTeq Wireless, Westpac Bank team up
Pretoria-based GSM mobile technology company, TruTeq Wireless has partnered with Australia's leading bank to roll out a mobile banking platform to seven Pacific island countries. Westpac Pacific Banking launched its first USSD-based mobile banking application in the...
Lumia 930 smartphone debuts in SA
Unveiled at Microsoft’s Build 2014 conference earlier this year, the new high-end Lumia 930 is now available in South Africa. With an elegant aluminium frame , polycarbonate back and sculpted glass, the Lumia 930 features a 20-megapixel PureView camera with ZEISS...
TruTeq Wireless opens offices in Australia
TruTeq Wireless, a South African company that supplies over 39 GSM and CDMA network operators in 35 countries in Africa, Europe and the Pacific, has recently opened an office near Brisbane in Australia. Tjaart van der Walt, MD of TruTeq Wireless, says the new office...
Icasa proposes new interconnect rates
Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) yesterday published its proposed new mobile interconnect rates, to be implemented from 1 October 2014. The first drop will be about 20%, to 16 cents, from March 2015. Thereafter rates should fall to 12 cents...
Duxbury Networking turns 30
Value-added distributor Duxbury Networking is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2014. To mark the passing of this milestone, the company recently hosted an "open day" for its resellers and their customers at its Johannesburg head office complex. Commenting on the...
Decision Inc acquires Dataways
Decision Inc. has completed its integration of the client base and staff of Dataways, a major Roambi partner, in a move that reinforces its strategy to provide clients across industry sectors with mobile business intelligence (BI) solutions. "This announcement sees...
Unyazi IV music festival finalises line-up
NewMusicSA is pleased to announce the complete schedule of Unyazi IV Electronic Music Festival, which takes place as part of the Fak'ugesi: Digital Africa Festival line-up, at Wits and the Goethe Institute from 9 to 13 September. With a total of nine concerts, an...
Managed solution partnerships key to success
In today’s fast changing global business environment, adaptability and responsiveness have become non-negotiable components for the sustainable success of any organisation. Given that, for the vast majority of companies, employees are central to the continued...
Gemalto solution delivers green energy
Gemalto is providing M2M connectivity for SOLARKIOSK, a compact, solar powered station transported onboard a mobile vehicle. This cabin features photovoltaic panels across its roof to generate sustainable energy in areas outside of conventional power cabling and...
Business continuity versus disaster recovery
Despite the importance of having business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) plans in place in the connected world, many organisations irrespective of size and industry are still struggling to get to grips with the differences between these two...
Video conferencing beyond the boardroom
By 2016 video conferencing will be the world’s preferred business communications tool - and will move far beyond the boardroom, said Nicolette Kruger, country manager at NFS Technology, a specialist software company that supplies software for the hospitality industry,...