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Load shedding threatens economic viability
Expected load shedding is set to cause chaos by disrupting productivity in the South African economy. Itec believes that cloud and energy back-up solutions will provide businesses with a lifeline. Eskom has already warned that should energy consumption not be reduced,...
Building the next-gen retail operating model
For many decades, a retail organisation's success or failure hinged upon its ability to react to market conditions. But today, the velocity of disruption to retail markets is coming at such a pace that not even the fastest level of reactivity can keep an organisation...
Marathon Graphics uses Xerox to boost growth
Printing company Marathon Graphics, which specialises in plan printing and reproduction, as well as plotting with AutoCAD for architects and engineers, has expanded its range of services following the purchase of several Xerox digital presses from Bytes Document...
Nedbank marks 50 years of tech
Nedbank has celebrated 50 years of technology innovation, having been the first bank to computerise banking services in 1964. More recently, Nedbank made the pioneering decision 20 years ago to choose Microsoft as its main distributed IT infrastructure. This sounds...
Security top reason to shun illegal software
Computer users cite the risk of security threats from malware as the top reason not to use unlicensed software. Among their specific concerns are intrusions by hackers and loss of data. Yet a striking 34% of the software installed on personal computers in South Africa...
Universal service funds key for broadband
It is critical that African governments and the public sector work together more closely than ever to deliver universal broadband access across the continent if it is to drive economic growth, create jobs and provide a range of economic and social benefits. That’s the...
Slump before external storage market surge
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) external storage market may have suffered a marginal 2% year-on-year decline in revenue during the first quarter of 2014 - but the downturn can be attributed to an annual quirk in the market, according to International Data Corporation...
Kaspersky identifies new malware targets
Kaspersky Lab has published a new research report mapping a massive international infrastructure used to control remote control system (RCS) malware implants, and identifying previously undiscovered mobile Trojans that work on both Android and iOS. These modules are...
African operators need to go over the top
Africa - shortly to become a 1-billion person market - is becoming a major focus for over the top (OTT) players looking to exploit the growing mobile ecosystem. According to IDT Global's Jonah Fink, the continent's service providers have the capability to rise to the...
PBBA revenue sees year-on-year decline
Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues declined -2,5% year-over-year to $664,5-million in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Appliance Tracker. In...
Cloud brings convenience to Africa
A lot of myths pervade when it comes to cloud in Africa. In the not-so-distant past, to get their technology infrastructure up and running, companies would purchase or license all their business software and run applications from work PCs or access these programs from...
Trend Micro offers global partner programme
Trend Micro Incorporated, a pioneer in security software, today announced the launch of its global partner programme. The Trend Micro Partner Programme is designed to further enhance the productivity and profitability of its more than 50 000 channel partners by...
Dell offers new storage array series
Dell has announced it will bring its high-end storage capabilities to mid-sized deployments with the creation of a new series of full-featured, enterprise storage arrays. Dell also shared details of its growing software-defined storage (SDS) ecosystem and plans to...
Load shedding threatens economic viability
Expected load shedding is set to cause chaos by disrupting productivity in the South African economy. Itec believes that cloud and energy back-up solutions will provide businesses with a lifeline. Eskom has already warned that should energy consumption not be reduced,...
Building the next-gen retail operating model
For many decades, a retail organisation's success or failure hinged upon its ability to react to market conditions. But today, the velocity of disruption to retail markets is coming at such a pace that not even the fastest level of reactivity can keep an organisation...
Marathon Graphics uses Xerox to boost growth
Printing company Marathon Graphics, which specialises in plan printing and reproduction, as well as plotting with AutoCAD for architects and engineers, has expanded its range of services following the purchase of several Xerox digital presses from Bytes Document...
Nedbank marks 50 years of tech
Nedbank has celebrated 50 years of technology innovation, having been the first bank to computerise banking services in 1964. More recently, Nedbank made the pioneering decision 20 years ago to choose Microsoft as its main distributed IT infrastructure. This sounds...
Security top reason to shun illegal software
Computer users cite the risk of security threats from malware as the top reason not to use unlicensed software. Among their specific concerns are intrusions by hackers and loss of data. Yet a striking 34% of the software installed on personal computers in South Africa...
Universal service funds key for broadband
It is critical that African governments and the public sector work together more closely than ever to deliver universal broadband access across the continent if it is to drive economic growth, create jobs and provide a range of economic and social benefits. That’s the...
Slump before external storage market surge
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) external storage market may have suffered a marginal 2% year-on-year decline in revenue during the first quarter of 2014 - but the downturn can be attributed to an annual quirk in the market, according to International Data Corporation...