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EMEA server revenues look to bottom out
According to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $3,7-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of 5,2% when compared with the same quarter of 2012. Shipments...
Aberdare Cables granted immunity
Aberdare Cables has confirmed that is has been granted conditional immunity against prosecution before the Competition Tribunal, in respect of a May 2010 announcement that the Competition Commission had launched an investigation into certain alleged prohibited...
Schneider data centre for Microsoft SA
Africa’s first Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC), located in Johannesburg, has rolled out a complete power and cooling solution from APC by Schneider Electric. The high-tech multi-million rand MTC facility aims to assist local companies of all sizes become more...
Sparta rolls out Network Alliance solution
The Sparta Group has partnered with Network Alliance to strengthen its ICT capability and reinforce its technical direction by combining expertise. Network Alliance has a track record of near two decades of proactive, value-add service to the market - focusing...
Trend Micro grows mobile security solutions
Trend Micro has boosted protection against cyber-attacks via mobile platforms by unveiling a new set of security solutions. The new solutions will help mitigate threats to mobile networks and devices, including product enhancements to support enterprises and...
Standard Bank launches banking app
Standard Bank has announced the launch of its new banking app, which offers customers greater flexibility and exciting new functionality. “Standard Bank’s app for tablets is set to transform mobile banking and the way that customers experience banking. It is all about...
Connectivity is key to harnessing UC
The uptake of unified communications (UC) is being driven by the twin trends of mobility and BYOD, as organisations strive to give users the ability to work, communicate and collaborate remotely and on the move, with a wide variety of different devices. However, while...
Solve broadband challenges to leverage cloud
Next-generation broadband and cloud-based ICT services are two of the top emerging trends in the telecoms, media and technology space, according to Ovum Research. These two trends are intrinsically interlinked, as the cloud requires fast, efficient and available...
Biometric protection the future of security
Biometric identification systems have grown in popularity as more company use fingerprint, face, iris or voice recognition as part of their risk management strategies, says Marius Coetzee, MD at Ideco Biometrics.A market that was once dominated by fingerprint...
execMobile saves customers R10-million
South African business travellers heading abroad can now work securely wherever they want, without having to worry about exhoribant data charges. The PocketWiFi device from execMobile has, in only one year, saved its customers more than R10-million. “The technology...
Big data key to reducing fraud
Companies are missing opportunities to mine big data in order to reduce fraud risk and improve anti-bribery compliance. EY’s 2014 global forensic data analytics survey, Big Risks Require Big Data Thinking, highlights that 63% of senior executives surveyed at leading...
Dell, HP the winners in flat monitor market
Total worldwide PC monitor shipments were slightly below 35-million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of -0,4% compared to the previous quarter yet 2,9% more than forecast, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
SA users switch on to YouTube
In 2013, YouTube views in South Africa increased by over 90%. “We call the YouTube generation ‘Generation C’, with 70% of South African YouTuber users being between the age of 18 and 34,” says Jared Molko, YouTube brand partnerships lead at Google South Africa....
EMEA server revenues look to bottom out
According to the latest EMEA Server Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), factory revenue in the EMEA server market reached $3,7-billion in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of 5,2% when compared with the same quarter of 2012. Shipments...
Aberdare Cables granted immunity
Aberdare Cables has confirmed that is has been granted conditional immunity against prosecution before the Competition Tribunal, in respect of a May 2010 announcement that the Competition Commission had launched an investigation into certain alleged prohibited...
Schneider data centre for Microsoft SA
Africa’s first Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC), located in Johannesburg, has rolled out a complete power and cooling solution from APC by Schneider Electric. The high-tech multi-million rand MTC facility aims to assist local companies of all sizes become more...
Sparta rolls out Network Alliance solution
The Sparta Group has partnered with Network Alliance to strengthen its ICT capability and reinforce its technical direction by combining expertise. Network Alliance has a track record of near two decades of proactive, value-add service to the market - focusing...
Trend Micro grows mobile security solutions
Trend Micro has boosted protection against cyber-attacks via mobile platforms by unveiling a new set of security solutions. The new solutions will help mitigate threats to mobile networks and devices, including product enhancements to support enterprises and...
Standard Bank launches banking app
Standard Bank has announced the launch of its new banking app, which offers customers greater flexibility and exciting new functionality. “Standard Bank’s app for tablets is set to transform mobile banking and the way that customers experience banking. It is all about...
Connectivity is key to harnessing UC
The uptake of unified communications (UC) is being driven by the twin trends of mobility and BYOD, as organisations strive to give users the ability to work, communicate and collaborate remotely and on the move, with a wide variety of different devices. However, while...