Technology News
Lendico starts up in SA financial sector
Start-up builder Africa Internet Holding (AIH) has launched Lendico – a digital alternative to banks that enables investors to directly fund the loans of private individuals - in South Africa. The NCR-approved Lendico marketplace now offers borrowers cheap loans and...
Monetisation key to IoT adoption
The Internet of Things (IoT), which includes intelligent devices ranging from smartphones to medical robotics, is forecast to grow to 26-billion units installed by 2020, representing an almost 30-fold increase from 0,9-billion in 2009. Adoption is predicated upon...
Nollywood key to Nigeria’s growth
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy, according to reports released by the Nigerian government, with the West African country’s GDP now totalling $510-billion. The new value of the economy includes previously uncalculated data from sectors...
Server virtualisation continues EMEA growth
According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Virtualisation Tracker, 33% of all new servers shipped in EMEA in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) were virtualised, a moderate increase from 30% in 4Q12. Physical server shipments were flat this quarter, showing only a 0,3%...
Semiconductor revenue grew 5% in 2013
Total worldwide semiconductor revenue reached $315-billion in 2013, up 5% from 2012, according to Gartner. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors increased by 6,9% during 2013. This was a significantly better performance than the rest of the market,...
Accsys aims to meet Africa’s HR needs
There is a definite increase in interest in - and adoption of human resource, payroll and time & attendance solutions in Africa. One service provider has positioned itself to take advantage of the growing opportunity and has focused intensely on entrenching and...
Effective storage, backup for professionals
Data is a critical business asset in today’s digital world, and backups have therefore become essential in ensuring business continuity. As a result, many organisations have embarked on backup strategies aligned with business needs and requirement, says Anamika...
Veeam, NetApp team up for data protection
Veeam Software, innovative provider of Data Protection for the Modern Data Centre, announced it is collaborating with NetApp to create a new data protection solution for the modern data centre to enable the always-on business. Through this partnership, Veeam will...
IM is key for animal feed manufacturing
A sector that produces almost 11-million tonnes of feed and is calculated as being worth between R22-billion and R25 billion rand, the South African animal feed industry faces a number of challenges, with the maintenance of good profit margins and acceptable levels of...
Johnson Controls introduces mini chillers
Johnson Controls has introduced its line of modular mini chillers to provide easy installation, affordability and scalability for small and large facilities in South Africa. Each module is designed to integrate easily with each other, giving users the right amount of...
Users warned of new SIM swop scam
MTN South Africa has issued a warning to its customers of a new SIM swop scam that attempts to obtain the personal banking details of MTN customers. The syndicate sends an e-mail similar to the following: “Dear Client, “We have discovered a suspected SIM swap attempt...
Windows XP a platform for vulnerabilities
Banks and other financial institutions are the most likely to be at risk when support for Windows XP comes to an end today (8 April). According to security software provider Trend Micro the vulnerabilities in the software will become so extreme that they will pose a...
The mainframe: 50 and still going strong
Today (8 April 2014) marks the 50th anniversary of IBM’s mainframe computer – an event that heralded the beginning of the era of commercial computing. 50 years ago, IBM introduced the System/360, considered by many to be the most sophisticated computer of its time and...
Lendico starts up in SA financial sector
Start-up builder Africa Internet Holding (AIH) has launched Lendico – a digital alternative to banks that enables investors to directly fund the loans of private individuals - in South Africa. The NCR-approved Lendico marketplace now offers borrowers cheap loans and...
Monetisation key to IoT adoption
The Internet of Things (IoT), which includes intelligent devices ranging from smartphones to medical robotics, is forecast to grow to 26-billion units installed by 2020, representing an almost 30-fold increase from 0,9-billion in 2009. Adoption is predicated upon...
Nollywood key to Nigeria’s growth
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy, according to reports released by the Nigerian government, with the West African country’s GDP now totalling $510-billion. The new value of the economy includes previously uncalculated data from sectors...
Server virtualisation continues EMEA growth
According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Virtualisation Tracker, 33% of all new servers shipped in EMEA in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13) were virtualised, a moderate increase from 30% in 4Q12. Physical server shipments were flat this quarter, showing only a 0,3%...
Semiconductor revenue grew 5% in 2013
Total worldwide semiconductor revenue reached $315-billion in 2013, up 5% from 2012, according to Gartner. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors increased by 6,9% during 2013. This was a significantly better performance than the rest of the market,...
Accsys aims to meet Africa’s HR needs
There is a definite increase in interest in - and adoption of human resource, payroll and time & attendance solutions in Africa. One service provider has positioned itself to take advantage of the growing opportunity and has focused intensely on entrenching and...
Effective storage, backup for professionals
Data is a critical business asset in today’s digital world, and backups have therefore become essential in ensuring business continuity. As a result, many organisations have embarked on backup strategies aligned with business needs and requirement, says Anamika...