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Huawei launches data centre in a container
Data centres have become the heart of the modern enterprise, but managing the fast pace of data growth and the need for rapid future expansion has proved a challenging task. Furthermore, deploying a data centre in a new area has traditionally been a costly and time...
New record for nano-engineering
National Geographic Kids has claimed its ninth Guinness World Records title for the Smallest Magazine Cover, using patented technology from IBM, at the US Science & Engineering Festival in Washington. To create the record-setting cover, IBM scientists invented a...
New CEO, new direction for Nokia
Having completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft on 25 April, Nokia has appointed a new CEO and unveiled its strategy and direction going forward. The company has announced the appointment of Rajeev Suri as president...
Bitcoin cybercrime on the increase
The popularity of financial malware targeting Bitcoin grew in 2013, according to the Financial Cyber Threats in 2013 study carried out by Kaspersky Lab. The number of attacks targeting the crypto-currency increased more than 2,5 times and accounted for 8,3-million...
Parallel import pressure boosts consumables
According to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) consumables market remained relatively flat in volume terms during the second half of 2013. However, it saw significant growth in value thanks to an on-going...
DiData offers Microsoft-based private cloud
Dimension Data has announced the availability of a private cloud service based on Microsoft’s Cloud Platform. The new service allows businesses to develop and host Microsoft applications in a secure, dedicated cloud environment. Dimension Data’s Private cloud services...
Personalised shopping with IBM, Fluid
Imagine having access to your own personal shopping assistant anytime, anywhere. Thanks to a partnership between IBM and Fluid, the shopping advisor powered by Watson, you could. Together, IBM and Fluid are working to redefine today's e-commerce experience by evolving...
Microsoft, Nokia Devices come together
Microsoft has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. The completion of the acquisition marks the first step in bringing...
Leveraging real-time predictive analytics
Predictive analytics may not be a new concept in business but the convergence of new market forces such as big data, mobility and cloud computing have resulted in a host of new and powerful opportunities for the application of this valuable technology toolset....
WiFi fundamentally alters smartphone use
Despite the availability of LTE in South Africa, WiFi will remain the preferred form of connectivity for the foreseeable future according to Ruckus Wireless. A Mobidia-sponsored Informa White Paper has found that, globally, WiFi data usage is much greater than...
DevOps is the buzzword of the moment
DevOps has in principle been around for decades. In the early 1980s DevOps was a rudimentary end-to-end process, starting with punching holes into cards (representations of code and data), quality assuring their correctness, followed by physically transporting the...
CommVault enhances partner programme
CommVault has announced new enhancements to its PartnerAdvantage programme, designed to help channel partners accelerate revenue growth and simplify collaboration as they expand into new markets such as data protection, archiving, mobility and cloud services. The...
GIT to distribute dvtel solutions
Graphic Image Technologies (GIT), a specialist in remote CCTV and control room technologies, video compression and transmission, has announced the inclusion of the full dvtel range of solutions into their product portfolio. dvtel offers world-class open, scalable,...
Huawei launches data centre in a container
Data centres have become the heart of the modern enterprise, but managing the fast pace of data growth and the need for rapid future expansion has proved a challenging task. Furthermore, deploying a data centre in a new area has traditionally been a costly and time...
New record for nano-engineering
National Geographic Kids has claimed its ninth Guinness World Records title for the Smallest Magazine Cover, using patented technology from IBM, at the US Science & Engineering Festival in Washington. To create the record-setting cover, IBM scientists invented a...
New CEO, new direction for Nokia
Having completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft on 25 April, Nokia has appointed a new CEO and unveiled its strategy and direction going forward. The company has announced the appointment of Rajeev Suri as president...
Bitcoin cybercrime on the increase
The popularity of financial malware targeting Bitcoin grew in 2013, according to the Financial Cyber Threats in 2013 study carried out by Kaspersky Lab. The number of attacks targeting the crypto-currency increased more than 2,5 times and accounted for 8,3-million...
Parallel import pressure boosts consumables
According to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) consumables market remained relatively flat in volume terms during the second half of 2013. However, it saw significant growth in value thanks to an on-going...
DiData offers Microsoft-based private cloud
Dimension Data has announced the availability of a private cloud service based on Microsoft’s Cloud Platform. The new service allows businesses to develop and host Microsoft applications in a secure, dedicated cloud environment. Dimension Data’s Private cloud services...
Personalised shopping with IBM, Fluid
Imagine having access to your own personal shopping assistant anytime, anywhere. Thanks to a partnership between IBM and Fluid, the shopping advisor powered by Watson, you could. Together, IBM and Fluid are working to redefine today's e-commerce experience by evolving...