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Pinnacle moves to reassure investors
Pinnacle Holdings' share price rose slightly today, as the company released a statement seeking to reassure investors about its actions and those of bribery-accused executive director Takalani Tshivase. The share was still trading heavily, with about 3,1-million...
Security makes online shoppers comfortable
The latest MasterCard Online Shopping Behaviour Study reveals that 90% of South African respondents cite the availability of secure payment facilities as critical when shopping online. Concern around the safety of online transactions was the reason 42% gave for not...
Java 8 is most comprehensive release yet
Oracle has announced Java 8, dubbing it the most significant release of the platform since its launch in 1996. The company has unveiled Java Platform Standard Edition 8 (Java DE 8) and Java Platform Micro Edition 8 (Java ME 8) as well as JDK 8 and Java SE Embedded 8....
Municipalities can improve service delivery
Considerable progress has been made in the municipal sector over the past decade in terms of the roll-out of basic services, with key measures of service delivery and living standards having improved across all of South Africa’s geographies - particularly in larger...
SA has structures for carbon trading
South Africa could use existing structures, including the JSE, to quickly launch a carbon trading system that will help companies offset carbon reduction projects against the upcoming carbon tax. In South Africa both carbon tax and carbon offsets are fast becoming a...
Financial challenge launched on OpenIX
A South African financial service provider has partnered with The Innovation Hub to launch a new challenge on OpenIX. Previously known as the Open Innovation Solution Exchange, OpenIX is a Web-based platform hosted by The Innovation Hub that aims to connect leading...
The economics of free mobile apps
There is no hard and fast rule for making money out of mobile advertising and app monetisation. IDC and App Annie have released a joint report entitled “Mobile App Advertising and Monetisation Spotlight 2012-2017: The Economics of Free”, which explores mobile app...
Acer TravelMate P645 wins Red Dot Award
Acer has announced that the Acer TravelMate P645 commercial notebook has been honoured for its product design, winning a 2014 Red Dot Award. This honour closely follows Acer’s four big wins at the 2014 iF Product Design Awards last month, which also included the Acer...
Ensure maximum business benefits from MPS
Companies sometimes go into managed print services (MPS) without realising its full value. Many vendors talk about devices, device consolidation and simplified management, but that’s just part of what MPS can offer. True MPS focuses on what helps an organisation’s...
Project firm rolls out Dac Systems solution
A leading multi-disciplinary multi-national project management house has invested in the expertise and technology on offer by Dac Systems, a Proudly South African national provider of turnkey solutions based on Microsoft products. The result has been an upgraded...
Diesel generators need regular maintenance
The reliability records of standby power solutions can often be correlated to their service and maintenance regimes. The quality and frequency of preventative maintenance is particularly relevant in the case of diesel generators. This is according to Jack Ward, MD of...
Sophos offers threat protection for SMEs
Sophos has updated its unified threat management solution, Sophos UTM. With more than 100 new features, the highlight of the new UTM platform is bringing Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to the small and mid-market, capabilities that were previously only available to...
dotAfrica set to go ahead
The May 2014 commercial launch of dotAfrica is now a fait accompli after the final outstanding paperwork was inked at the 49th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) in Singapore yesterday. The Registry Agreement was signed at the...
Pinnacle moves to reassure investors
Pinnacle Holdings' share price rose slightly today, as the company released a statement seeking to reassure investors about its actions and those of bribery-accused executive director Takalani Tshivase. The share was still trading heavily, with about 3,1-million...
Security makes online shoppers comfortable
The latest MasterCard Online Shopping Behaviour Study reveals that 90% of South African respondents cite the availability of secure payment facilities as critical when shopping online. Concern around the safety of online transactions was the reason 42% gave for not...
Java 8 is most comprehensive release yet
Oracle has announced Java 8, dubbing it the most significant release of the platform since its launch in 1996. The company has unveiled Java Platform Standard Edition 8 (Java DE 8) and Java Platform Micro Edition 8 (Java ME 8) as well as JDK 8 and Java SE Embedded 8....
Municipalities can improve service delivery
Considerable progress has been made in the municipal sector over the past decade in terms of the roll-out of basic services, with key measures of service delivery and living standards having improved across all of South Africa’s geographies - particularly in larger...
SA has structures for carbon trading
South Africa could use existing structures, including the JSE, to quickly launch a carbon trading system that will help companies offset carbon reduction projects against the upcoming carbon tax. In South Africa both carbon tax and carbon offsets are fast becoming a...
Financial challenge launched on OpenIX
A South African financial service provider has partnered with The Innovation Hub to launch a new challenge on OpenIX. Previously known as the Open Innovation Solution Exchange, OpenIX is a Web-based platform hosted by The Innovation Hub that aims to connect leading...
The economics of free mobile apps
There is no hard and fast rule for making money out of mobile advertising and app monetisation. IDC and App Annie have released a joint report entitled “Mobile App Advertising and Monetisation Spotlight 2012-2017: The Economics of Free”, which explores mobile app...