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African apps shine at Ericsson awards
South African Team WorkMode has won the Student category of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards. The team won the award for an app that helps workers collaborate by allowing them to see the real-time work context and tasks of colleagues. The jury motivated its choice...
Emerging markets are less competitive
Swiss business school IMD has released its annual world competitiveness ranking of 60 economies. The IMD World Competitiveness Centre also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business. "The overall competitiveness story for 2014 is one of continued...
Gemalto selected for Algerian e-passport
Gemalto has been chosen to help Algeria roll out its ambitious e-passport strategy. The Algerian governmental agency, Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie, has selected Gemalto’s Sealys eCover for e-passports and embedded e-travel software to support its...
Mobile payment app from Standard Bank
Standard Bank has launched it mobile payment app, SnapScan - the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN number. According to Standard Bank’s head of...
New prize commemorates Big Bang discovery
Yesterday (20 May) marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation - one of the strongest pieces of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. This discovery in 1964 by Bell Labs scientists Arno Penzias...
ATI spends R35m on infrastructure, equipment
Black-owned artisan training company, Artisan Training Institute (ATI), has invested R35-million in satellite offices, refurbishing buildings and upgrading – and buying – equipment. This is according to co-founder and CEO, Sean Jones, who says: “This R35-million has...
Veeam launches Availability Suite
Veeam Software, innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Centre, has announced Veeam Availability Suite (available Q3, 2014), a solution that ensures all applications and data are accessible whenever and wherever they are needed....
FNB improves building security with Jasco
As one of the largest banks in South Africa, security is a top priority for FNB. When the camera system at the bank’s Fairland building reached end of life, increasing security risks and adding to operational costs, upgrading it became paramount. FNB turned to Jasco...
Rectron offers new Seagate harddrive
South African ICT and consumer electronics distributor, Rectron, has announced availability of the Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4. The 6Tb hard disk drive (HDD) offers the fastest performance available for a nearline HDD and delivers up to 25% performance...
Telkom to buy out BCX
Telkom is to make a cash offer to buy out all of Business Connexion’s (BCX’s) shares. The value of the deal will be about R2,7-billion. As one of the largest ICT and cloud service providers on the JSE, BCX has offices in the UK and Dubai as well as in South Africa. It...
Zambia, IBM to provide access to medicine
IBM has announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. Supported by the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UNICEF and London Business School, Zambia’s Medical...
eBay users’ details are under threat
eBay is asking its users to change their passwords because of a cyber-attack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data. The company says it has no evidence of the compromise resulting in unauthorised activity for eBay...
Google has the most valuable brand
Google has been named as the most valuable brand, according to BrandZ’s Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2014. The brand saw a 40% rise in brand value over the last year, for a total 324% appreciation since 2006. Apple, the second most valuable brand, has grown...
African apps shine at Ericsson awards
South African Team WorkMode has won the Student category of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards. The team won the award for an app that helps workers collaborate by allowing them to see the real-time work context and tasks of colleagues. The jury motivated its choice...
Emerging markets are less competitive
Swiss business school IMD has released its annual world competitiveness ranking of 60 economies. The IMD World Competitiveness Centre also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business. "The overall competitiveness story for 2014 is one of continued...
Gemalto selected for Algerian e-passport
Gemalto has been chosen to help Algeria roll out its ambitious e-passport strategy. The Algerian governmental agency, Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie, has selected Gemalto’s Sealys eCover for e-passports and embedded e-travel software to support its...
Mobile payment app from Standard Bank
Standard Bank has launched it mobile payment app, SnapScan - the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN number. According to Standard Bank’s head of...
New prize commemorates Big Bang discovery
Yesterday (20 May) marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation - one of the strongest pieces of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe. This discovery in 1964 by Bell Labs scientists Arno Penzias...
ATI spends R35m on infrastructure, equipment
Black-owned artisan training company, Artisan Training Institute (ATI), has invested R35-million in satellite offices, refurbishing buildings and upgrading – and buying – equipment. This is according to co-founder and CEO, Sean Jones, who says: “This R35-million has...
Veeam launches Availability Suite
Veeam Software, innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Centre, has announced Veeam Availability Suite (available Q3, 2014), a solution that ensures all applications and data are accessible whenever and wherever they are needed....