Technology News
SA trends to temporary work
Temporary employment is a growing trend in the South African market, with permanent positions in decline. Benefits of hiring temporary workers include cost savings, flexibility and addressing skills shortages.
Right to be forgotten or censorship?
Google has started removing search results in compliance with a European court ruling around the “right to be forgotten” – but some of the news items that have been targeted are raising new objections. A Google statement about the process reads: “We have recently...
Tech sales lose out to poor communications
There is new and ever more capable technology at our disposal but, as a leading sales training organisation warns, technology salespeople are often the first to miss the opportunity to bring this to the masses. Doug Tucker, MD of Sales Commando, believes that those at...
Lenovo launches financial services in SA
Lenovo has launched Lenovo Financial Services (LFS) in South Africa, offering a cost-effective solution that allows enterprises and SMEs to manage their assets through regular refresh cycles on a subsidised rental basis.
Miniduke attacks are back in force
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the old style Miniduke implants from 2013 are still around - and they are being used in active campaigns that target governments and other entities. In addition, Miniduke’s new platform – BotGenStudio – may be used not...
Wearables: another flash in the pan?
Wearable devices are on the rise now, but their popularity could wane quickly. Forrester vice-president and principal analyst James McQuivey predicts that, by 2016, their functionality will be absorbed by other devices, such as smartphones and sensor-laden headphones....
IT spending heads for 2,1% growth
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,7-trillion in 2014, a 2,1% increase from last year; however, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3,2%, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The slower outlook for 2014 is attributed to a reduction...
Ericsson delivers 5G speeds in live demo
5G implementation in commercial mobile networks is expected in 2020, but Ericsson says it has already achieved speeds of 5Gbps in live, over-the-air demonstrations of its pre-standard 5G network technology. The performance, witnessed by managers from NTT Docomo and SK...
Ruckus creates municipal hotspots in the US
Ruckus Wireless has announced a major initiative with the City and County of San Francisco, the City of San José, CA and Global Reach Technology to create the first large-scale municipal Hotspot 2.0 service that allows millions of visitors and residents to...
SAP announces new UX solutions
SAP Africa has announced four new user experience (UX) rapid-deployment solutions that enable businesses to adopt the latest user UX innovations from SAP, including SAP Fiori and SAP Screen Personas software. These solutions are a simple and predictable way for users...
LG G3 to arrive in SA soon
LG Electronics will be introducing its eagerly anticipated G3 smartphone to the local market in August 2014, the successor to the company’s well-received LG G2. LG G3 aims to redefine the definition of a global smartphone for global customers. Developed under the...
AccessData, ARM partner in Africa
AccessData and ARM launch ResolutionOne Platform with the world’s first Continuous Automated Incident Resolution (CAIR) integrated solution. AccessData, the leader in incident resolution solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with African Risk Mitigation...
Softline wins Microsoft award
Softline has been honored with the Office 365 Partner of the Year award at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. This award is yet another badge of success for Softline, recognition of its soaring competency in the field of Microsoft cloud solutions, and our...
SA trends to temporary work
Temporary employment is a growing trend in the South African market, with permanent positions in decline. Benefits of hiring temporary workers include cost savings, flexibility and addressing skills shortages.
Right to be forgotten or censorship?
Google has started removing search results in compliance with a European court ruling around the “right to be forgotten” – but some of the news items that have been targeted are raising new objections. A Google statement about the process reads: “We have recently...
Tech sales lose out to poor communications
There is new and ever more capable technology at our disposal but, as a leading sales training organisation warns, technology salespeople are often the first to miss the opportunity to bring this to the masses. Doug Tucker, MD of Sales Commando, believes that those at...
Lenovo launches financial services in SA
Lenovo has launched Lenovo Financial Services (LFS) in South Africa, offering a cost-effective solution that allows enterprises and SMEs to manage their assets through regular refresh cycles on a subsidised rental basis.
Miniduke attacks are back in force
Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the old style Miniduke implants from 2013 are still around - and they are being used in active campaigns that target governments and other entities. In addition, Miniduke’s new platform – BotGenStudio – may be used not...
Wearables: another flash in the pan?
Wearable devices are on the rise now, but their popularity could wane quickly. Forrester vice-president and principal analyst James McQuivey predicts that, by 2016, their functionality will be absorbed by other devices, such as smartphones and sensor-laden headphones....
IT spending heads for 2,1% growth
Worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,7-trillion in 2014, a 2,1% increase from last year; however, this growth rate is down from earlier projections of 3,2%, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The slower outlook for 2014 is attributed to a reduction...