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Togo, Zetes sign contract for biometrics
Zetes has announced the signing of a new contract with the Government of the Republic of Togo. For the fourth consecutive time since 2007, Zetes has pledged to supply Togo with a comprehensive solution, from the biometric enrolment of the population to the publication...
MoboFree.com to see $1,5bn in sales
MoboFree.com, the leading African social marketplace, has announced that the total volume of items currently for sale in its marketplace is worth $526-million and is expected to reach $1.5-billion by 2015. With 3.3-million registered users, including 2-million in...
No business without disaster recovery
With only 35% of organisations equipped with a disaster recovery plan, according to Gartner, there is a dire need for more awareness around this facet of business management. Attix5, global developer and provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, is...
10 questions to ask data centre providers
All businesses that are looking to outsource their data needs, instead of buying, maintaining and hosting their own servers in their own server rooms or data centres, need to do their homework first. That’s the view of Debbie Pretorius, GM of MWeb Business, who points...
Huawei Ascend P7 wins EISA award
Huawei has been named the European Consumer Smartphone 2014 – 2015 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) for its latest flagship smartphone, Huawei Ascend P7. This is the second consecutive year that Huawei has been recognised by EISA after receiving...
Innovation, SMEs drive SAP growth in Africa
Innovation and the development of a healthy small and medium enterprise (SME) sector will drive growth in Africa – both for SAP and for the region. This is the word from Derek Kudsee, chief operating officer of SAP Africa, who says these two factors will come together...
SAP ploughs skills into Africa
The first and most important investment that SAP is making in Africa is in skills development. Pfungwa Serima, CEO of SAP Africa, says the company believes that most important thing it can do in an emerging market is people development. “SAP is passionate about...
SAP puts $500m into Africa growth
Africa has joined a short list of countries that will enjoy accelerated investment from SAP, to the extent of $500-million through 2020.
NASA decodes black hole rhythm
Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole, 12-million light-years away, by sifting through archival data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The signals have helped astronomers identify an unusual midsize black...
Icasa to adopt LRIC+ for pricing
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that it has adopted the Long-Run Incremental Cost Plus (LRIC+) as the cost standard for the bottom-up and top-down modelling to determine the cost of mobile and fixed wholesale voice call...
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...
Togo, Zetes sign contract for biometrics
Zetes has announced the signing of a new contract with the Government of the Republic of Togo. For the fourth consecutive time since 2007, Zetes has pledged to supply Togo with a comprehensive solution, from the biometric enrolment of the population to the publication...
MoboFree.com to see $1,5bn in sales
MoboFree.com, the leading African social marketplace, has announced that the total volume of items currently for sale in its marketplace is worth $526-million and is expected to reach $1.5-billion by 2015. With 3.3-million registered users, including 2-million in...
No business without disaster recovery
With only 35% of organisations equipped with a disaster recovery plan, according to Gartner, there is a dire need for more awareness around this facet of business management. Attix5, global developer and provider of data protection software and cloud solutions, is...
10 questions to ask data centre providers
All businesses that are looking to outsource their data needs, instead of buying, maintaining and hosting their own servers in their own server rooms or data centres, need to do their homework first. That’s the view of Debbie Pretorius, GM of MWeb Business, who points...
Huawei Ascend P7 wins EISA award
Huawei has been named the European Consumer Smartphone 2014 – 2015 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) for its latest flagship smartphone, Huawei Ascend P7. This is the second consecutive year that Huawei has been recognised by EISA after receiving...
Innovation, SMEs drive SAP growth in Africa
Innovation and the development of a healthy small and medium enterprise (SME) sector will drive growth in Africa – both for SAP and for the region. This is the word from Derek Kudsee, chief operating officer of SAP Africa, who says these two factors will come together...
SAP ploughs skills into Africa
The first and most important investment that SAP is making in Africa is in skills development. Pfungwa Serima, CEO of SAP Africa, says the company believes that most important thing it can do in an emerging market is people development. “SAP is passionate about...