Technology News
Jasco meets midsize contact centre needs
The midsized market is often overlooked with regards to technology yet their needs are often similar to their larger counterparts. Jasco is addressing this with the availability of Avaya’s Contact Centre Select solution, the latest addition to its customer experience...
Seagate offers NAS and NAS Pro lines
Seagate Technology has recently announced a new portfolio of Networked Attached Storage (NAS) solutions specifically designed for today’s small businesses. The new portfolio includes five NAS products in a range of capacities from 2Tb to 30Tb and performance perfectly...
Windows XP still popular with users
More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of...
Sandton’s growth trajectory continues
Sandton is booming, according to the Sandton Tourism Association (STA). It has become the most significant business and financial district in South Africa. Its CBD is considered the richest square mile on the African continent and is set to overtake downtown Johannesburg in terms of commercial office space.
Ram unblocks IT bottleneck with Tintri
South African courier service Ram is using Tintri storage in its virtualised environment to unblock its IT performance bottleneck. With a workforce of over 2 600 employees at 41 hubs, Ram has a name for being an efficient and dependable service, using sophisticated...
Emergency response app launched in the cloud
Rapid Response, an award-winning mobile emergency application, is now available to South African mobile users. It provides a fast link to help at hand when users need it most. Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Pan-African ICT enabler Seacom, has been...
MTN sets up street lamp antennas
MTN has started deploying antennas on street light poles, and is erecting purpose-built pole masts with zero visual impact around west and northern Johannesburg in order to improve network coverage and quality.
Panda Security offers new consumer solutions
Panda Security has announced the launch of its new line of consumer solutions for 2015, boasting Panda’s new XMT Smart Engineering engine. The range includes; Panda Global Protection 2015, Panda Internet Security 2015, Panda Antivirus Pro 2015 and Panda Mobile...
Ericsson wins Emmy award
Ericsson has announced it will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its work in developing pioneering JPEG2000 interoperability technology. This is Ericsson’s fifth Emmy Award recognition and...
LG introduces Quad HD display
Gone are the days when phones were technologically inferior to televisions. Nowadays, your smartphone might just have better display technology than your television. Being at the forefront of mobile and display technologies, LG has introduced the next standard for...
The cost of vandalism in Jo’burg
Vandalism and theft of Johannesburg’s road infrastructure have cost R57,46-million in the last year. The M1, M2 and Soweto highways are hardest hit and everything is targeted; from guardrails, storm water drain slabs, manhole covers and grids, metal directional signage, poles and gantries, bridge expansion joints and bridge railings.
Is your critical data secure in the cloud?
Storing data in the cloud makes sense and uptake is growing as more solution providers offer this option. However, how secure is sensitive financial and client information when it is backed up to and stored in the cloud? The good news is that vendors are putting...
Netshield unveils data centre in a box
Netshield has unveiled its Data Centre in a Box offering, a self-contained IP 54 rated mobile unit that enables a business to rapidly and immediately wheel in, plug in and go, an entire IT infrastructure that can be managed from a single IP address in minutes. The...
Jasco meets midsize contact centre needs
The midsized market is often overlooked with regards to technology yet their needs are often similar to their larger counterparts. Jasco is addressing this with the availability of Avaya’s Contact Centre Select solution, the latest addition to its customer experience...
Seagate offers NAS and NAS Pro lines
Seagate Technology has recently announced a new portfolio of Networked Attached Storage (NAS) solutions specifically designed for today’s small businesses. The new portfolio includes five NAS products in a range of capacities from 2Tb to 30Tb and performance perfectly...
Windows XP still popular with users
More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of...
Sandton’s growth trajectory continues
Sandton is booming, according to the Sandton Tourism Association (STA). It has become the most significant business and financial district in South Africa. Its CBD is considered the richest square mile on the African continent and is set to overtake downtown Johannesburg in terms of commercial office space.
Ram unblocks IT bottleneck with Tintri
South African courier service Ram is using Tintri storage in its virtualised environment to unblock its IT performance bottleneck. With a workforce of over 2 600 employees at 41 hubs, Ram has a name for being an efficient and dependable service, using sophisticated...
Emergency response app launched in the cloud
Rapid Response, an award-winning mobile emergency application, is now available to South African mobile users. It provides a fast link to help at hand when users need it most. Pamoja, the cloud services business unit of Pan-African ICT enabler Seacom, has been...
MTN sets up street lamp antennas
MTN has started deploying antennas on street light poles, and is erecting purpose-built pole masts with zero visual impact around west and northern Johannesburg in order to improve network coverage and quality.