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Oliver Fortuin heads to BT
IBM and HP veteran Oliver Fortuin has taken up the reins at BT, heading its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Fortuin will be in charge of growing BT’s business and leading the regional management team. Best known as country manager of both HP and IBM, and a long-time...
Smartphone sales beat expectations
The worldwide smartphone market began the year with an expected retrenchment from holiday quarter shipment volumes, but still posted a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
New data services from MTN
MTN South Africa has revamped its Internet offering by introducing several new and cost-effective packages to address the varied connectivity requirements of prepaid, contract and hybrid consumers. "The solutions that MTN is bringing to the market today enable...
BI, analytics see healthy growth
Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totalled $14,4-billion in 2013 - an 8% increase from 2012 revenue of $13,3-billion,...
Digital marketing budgets set to increase
Digital marketing budgets will rise by 10% in 2014, following a double-digit percentage increase in 2013, according to a survey of marketing executives by Gartner. The survey found that, on average, companies spent 10,7% of their annual 2013 revenue on overall...
Huge growth in infrastructure spending
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), revenue for the worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market increased 45,6% year-over-year to nearly $7,6-billion during calendar year 2013. The market generated 2,4 exabytes of new storage capacity...
New trends drive hardcopy market
As the hardcopy industry shifts its focus from hardware to business document workflow automation and optimisation, a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) user survey has identified important trends that can help providers sharpen their solutions development...
Cancer screening day set for success
South Africa's dermatologists are yielding to a call to participate in the country's first ever National Skin Cancer Screening Day, which will take place on the first day of spring, 1 September 2014. According to Dr Derek Odendaal, president of the South African...
Microsoft releases IE vulnerability fix
Microsoft has released a fix to an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability, including protection for Windows XP users. Adrienne Hall, GM: Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, urges users to turn on their automatic updates to allow the fix to take effect. “One of the...
Companies, software vendors need pre-nups
As the recession shows signs of easing, it is worthwhile to take a look at your business's intimate software vendor relationships, and protect yourself – if you haven’t already – from unforeseen circumstances that could put your business continuity at risk just as...
Safeguarding corporate information
The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has gained popularity steadily across all sizes of business, from small operations right through to large corporates, says Fred Mitchell, Symantec division manager, Drive Control Corporation. This is due to BYOD enabling...
Open source equates to innovation
A new report on the popular Web site Information Is Beautiful shows just how many-millions of lines of software are running behind the scenes in products we all take for granted. Some of the heavyweight operating systems and application packages are on the list, but...
Job Mail hits millionth CV milestone
Job Mail, the only South African jobs portal that allows employers and recruitment agencies to post free job ads, has just filed its one-millionth CV, says Angelique Robbertse, product and marketing manager at JobMail. That means employers and recruitment agencies now...
Oliver Fortuin heads to BT
IBM and HP veteran Oliver Fortuin has taken up the reins at BT, heading its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Fortuin will be in charge of growing BT’s business and leading the regional management team. Best known as country manager of both HP and IBM, and a long-time...
Smartphone sales beat expectations
The worldwide smartphone market began the year with an expected retrenchment from holiday quarter shipment volumes, but still posted a year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
New data services from MTN
MTN South Africa has revamped its Internet offering by introducing several new and cost-effective packages to address the varied connectivity requirements of prepaid, contract and hybrid consumers. "The solutions that MTN is bringing to the market today enable...
BI, analytics see healthy growth
Worldwide business intelligence (BI) and analytics software, consisting of BI platforms, corporate performance management (CPM) suites, analytic applications and advanced analytics, totalled $14,4-billion in 2013 - an 8% increase from 2012 revenue of $13,3-billion,...
Digital marketing budgets set to increase
Digital marketing budgets will rise by 10% in 2014, following a double-digit percentage increase in 2013, according to a survey of marketing executives by Gartner. The survey found that, on average, companies spent 10,7% of their annual 2013 revenue on overall...
Huge growth in infrastructure spending
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), revenue for the worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market increased 45,6% year-over-year to nearly $7,6-billion during calendar year 2013. The market generated 2,4 exabytes of new storage capacity...
New trends drive hardcopy market
As the hardcopy industry shifts its focus from hardware to business document workflow automation and optimisation, a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) user survey has identified important trends that can help providers sharpen their solutions development...