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Mobile media drives economies
Mobile media will be a key advertising opportunity in the next three years, overtaking paid content revenues by 2015.
New ATMs for Barclays Botswana
Barclays Bank of Botswana has partnered with Bytes Managed Solutions, the exclusive distributor of NCR technology solutions in southern Africa, for the installation of intelligent cash deposit ATMs. Last month, the bank launched a new generation of ATMs that provide...
SA security appliances market declines
The South African security appliances market declined 17,1% in value year-on-year to $10,54-million in Q1 2014, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published by international market intelligence and research agency IDC. In terms of market...
Skinstad, McChlery drive Sharp brand
South African Sharp distributor, Seartec, has relaunched with a new vision, an updated look and feel, and new management – with business leader Mark McChlery and entrepreneur Bob Skinstad named as executive directors.
Comstor to weed out grey Cisco products
Local Cisco distributor Comstor is helping customers to address grey imports without breaking the bank, through the support of the Cisco Certified Refurbishment Equipment (CCRE) programme.
Quality concerns around Nigerian telecoms
While the Nigerian telecommunications sector has witnessed phenomenal growth since the turn of the millennium, the time has come for operators and government agencies alike to address the varied levels of service quality that continue to plague the industry. That's...
Young users stick with Facebook
Some 78% of online youth in the United States use Facebook at least one a month, while 28% say they use the site "all the time", according to a new Forrester survey of more than 4 500 youth aged 12 to 17. Comparatively, this equates to greater teen usage of Facebook...
Competition flattens digital signage growth
Cheaper, conventional TV panels are challenging specialised, custom products in the digital signage space, according to a new report from HIS Technology.Consisting of digital signage monitors and digital signage televisions used in venues like hotels and public...
Cyber-attacks on businesses increase
In a survey of nearly 4 000 IT managers across 27 countries, Kaspersky Lab has found that targeted attacks are on the rise year-over-year. The survey also identified the business sectors most likely to be targeted. Additionally, the survey revealed that 12% of all...
AxizWorkgroup, EMC join forces
Leading IT hardware and software distributor AxizWorkgroup and EMC Southern Africa have joined forces on EMC’s entry-level programme. The programme centres around EMC’s industry-leading VNX family of hybrid storage solutions as well as the VSPEX Proven...
The omni-channel future of retail
Imagine for a moment what an electronics and appliance retailer might look like in the not-too-distant future. A customer walks into a bricks and mortar branch to check out a Nespresso machine she’s had on her wishlist on an e-commerce website, after the retailer has...
Take care with small business development
South Africa’s government has called on the market to offer more assistance to small businesses to help them develop and sustain their operations. However, HR and payroll experts at Accsys advise that the relationship between small businesses and their larger...
McAfee positioned in magic quadrant
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has announced that leading research firm Gartner has positioned the company in the Leaders Quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways” as published on 23 June 2014. Gartner’s research examined leading companies offering...
Mobile media drives economies
Mobile media will be a key advertising opportunity in the next three years, overtaking paid content revenues by 2015.
New ATMs for Barclays Botswana
Barclays Bank of Botswana has partnered with Bytes Managed Solutions, the exclusive distributor of NCR technology solutions in southern Africa, for the installation of intelligent cash deposit ATMs. Last month, the bank launched a new generation of ATMs that provide...
SA security appliances market declines
The South African security appliances market declined 17,1% in value year-on-year to $10,54-million in Q1 2014, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published by international market intelligence and research agency IDC. In terms of market...
Skinstad, McChlery drive Sharp brand
South African Sharp distributor, Seartec, has relaunched with a new vision, an updated look and feel, and new management – with business leader Mark McChlery and entrepreneur Bob Skinstad named as executive directors.
Comstor to weed out grey Cisco products
Local Cisco distributor Comstor is helping customers to address grey imports without breaking the bank, through the support of the Cisco Certified Refurbishment Equipment (CCRE) programme.
Quality concerns around Nigerian telecoms
While the Nigerian telecommunications sector has witnessed phenomenal growth since the turn of the millennium, the time has come for operators and government agencies alike to address the varied levels of service quality that continue to plague the industry. That's...
Young users stick with Facebook
Some 78% of online youth in the United States use Facebook at least one a month, while 28% say they use the site "all the time", according to a new Forrester survey of more than 4 500 youth aged 12 to 17. Comparatively, this equates to greater teen usage of Facebook...