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Businesses need better wireless LANs
Aruba Networks’ recent #GenMobile report revealed how mobility as a user trend has transformed the traditional workforce. Some of the most telling findings were that most South Africans prefer wireless connectivity over fixed lines, and that 93% of respondents...
Towards a true self-driving car
To accelerate innovation toward a future of autonomous vehicles, Intel has announced the availability of a family of hardware and software products - as well as additional investments and advanced technology research - aimed at helping the car evolve to better inform,...
Microsoft, salesforce.com in strategic deal
Microsoft and salesforce.com have announced a strategic partnership to create new solutions that connect salesforce.com’s customer relationship management (CRM) apps and platform to Microsoft Office and Windows, so that customers can be more productive. Terms of the...
Mobile shipments set to decline
Based on a greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter, and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s will face additional market challenges the rest of the year, International Data Corporation IDC) has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast....
Debt stress continues to improve
Debt stress amongst businesses continued to fall in Q1 2014, marking a third consecutive quarter of improvement, according to the Experian Business Debt Indext (BDI). This was despite the fact that the domestic economy appeared to be severely negatively affected by...
Misconfigured apps to drive breaches
Almost 2,2-billion smartphones and tablets will be sold to end-users in 2014, according to Gartner. While security incidents originating from mobile devices are rare, Gartner said that by 2017, 75% of mobile security breaches will be the result of mobile application...
Addressing SA’s IT skills gap
The data scientist is a key factor in enabling competitive advantage today and in the future. But businesses must move fast. Across southern Africa there is currently a big data skills gap that must be addressed if businesses are to have the appropriate resources in...
FNB eWallets reach R10bn milestone
More than R10-billion has been sent to South African recipients via FNB’s mobile money solution, eWallet, since its inception. During the last year alone (May 2013 to April 2014), 53% (R5,3-billion) of that R10-billion was sent – indicating that mobile money is fast...
Internet governance commission meets
The Global Commission on Internet Governance, chaired by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, has held its first in-person meeting to discuss key issues of Internet governance. Held this week in Stockholm, Sweden, the meeting consisted of a fruitful discussion on a...
Healthy growth for world WLAN market
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 7% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). According to the preliminary results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Technica grows local cyber security skills
Technica, provider of easily accessible and internationally accredited e-learning solutions, aims to redefine skills development in South Africa through the provision of interactive multi-media training, tailored to the South African marketplace. Initially designed...
Zetes wins Ugandan biometric contract
Zetes announces that it has won a contract to supply Uganda with 4 250 biometric kits for citizen identification. The project is being delivered in conjunction with MFI, Zetes’ main local contractor and partner. The biometric kits will be used for voter registration...
uAfrica.com, Shopify grow African e-commerce
uAfrica.com, a South African e-commerce technology company, has partnered with Shopify, a leading commerce platform that specialises in powerful solutions for retailers to sell online and in-store, to provide its services to the South African market. South Africans...
Businesses need better wireless LANs
Aruba Networks’ recent #GenMobile report revealed how mobility as a user trend has transformed the traditional workforce. Some of the most telling findings were that most South Africans prefer wireless connectivity over fixed lines, and that 93% of respondents...
Towards a true self-driving car
To accelerate innovation toward a future of autonomous vehicles, Intel has announced the availability of a family of hardware and software products - as well as additional investments and advanced technology research - aimed at helping the car evolve to better inform,...
Microsoft, salesforce.com in strategic deal
Microsoft and salesforce.com have announced a strategic partnership to create new solutions that connect salesforce.com’s customer relationship management (CRM) apps and platform to Microsoft Office and Windows, so that customers can be more productive. Terms of the...
Mobile shipments set to decline
Based on a greater decline in demand than predicted in the first quarter, and concerns that tablets and 2-in-1s will face additional market challenges the rest of the year, International Data Corporation IDC) has lowered its 2014 worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 forecast....
Debt stress continues to improve
Debt stress amongst businesses continued to fall in Q1 2014, marking a third consecutive quarter of improvement, according to the Experian Business Debt Indext (BDI). This was despite the fact that the domestic economy appeared to be severely negatively affected by...
Misconfigured apps to drive breaches
Almost 2,2-billion smartphones and tablets will be sold to end-users in 2014, according to Gartner. While security incidents originating from mobile devices are rare, Gartner said that by 2017, 75% of mobile security breaches will be the result of mobile application...
Addressing SA’s IT skills gap
The data scientist is a key factor in enabling competitive advantage today and in the future. But businesses must move fast. Across southern Africa there is currently a big data skills gap that must be addressed if businesses are to have the appropriate resources in...