Technology News
Hubble shows comet anatomy
NASA has released an image of a comet that, on 19 October, will pass within 84 000 miles of Mars - less than half the distance between Earth and our moon. The image on the left, captured on 11 March by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows comet C/2013 A1, also called...
Tshivhase resigns from Datacentrix board
Takalani Tshivhase, the Pinnacle Holdings director at the centre of bribery allegations, yesterday resigned as a non-executive director of Datacentrix. Datacentrix has issued a statement explaining the Tshivhase was appointed as a non-executive director of Datacentrix...
Microsoft adds more mobility, cloud services
Microsoft is making a big play in the cloud and mobile world, yesterday unveiling a number of new applications and services to enable this move. The company announced several new and updated applications and services including Microsoft Office for iPad and free Office...
Models for improving customer engagement
Engaged customers are usually better advocates of the brand and are more loyal and more profitable, according to research by Gartner. Gartner has identified four underlying attributes that can help customer relationship management (CRM) leaders to improve their level...
Fast-growing RFID to hit $9,2bn in 2014
The RFID market – including tags, readers, software and services for passive and active RFID – will grow from $7,88-billion in 2013 to $9,2-billion in 2014. Most of the growth is due to active RFID/RTLS systems, interrogators and tags, in terms of total money spent,...
HPC market dips after 2012 record
Worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined -7,2% to $10,3-billion for the full year 2013, down from a record $11,1-billion in 2012, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Job-specific training key for staff loyalty
Employee engagement has become an increasingly important part of a company’s retention strategy, with research suggesting that training programmes in particular play a huge role in motivating staff and increasing employee loyalty. According to a global survey...
Symantec opens Customer Management Centre
Symantec has established and opened a new Customer Management Centre (CMC) to provide a world-class experience for its customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Symantec will make it easier for customers and partners to interact with the company by bringing...
Big data is pointless without analytics
Talk of “big data” challenges is making a lot of noise. Data is growing at an almost unmanageable pace. In fact, data types and sources of all kinds – from enterprise resource planning or software, server logs and social media, and even unstructured data from voice...
CA Technologies integrates with Samsung Knox
CA Southern Africa has unveiled CA Technologies’ solutions aimed at securing the mobile enterprise and accelerating innovation to capture growth in the global mobile economy. CA Mobile Device Management (CA MDM) is to be compatible with Samsung Knox - Samsung’s...
Global demand for Linux skills grows
Professionals with experience in open source operating systems are in high demand, according to the annual Jobs Report by the Linux Foundation. The report shows that enterprises around the world are increasingly dependent on Linux in all corners of their business and...
SKA boost as first MeerKAT antenna raised
The first of 64 antennae that will make up the MeerKAT radio telescope, the country's precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), was launched at the SKA South Africa site outside Carnarvon in the Northern Cape yesterday. The MeerKAT Karoo Array Processor Building,...
Facebook looks to the skies for connectivity
Facebook has announced a plan which could use aeroplanes and satellites to provide Internet connectivity. The company’s new Connectivity Lab boasts a team that is working on new aerospace and communication technologies to advance the Internet.org mission of improving...
Hubble shows comet anatomy
NASA has released an image of a comet that, on 19 October, will pass within 84 000 miles of Mars - less than half the distance between Earth and our moon. The image on the left, captured on 11 March by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows comet C/2013 A1, also called...
Tshivhase resigns from Datacentrix board
Takalani Tshivhase, the Pinnacle Holdings director at the centre of bribery allegations, yesterday resigned as a non-executive director of Datacentrix. Datacentrix has issued a statement explaining the Tshivhase was appointed as a non-executive director of Datacentrix...
Microsoft adds more mobility, cloud services
Microsoft is making a big play in the cloud and mobile world, yesterday unveiling a number of new applications and services to enable this move. The company announced several new and updated applications and services including Microsoft Office for iPad and free Office...
Models for improving customer engagement
Engaged customers are usually better advocates of the brand and are more loyal and more profitable, according to research by Gartner. Gartner has identified four underlying attributes that can help customer relationship management (CRM) leaders to improve their level...
Fast-growing RFID to hit $9,2bn in 2014
The RFID market – including tags, readers, software and services for passive and active RFID – will grow from $7,88-billion in 2013 to $9,2-billion in 2014. Most of the growth is due to active RFID/RTLS systems, interrogators and tags, in terms of total money spent,...
HPC market dips after 2012 record
Worldwide factory revenue for the high performance computing (HPC) technical server market declined -7,2% to $10,3-billion for the full year 2013, down from a record $11,1-billion in 2012, according to the newly released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Job-specific training key for staff loyalty
Employee engagement has become an increasingly important part of a company’s retention strategy, with research suggesting that training programmes in particular play a huge role in motivating staff and increasing employee loyalty. According to a global survey...