Technology News
Samsung drops notebooks in SA
Citing a shift in consumer trends, Samsung will no longer be supplying notebooks to the South African market, effective April 2014. The decision was taken as the company has moved its focus towards solutions that are aligned with the evolution of the technology market...
Hoggarth in Gijima’s sales hot seat
Gijima has named IT industry veteran Bill Hoggarth as its new chief sales officer, effective 1 May 2014. Hoggarth has over 30 years of executive, general management and sales experience in the ICT industry. He joins Gijima from Dataways, a business intelligence...
Emotional intelligence key to change in SA
The learnable, measurable skills of emotional intelligence are key to performance, and now South African organisations have access to the tools that can turn the science into action. A recent multi-year case study at FedEx Express found that increasing emotional...
Social media can help to engage citizens
A recent survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) reveals that Spain, the UK and France are leading the way among the largest countries in Western Europe in adoption of social media by central and local governments. The survey highlights that 40% of local...
Business analytics skills in short supply
The enterprise need for solutions and the introduction of new technologies have created a huge demand for skill sets associated with business analytics services. This is one of the findings from International Data Corporation’s (IDC’s) 2014 MarketScape report...
SA students shine at Imagine Games
A unified communications tool that allows employees to collaborate and share work more effectively, as well as two entertaining space-based puzzle games, triumphed at this year's local finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, which was held last week in partnership with the...
Vodacom Tanzania orders new energy centre
Vodacom Tanzania has ordered an energy centre from Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of prefabricated data centres and intelligent power management systems. It will power Vodacom Tanzania’s main switching centre in the capital Dar es Salaam as replacement for the...
African Blogger award winners announced
The winners of the first annual African Blogger Awards have been announced. Entries were open in four main categories, including the Best African Blog, Best African YouTube Channel, Best African Instagrammer and Best African Twitter profile, as well as across 36...
Economic recovery papers over growing risks
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply’s (CIPS) first-ever CIPS Risk Index reveals the importance of politically unstable regions, such as Eastern Europe and Asia, on the daily activities of businesses in the West, plotting the rapid growth of supply chain...
Capital investment boosts networks
A new study commissioned by Ericsson shows that increased level of investments in network quality and performance create sustainable competitive advantages and improved financial returns for network operators. The study, carried out by Dr Raul Katz, president of...
Local telecoms space will see change in 2014
There has been much investment into the South African telecoms market over the past few years, particularly with regard to undersea and terrestrial fibre backbone networks as well as wireless mobile coverage, says Eckart Zollner, head of Business Development, Jasco...
Don’t let technology dictate training
Companies that want to drive the maximum return on investment out of their efforts to train users to use new business systems and processes should let their training needs dictate the technology they use rather than allowing technology to drive the training strategy....
Call to root out ICT corruption
As fraud and corruption in the ICT industry reach endemic proportions, there are calls for an independent body to bring stakeholders together in a bid to chart how widespread the problem is, and to thrash out a solution. That corruption is a problem is, sadly, beyond...
Samsung drops notebooks in SA
Citing a shift in consumer trends, Samsung will no longer be supplying notebooks to the South African market, effective April 2014. The decision was taken as the company has moved its focus towards solutions that are aligned with the evolution of the technology market...
Hoggarth in Gijima’s sales hot seat
Gijima has named IT industry veteran Bill Hoggarth as its new chief sales officer, effective 1 May 2014. Hoggarth has over 30 years of executive, general management and sales experience in the ICT industry. He joins Gijima from Dataways, a business intelligence...
Emotional intelligence key to change in SA
The learnable, measurable skills of emotional intelligence are key to performance, and now South African organisations have access to the tools that can turn the science into action. A recent multi-year case study at FedEx Express found that increasing emotional...
Social media can help to engage citizens
A recent survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) reveals that Spain, the UK and France are leading the way among the largest countries in Western Europe in adoption of social media by central and local governments. The survey highlights that 40% of local...
Business analytics skills in short supply
The enterprise need for solutions and the introduction of new technologies have created a huge demand for skill sets associated with business analytics services. This is one of the findings from International Data Corporation’s (IDC’s) 2014 MarketScape report...
SA students shine at Imagine Games
A unified communications tool that allows employees to collaborate and share work more effectively, as well as two entertaining space-based puzzle games, triumphed at this year's local finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, which was held last week in partnership with the...
Vodacom Tanzania orders new energy centre
Vodacom Tanzania has ordered an energy centre from Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of prefabricated data centres and intelligent power management systems. It will power Vodacom Tanzania’s main switching centre in the capital Dar es Salaam as replacement for the...