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How to make satellite connectivity a reality
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton - The verdict is in, and consensus is that satellite is the best way to ensure nationwide broadband connectivity. But what needs to happen to make that a reality? Denis Burgevin, vice-president: business development at Thales Alenia...
Why satellite for nationwide coverage?
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton - It is a well-known fact the ICT is a major contributor to the development and prosperity of a nation. And, while Internet connectivity has the ability to increase a country’s GPD (gross domestic product), better connectivity can...
Google Glass more than the sum of its parts
Teardown analysis is a useful tool for understanding the component and manufacturing cost of electronics devices - but it doesn’t always tell the whole story of the value of a product. Case in point is Google Glass, which sells for $1 500 - but has hardware and...
New polymers pack a punch
Scientists from IBM Research have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials that can potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace and microelectronics. Through the unique approach of combining high...
Customer-centric firms will thrive in future
Companies need to become customer-centric to meet new market expectations. This is one of the messages from an International Data Corporation (IDC) report, IDC MaturityScape: Social Business, designed to help companies assess competency and maturity in the use of...
Application infrastructure, middleware grows
The worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software revenue market totalled $21,5-billion in 2013, a 5,6% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. "Application infrastructure and middleware projects are becoming the cornerstone of the digital...
Seasonal decline for storage sales
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market was down -6,9% year-over-year, with nearly 19-million units shipped in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level...
Intel Science prize goes to cancer project
15-year-old Nathan Han of Boston has been awarded first place for developing a machine learning software tool to study mutations of a gene linked to breast cancer at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Using data from publicly available...
Improving the online retail experience
Consumers in South Africa continue to be frustrated with their online shopping experiences as a result of Web sites that simply don’t offer what they propose to, are inferior, don’t support customer intimacy, are out-dated in their approach to the user experience or...
Fibre key to African connectivity
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton - Terrestrial and metro fibre will ultimately be the key solution to letting more consumers access bandwidth. To accomplish this, there are a number of investment models that can be followed – all of them presenting both challenges and...
Riverbed’s Cascade now in the cloud
Riverbed Technology has announced a virtual edition of Riverbed Cascade Express 460, which provides visibility into private cloud or software-defined data centre environments running virtualised networks so IT teams can quickly view network and application performance...
Neotel partners with WAPA
In order to improve telecommunications access across the towns and under-serviced areas in South Africa, Neotel has partnered with the Wireless Access Providers' Association (WAPA) as a full member. The partnership gives Neotel access to WAPA resources and members...
Jasco announces DataVoice Libra v8.0
Jasco has announced the availability of the latest update to the DataVoice Libra Voice Recorder solution, a full-featured enterprise-class voice recording, storage and retrieval solution that scales seamlessly for any size of business, from SMEs to large corporates....
How to make satellite connectivity a reality
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton - The verdict is in, and consensus is that satellite is the best way to ensure nationwide broadband connectivity. But what needs to happen to make that a reality? Denis Burgevin, vice-president: business development at Thales Alenia...
Why satellite for nationwide coverage?
Kathy Gibson at SatCom, Sandton - It is a well-known fact the ICT is a major contributor to the development and prosperity of a nation. And, while Internet connectivity has the ability to increase a country’s GPD (gross domestic product), better connectivity can...
Google Glass more than the sum of its parts
Teardown analysis is a useful tool for understanding the component and manufacturing cost of electronics devices - but it doesn’t always tell the whole story of the value of a product. Case in point is Google Glass, which sells for $1 500 - but has hardware and...
New polymers pack a punch
Scientists from IBM Research have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials that can potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace and microelectronics. Through the unique approach of combining high...
Customer-centric firms will thrive in future
Companies need to become customer-centric to meet new market expectations. This is one of the messages from an International Data Corporation (IDC) report, IDC MaturityScape: Social Business, designed to help companies assess competency and maturity in the use of...
Application infrastructure, middleware grows
The worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software revenue market totalled $21,5-billion in 2013, a 5,6% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. "Application infrastructure and middleware projects are becoming the cornerstone of the digital...
Seasonal decline for storage sales
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market was down -6,9% year-over-year, with nearly 19-million units shipped in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level...