Technology News
Business rescue is not a magic salve
With some large local operations going into business rescue recently, the concept itself is probably still novel to many in South Africa, writes Gareth Cremen, a partner at Ramsay Webber Attorneys. Reports in the business press suggest that shortly after Leon Kirkinis...
Networks Unlimited partners with F5 Networks
Value-added security and networking distributor, Networks Unlimited, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the leader in application delivery networking (ADN) technology, F5 Networks. F5’s application delivery platform encompasses hardware,...
Kaseya acquires Scorpion Software
Kaseya, the leading provider of cloud-based IT management software, today announced the acquisition of Scorpion Software, a leading security and authentication provider offering integrated two factor authentication, single sign on and password management solutions....
FNB and NCR win banking award
First National Bank (FNB) and NCR Corporation (NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, won the award for Best ATM and Kiosk Project in Africa, at The Asian Banker’s Middle East and Africa Country 2014 Award ceremony. FNB was the only bank in...
Mobile cloud and the software-defined future
The mobile-cloud era has business and IT under tremendous pressure. It faces a number of challenges as it juggles maintenance and renovation of existing systems, whilst looking to the future and implementing new technology to support growing business needs, says Ian...
Protecting portable devices from knocks
The mobile workforce has firmly entrenched itself globally and locally, the variety of devices has grown, it has also become increasingly common for the same user to have multiple devices, says Heinrich Pretorius, Targus product specialist at DCC. Most commonly, these...
CA tackles the mobility transformation
The era of BYOD, where employees are using their own devices and not necessarily one device; has brought about a revolution in the workplace but not without major challenges to the secure management of IT. CA Southern Africa has announced the local availability of a...
Harnessing apps to improve service delivery
With the increasing affordability and pervasiveness of smartphones and tablets, apps have rapidly become a part of everyday life. From games and messaging to banking, handy tools and more, apps have revolutionised the way people interact on a social level. As mobility...
Industry leaders are not always suitable
Those of us who work in the IT industry have all heard the old ad slogan from the 1970s: “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM”. It sounds a bit old-fashioned now, but the truth is that many people still default to buying from the global industry leaders, says Réan...
Gumtree: Free WiFi as a business strategy
Gumtree South Africa recently partnered with non-profit organisation Project Isizwe to bring free WiFi to impoverished communities across the country through hundreds of Free Internet Zones (FIZ). Johan Nel, country manager of Gumtree South Africa, tell us the reasons...
Uber marks a year in SA with lower fares
Uber, the international smartphone app that connects riders with a private driver, has launched its low-cost option uberX in Johannesburg, alongside the high-end UberBLACK service which has been available since August last year. Alon Lits, GM for Uber Johannesburg,...
RedSeal Networks appoints SA distributor
StarLink, security-specialist value-added-distributor (VAD), has expanded its RedSeal distribution coverage into South Africa. StarLink will sell, install and support RedSeal products and solutions through its channel partners to enterprise and government customers in...
MTN launches LTE for pre-paid users
MTN South Africa has launched LTE PayAsYouGo SIM cards for its prepaid customers, in a move designed to offer high-speed Internet access ideal for a range of applications including online gaming, HD TV and video conferencing. Now customers can enjoy doing the things...
Business rescue is not a magic salve
With some large local operations going into business rescue recently, the concept itself is probably still novel to many in South Africa, writes Gareth Cremen, a partner at Ramsay Webber Attorneys. Reports in the business press suggest that shortly after Leon Kirkinis...
Networks Unlimited partners with F5 Networks
Value-added security and networking distributor, Networks Unlimited, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with the leader in application delivery networking (ADN) technology, F5 Networks. F5’s application delivery platform encompasses hardware,...
Kaseya acquires Scorpion Software
Kaseya, the leading provider of cloud-based IT management software, today announced the acquisition of Scorpion Software, a leading security and authentication provider offering integrated two factor authentication, single sign on and password management solutions....
FNB and NCR win banking award
First National Bank (FNB) and NCR Corporation (NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, won the award for Best ATM and Kiosk Project in Africa, at The Asian Banker’s Middle East and Africa Country 2014 Award ceremony. FNB was the only bank in...
Mobile cloud and the software-defined future
The mobile-cloud era has business and IT under tremendous pressure. It faces a number of challenges as it juggles maintenance and renovation of existing systems, whilst looking to the future and implementing new technology to support growing business needs, says Ian...
Protecting portable devices from knocks
The mobile workforce has firmly entrenched itself globally and locally, the variety of devices has grown, it has also become increasingly common for the same user to have multiple devices, says Heinrich Pretorius, Targus product specialist at DCC. Most commonly, these...
CA tackles the mobility transformation
The era of BYOD, where employees are using their own devices and not necessarily one device; has brought about a revolution in the workplace but not without major challenges to the secure management of IT. CA Southern Africa has announced the local availability of a...