Technology News
IBM takes the mainframe into the cloud
As it celebrates 50 years since its first mainframe launch, IBM has announced a series of new enterprise cloud offerings for the platform which will help clients and service providers to reduce the cost of operations and rapidly deploy trusted cloud services with...
Seacom partners with Akamai on cloud
Seacom has announced a partnership with Akamai Technologies, deploying Akamai content clusters and caching nodes on the Seacom pan-African IP network footprint. The nodes will accelerate and optimise HTTP content, rich media, downloadable files, video, music, software...
Infobip debuts end-to-end messaging in SA
Global provider of mobile messaging and payment provider Infobip has launched what it believes to be the first ever end-to-end business messaging solution in South Africa. Infobip claims to be the only provider to enable companies - banks, brands, OTTs, social...
Enterprise hardware sees MEA growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market - comprising servers and external storage - remains in a passive state, according to the latest figures released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Server and Disk...
Maodi Attorneys cuts costs with Teleforge
Teleforge Communications, a tier-3 voice solutions provider focused on providing carrier-grade voice services to medium and large enterprises and call centres, has announced it has saved Maodi Attorneys, a black-owned debt collection based in Kempton Park, 50% on its...
Phoenix offers Parallels software
Leading distributor of software products in sub-Saharan Africa, Phoenix Distribution, has announced the availability of a variety of award-winning Parallels software. Parallels, a global leader in cross-platform solutions, provides businesses, educational institutions...
Complex IT security outpaces in-house skills
The ever-growing complexity of IT security technologies will continue to push more companies to outsource IT security to managed service providers. The average company just doesn’t have the skills in-house to manage and maintain increasingly-sophisticated security...
DCC appoints new Huawei PM
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has appointed Zubair Loonat as its new Huawei Enterprise product manager (PM). Loonat will focus on the entire Huawei Enterprise suite of products including servers, storage, switches, security, unified communications (UC)...
Adapt IT automates UTi’s credit notes
UTi has engaged with Adapt IT to automate their credit note management system. UTi recognised that accuracy and effective reporting functionality are key to a good credit note management system and by replacing its manual system with an automated one could result in...
BYOD catches SA companies by surprise
Organisations in South Africa have been caught on the proverbial back foot when it comes to one of the fastest growing trends in the local IT industry: BYOD. With the fast-rising adoption of smart devices in SA, the percentage of those users connecting to their...
Cyber-attacks more widespread, damaging
After lurking in the shadows for the first 10 months of 2013, cybercriminals have unleashed the most damaging series of cyber-attacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Volume 19, shows a significant shift in cybercriminal behaviour,...
Integrity tops for SA executives
Dispelling the perception that South African executives are a “happy-go-lucky bunch”, Grant Thornton’s latest report on business leadership trends reveals that humour and modesty are considered by senior management to be the least important for good leadership. The...
IBM announces new mainframe offerings
IBM yesterday announced new offerings for System z that will provide clients with a platform for the rapid development and deployment of mobile applications, and the complete integration of these with their core business processes, applications and data. The...
IBM takes the mainframe into the cloud
As it celebrates 50 years since its first mainframe launch, IBM has announced a series of new enterprise cloud offerings for the platform which will help clients and service providers to reduce the cost of operations and rapidly deploy trusted cloud services with...
Seacom partners with Akamai on cloud
Seacom has announced a partnership with Akamai Technologies, deploying Akamai content clusters and caching nodes on the Seacom pan-African IP network footprint. The nodes will accelerate and optimise HTTP content, rich media, downloadable files, video, music, software...
Infobip debuts end-to-end messaging in SA
Global provider of mobile messaging and payment provider Infobip has launched what it believes to be the first ever end-to-end business messaging solution in South Africa. Infobip claims to be the only provider to enable companies - banks, brands, OTTs, social...
Enterprise hardware sees MEA growth
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) enterprise hardware market - comprising servers and external storage - remains in a passive state, according to the latest figures released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Server and Disk...
Maodi Attorneys cuts costs with Teleforge
Teleforge Communications, a tier-3 voice solutions provider focused on providing carrier-grade voice services to medium and large enterprises and call centres, has announced it has saved Maodi Attorneys, a black-owned debt collection based in Kempton Park, 50% on its...
Phoenix offers Parallels software
Leading distributor of software products in sub-Saharan Africa, Phoenix Distribution, has announced the availability of a variety of award-winning Parallels software. Parallels, a global leader in cross-platform solutions, provides businesses, educational institutions...
Complex IT security outpaces in-house skills
The ever-growing complexity of IT security technologies will continue to push more companies to outsource IT security to managed service providers. The average company just doesn’t have the skills in-house to manage and maintain increasingly-sophisticated security...