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Education industry a victim of inferior WiFi
The education and academic sectors are still wasting money on inferior WiFi solutions that simply don’t meet the needs of student – and what is more, they are not alone. According to Quentin Daffarn, MD at UC-Wireless, one of the top Ruckus Wireless Partners of...
Peek into new black hole
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole blasting molecular gas at 1-million kilometres per hour from a galaxy. New research led by Clive Tadhunter (Sheffield University) and including Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON/Kapteyn Institute Groningen...
Consortium aims to drive IoT connectivity
Intel is leading a consortium of technology leaders who aim to ensure the interoperability of the billions of devices projected to come online by 2020.These include devices ranging from PCs, smartphones and tablets to home and industrial appliances and new wearable...
FDI drives contact centre growth
The Western Cape has shown impressive growth over the past year, with 3 400 business process outsourcing (BPO) and contact centre jobs created. According to the recently-launched 2014 BPeSA Key Indicator Report, the BPO industry employs more than 40 000 people, of...
Telkom outlines its restructuring process
Telkom has issued a statement outlining its version of the restructuring process currently underway. “Telkom would like to place on record the facts surrounding its restructuring process to dismiss allegations by labour unions regarding the process and criteria under...
SA manufacturing shows positive trends
A complete revival of the South African manufacturing sector may be some years away yet, but a review of the first half of 2014 carried out by global research and advisory services firm IDC reveals a series of positive indicators for the industry's future direction....
Education must keep track with IT trends
IT has always been one of the fastest growing industries, and it is important that public and private higher education institutions – despite certain constraints – keep students up to date with the latest developments as a matter of course, an education expert says....
CRM the hottest growth in enterprise systems
Customer engagement systems will be the fastest growing enterprise application between 2013 and 2018, signalling that competition for customers is hotting up. According to new software forecasts from Ovum, e-commerce and CRM solutions will see compound annual growth...
EOH launches ADR programme in the US
EOH Holdings has launched its American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme in the US through a sponsored programme with BNY Mellon. The South African based ICT services group is listed on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the Computer Services...
What constitutes failure in MTBF?
As a commonly used IT buzzword, MTBF, which stands for “mean time between failure”, is commonly used across many industries. Unfortunately though, it has become widely abused in some. The white paper, Mean Time Between Failure: Explanation and Standards, published by...
Dell drives workstation innovation
Earlier this year, Dell opened its first Virtual Workstation Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Round Rock, Texas to provide customers and partners with the necessary resources and expert advice to help them leverage virtualised workstations and architect a solution to...
Software escrow imperative in Africa
The Information Age, enabled by skyrocketing smartphone penetration rates in Africa, eventually shows signs of becoming a reality for the continent. And, when it does, the impact on its economies is expected to spark a boom in IT and internet-driven businesses....
PCI compliance combats credit fraud
The latest statistics from the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) revealed that South Africa’s banking industry lost R366,8-million in 2013 due to South African-issued credit card fraud - a 22% increase from the previous year. This alarming rise of...
Education industry a victim of inferior WiFi
The education and academic sectors are still wasting money on inferior WiFi solutions that simply don’t meet the needs of student – and what is more, they are not alone. According to Quentin Daffarn, MD at UC-Wireless, one of the top Ruckus Wireless Partners of...
Peek into new black hole
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole blasting molecular gas at 1-million kilometres per hour from a galaxy. New research led by Clive Tadhunter (Sheffield University) and including Raffaella Morganti, Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON/Kapteyn Institute Groningen...
Consortium aims to drive IoT connectivity
Intel is leading a consortium of technology leaders who aim to ensure the interoperability of the billions of devices projected to come online by 2020.These include devices ranging from PCs, smartphones and tablets to home and industrial appliances and new wearable...
FDI drives contact centre growth
The Western Cape has shown impressive growth over the past year, with 3 400 business process outsourcing (BPO) and contact centre jobs created. According to the recently-launched 2014 BPeSA Key Indicator Report, the BPO industry employs more than 40 000 people, of...
Telkom outlines its restructuring process
Telkom has issued a statement outlining its version of the restructuring process currently underway. “Telkom would like to place on record the facts surrounding its restructuring process to dismiss allegations by labour unions regarding the process and criteria under...
SA manufacturing shows positive trends
A complete revival of the South African manufacturing sector may be some years away yet, but a review of the first half of 2014 carried out by global research and advisory services firm IDC reveals a series of positive indicators for the industry's future direction....
Education must keep track with IT trends
IT has always been one of the fastest growing industries, and it is important that public and private higher education institutions – despite certain constraints – keep students up to date with the latest developments as a matter of course, an education expert says....