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Polystar opens new office in Johannesburg
Polystar has announced the official opening of a new regional sales and support office in Johannesburg, South Africa, effective 1 April 2014. Following the current business growth and the increasing demand in the region, Polystar continues to invest in its market...
MAP grows SA tool, die and mould industry
For many years, the South African tool, die and mould making (TDM) Industry, represented by the Tool Making Association of South Africa (TASA), struggled to defend its market share with increased competition from low cost imports. However, after signing an agreement...
African milestone for Internet Solutions
In a first for the African continent, Internet Solutions (IS) has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform across the company’s South African long distance fibre network, heralding its first entry into the “Terabit Era”. The company says the new platform will deliver...
Arctic ice is under pressure
The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to this period is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap’s...
Global IT on track for modest growth
With the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,8-trillion in 2014, a 3,2% increase from 2013 spending, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. "Globally, businesses are shaking off their malaise and...
Lucky 13 for Big Blue
For the 13th consecutive year, IBM has been named by Gartner as the global market share leader in the application infrastructure and middleware market. Gartner’s All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2013 report names IBM as the leader in application infrastructure and...
Google Plus more engaging than Twitter
While Google Plus can't match Facebook for either number of users or intensity of usage, it offers marketers the opportunity to build deeper social relationships than you might think - especially when compared with Twitter. In fact, Forrester data shows Google Plus...
SA institute to tackle radioactive waste
The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) was formally launched in Pretoria yesterday, with the aim of overseeing the safe management and disposal of radioactive waste in South Africa. This follows its promulgation by Parliament on 9 January 2009, in...
IDC names leaders in mobile app development
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new vendor assessment profiling providers that offer mobile application development, testing, management and infrastructure (mADTMI) services to enterprise-class firms. The MarketScape report found that Accenture,...
Corporate learning helps Africa’s boom
Emerging markets specialist and economist Charles Robertson predicts that Africa is about to "boom”. According to Robertson, the per capita incomes in Africa have doubled since the year 2000, and life expectancy has increased by one year every three years for the last...
SaaS-based business continuity in demand
Business continuity remains a hot button for all organisations, we just need to reflect on the recent unexpected flooding and load shedding to note that continuity problems strike when they are least expected. It is as a result of this that the provision of services...
Convergence is a must, not a nice-to-have
Local telecommunications consultancy CommsCloud says local companies stand to realise a lot more value from converging their voice and data networks into one, IP-enabled converged network than they actually realise. Next generation converged networks are designed to...
Orange, Orangeworks in trademark dispute
On 22 November 2013 the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) handed down a rare trade mark judgment. It’s marked as one that’s not worth reporting in the law reports. Which is a pity, because it is of considerable importance. The case pitted the international telecoms...
Polystar opens new office in Johannesburg
Polystar has announced the official opening of a new regional sales and support office in Johannesburg, South Africa, effective 1 April 2014. Following the current business growth and the increasing demand in the region, Polystar continues to invest in its market...
MAP grows SA tool, die and mould industry
For many years, the South African tool, die and mould making (TDM) Industry, represented by the Tool Making Association of South Africa (TASA), struggled to defend its market share with increased competition from low cost imports. However, after signing an agreement...
African milestone for Internet Solutions
In a first for the African continent, Internet Solutions (IS) has deployed the Infinera DTN-X platform across the company’s South African long distance fibre network, heralding its first entry into the “Terabit Era”. The company says the new platform will deliver...
Arctic ice is under pressure
The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to this period is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap’s...
Global IT on track for modest growth
With the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total $3,8-trillion in 2014, a 3,2% increase from 2013 spending, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. "Globally, businesses are shaking off their malaise and...
Lucky 13 for Big Blue
For the 13th consecutive year, IBM has been named by Gartner as the global market share leader in the application infrastructure and middleware market. Gartner’s All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2013 report names IBM as the leader in application infrastructure and...
Google Plus more engaging than Twitter
While Google Plus can't match Facebook for either number of users or intensity of usage, it offers marketers the opportunity to build deeper social relationships than you might think - especially when compared with Twitter. In fact, Forrester data shows Google Plus...