Technology News
Truteq makes inroads into farming community
As house break-ins continue to rise - especially on farms and small holdings - TruTeq Devices continues to build a client base among the farming community, predominantly for its recently-launched wireless security system. Says Derick Roberts, CEO of TruTeq Devices,...
Star formation ideas overturned
Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being. The data show early notions of how star clusters are formed cannot be correct. The...
IT spins complex web of interconnected risks
Cyber risk management professionals need to look beyond their internal IT safeguards to the interconnected risks created by counterparties, outsourced suppliers, supply chains, disruptive technologies, upstream infrastructure and external shocks. This is one of the...
Convergence Partners secures R400m facility
Specialist African ICT investment management firm, Convergence Partners Management, has announced a new R400-million long-term funding facility from Nedbank Capital for Convergence Partners Investments (CPI). CPI is the vehicle that houses Convergence Partners’ first...
Planning for Web-scale IT infrastructure
Agile infrastructures demand that infrastructure and operations (I&O) managers acquire the performance management skills present only in Web-scale IT, according to Gartner. While major organisations will need to maintain and sustain their conventional...
All the leaders in the HR BPO arena
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its 2014 MarketScape report profiling and positioning the leading providers in the worldwide human resource business process outsourcing (HR BPO) market. This new research shows that HR executives will likely move from...
FIFA World Cup gets social with new site
With the kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup a month away, Sony has launched One Stadium Live - a one-of-a-kind social network site dedicated to football fans around the world. The site is hosted on Sony’s One Stadium portal site and optimised for smartphone, tablet,...
CRM software market up 13,7%, says Gartner
Worldwide customer relationship management (CRM) software totalled $20,4-billion in 2013, up 13,7% from $18-billion in 2012, according to Gartner. "High levels of end-user investment in digital marketing and customer experience initiatives were the primary growth...
The wearable tech investment frenzy
Many giant electronics manufacturers, computer services companies and conglomerates have tens of-billions of dollars in the bank that is instantly available for investment to counter their saturating sales in mature markets, says Dr Peter Harrop. Samsung, General...
Turning data into revenue
Data monetisation – the art of turning information into actions that generate business revenue – is generating a lot of interest among enterprises around the world. The possibility that information can be collated and analysed, to deliver the silver bullets that...
HP debuts hybrid cloud services in SA
Kathy Gibson at HP World SA, Johannesburg - HP has launched a new portfolio of cloud products and services in South Africa that help companies to build, manage and consume workloads in hybrid IT environments. The group plans to invest more than $1-billion over the...
Fujitsu extracts value from SAP solutions
Fujitsu simplifies operations, business processes and decision making for customers – whether on the move or in the cloud – to help extract the full value from systems running SAP solutions and integrate the huge amount of data coming from multiple channels and...
Technology drives CT self-catering boom
The latest trend in the global travel industry, the boom in self-catering accommodation, is taking Cape Town by storm following a recent surge in the adoption of technology across the sector. The result has been a large increase in self-catering accommodation bookings...
Truteq makes inroads into farming community
As house break-ins continue to rise - especially on farms and small holdings - TruTeq Devices continues to build a client base among the farming community, predominantly for its recently-launched wireless security system. Says Derick Roberts, CEO of TruTeq Devices,...
Star formation ideas overturned
Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being. The data show early notions of how star clusters are formed cannot be correct. The...
IT spins complex web of interconnected risks
Cyber risk management professionals need to look beyond their internal IT safeguards to the interconnected risks created by counterparties, outsourced suppliers, supply chains, disruptive technologies, upstream infrastructure and external shocks. This is one of the...
Convergence Partners secures R400m facility
Specialist African ICT investment management firm, Convergence Partners Management, has announced a new R400-million long-term funding facility from Nedbank Capital for Convergence Partners Investments (CPI). CPI is the vehicle that houses Convergence Partners’ first...
Planning for Web-scale IT infrastructure
Agile infrastructures demand that infrastructure and operations (I&O) managers acquire the performance management skills present only in Web-scale IT, according to Gartner. While major organisations will need to maintain and sustain their conventional...
All the leaders in the HR BPO arena
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its 2014 MarketScape report profiling and positioning the leading providers in the worldwide human resource business process outsourcing (HR BPO) market. This new research shows that HR executives will likely move from...
FIFA World Cup gets social with new site
With the kick-off of the 2014 FIFA World Cup a month away, Sony has launched One Stadium Live - a one-of-a-kind social network site dedicated to football fans around the world. The site is hosted on Sony’s One Stadium portal site and optimised for smartphone, tablet,...