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Sophos named a leader in UTM
Sophos has announced that it has once again been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's 7 August, 2014 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management. The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company’s ability to execute and completeness of vision. Sophos is...
NASA fires off printed rockets
NASA has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre.
Telkom aims to be ‘carrier of carriers’
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – Telkom envisages its role in the provision of universal broadband as a “carrier of carriers”, to provide and manage an efficient telecommunications infrastructure throughout South Africa to the benefit of all citizens....
SA’s plans for universal broadband access
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – SA Connect, the policy for universal and affordable broadband access to all South Africans, is well underway and on track to achieve its goal of 100% penetration by 2020. This is the word from Dr Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of...
IDC lowers tablet projections
Following a second consecutive quarter of softer-than-expected demand, International Data Corporation (IDC) has lowered its worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast for 2014 to 233,1-million units. The new Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast represents a 6,5%...
How to benefit from enterprise mobility
A new report released by IBM provides guidance for businesses on how to unlock the potential of enterprise mobility by empowering employees with the tools they need to make decisions, collaborate, transact and innovate in entirely new ways. The report, titled The...
Implications of Ebola spread in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu last week confirmed the first case of the Ebola virus spreading beyond the country’s financial capital Lagos to oil hub Port Harcourt, bringing the total number of recorded cases in Nigeria to 15. Natznet Tesfay, head of...
New rules for IT vendor management
IT vendor management as a formal discipline is rapidly evolving because organisations are demanding more from vendors in order to deliver the value and innovation needed to enable desirable business outcomes, according to Gartner. "Vendor management is increasingly...
Smartphones grow despite market slowdown
According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, more than 1,25-billion smartphones will be shipped worldwide in 2014, representing a 23,8% increase from the 1,01-billion units shipped in...
Trading update from Jasco
Jasco has concluded the final year of its three-year restructuring programme, with revenue growing from R800-million to over R1-billion per year over the last three years, and annuity income growing by over 100%. Although group revenue has exceeded the R1-billion...
Swiss Post rolls out Zetes solution
After undertaking a competitive tender process, Swiss Post has entrusted Zetes with a project to renew the company’s mobile infrastructure. Zetes will be providing all mobile devices and associated ZetesTotalCare maintenance services to the national postal and courier...
An holistic approach to data protection
Complexity around data protection in the enterprise is increasing, especially with hybrid cloud implementation patterns. Kelly Brown, senior director: Regional and Channel Marketing for EMC Corporation’s Data Protection and Availability Division, says: “Successfully...
Riverbed updates network planning portfolio
Riverbed Technology is updating its network planning portfolio and the SteelCentral NPCM product family, give users three new capabilities, new tools to configure and monitor their network data, and provide real-time updates for IT administrators, faster...
Sophos named a leader in UTM
Sophos has announced that it has once again been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's 7 August, 2014 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management. The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company’s ability to execute and completeness of vision. Sophos is...
NASA fires off printed rockets
NASA has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre.
Telkom aims to be ‘carrier of carriers’
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – Telkom envisages its role in the provision of universal broadband as a “carrier of carriers”, to provide and manage an efficient telecommunications infrastructure throughout South Africa to the benefit of all citizens....
SA’s plans for universal broadband access
Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – SA Connect, the policy for universal and affordable broadband access to all South Africans, is well underway and on track to achieve its goal of 100% penetration by 2020. This is the word from Dr Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of...
IDC lowers tablet projections
Following a second consecutive quarter of softer-than-expected demand, International Data Corporation (IDC) has lowered its worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast for 2014 to 233,1-million units. The new Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast represents a 6,5%...
How to benefit from enterprise mobility
A new report released by IBM provides guidance for businesses on how to unlock the potential of enterprise mobility by empowering employees with the tools they need to make decisions, collaborate, transact and innovate in entirely new ways. The report, titled The...
Implications of Ebola spread in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu last week confirmed the first case of the Ebola virus spreading beyond the country’s financial capital Lagos to oil hub Port Harcourt, bringing the total number of recorded cases in Nigeria to 15. Natznet Tesfay, head of...