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Pinnacle grows profit by 9%
Pinnacle Holdings has increased its revenue by 1,1% to R3,2-billion, according to unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2013. The group reported EBITDA up 1,7% to R232-million, net profit after tax (NPAT) up 9% to R162-million and headline...
Mustek supplies kit in Zambian Railway deal
Mustek has won a contract to supply and deliver R128-million worth of Huawei’s signalling and telecommunications equipment to a consortium of Huawei International, Bombardier Transportation and GMC Technologies (Zambia). The consortium will provide technology upgrades...
PPO expands its UK operations
Project Portfolio Office is using the upcoming Project Challenge Spring Show as a springboard to further accelerate the growth of its global footprint. With offices in South Africa and London, the company’s flagship offering, PPO, is one of the fastest growing project...
SAP adds HANA features, reduces complexity
SAP has announced the next steps toward delivering on its cloud strategy, with simplified pricing, deployment and accessibility options for SAP HANA ushering in a significant business shift to cloud-based consumption and pricing models. Earlier this week, SAP...
Ericsson, Etisalat power networked society
Etisalat and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new collaboration that will enable a high-speed, responsive network, laying the foundation for next-generation infrastructure for m-government and smart city initiatives. High-speed broadband...
Modernisation to drive energy IT spending
IT spending by oil and gas (O&G) companies across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) during 2014 will primarily be driven by ambitious infrastructure investment plans, a desire to modernise operational processes, and the quest to add more value to the services...
MTN scrambles to keep its lines open
MTN was caught unawares by yesterday’s power cuts, resulting in service disruptions, but the telco is taking steps to keep its services running. The company states that MTN services were affected in certain areas around the country yesterday when load shedding...
BLE versus NFC in mobile payments
There’s a new kid on the block in the payments environment that promises to deliver even greater convenience and practicality. It’s called Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, and it’s based on technology which is over a decade old, says Adrian Hope-Bailie, product...
Mentorships bridge generation gaps
The complexities and challenges that punctuate any cross-generational relationship are not new. Whether in the workplace or home, communicating, relating to and respecting one another despite vast age differences requires life skills such as patience, compromise,...
Internships boost skills development
Internships could be the quickest and most sustainable solution to address South Africa’s growing unemployment problem. The temporary formal arrangement in which a business ‘takes on’ a candidate for a specific period of time in order to equip them with skills and...
Telkom, MTN sign network sharing deal
Telkom has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with MTN South Africa, outlining that the parties intend to conclude network management services and reciprocal roaming agreements, whereby MTN will take over financial and operational responsibility for the rollout...
Exploding asteroid pictured
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces. Fragile comets, comprised of ice and dust, have been seen falling apart as they near the sun, but nothing like this has ever before been...
BankServAfrica: expect a tight 2014
Although South African consumers had some financial relief over December, as their take-home pay was higher than a year ago, indications are that the increase in disposable income will once again be slower than inflation for the rest of the year. This is according to...
Pinnacle grows profit by 9%
Pinnacle Holdings has increased its revenue by 1,1% to R3,2-billion, according to unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2013. The group reported EBITDA up 1,7% to R232-million, net profit after tax (NPAT) up 9% to R162-million and headline...
Mustek supplies kit in Zambian Railway deal
Mustek has won a contract to supply and deliver R128-million worth of Huawei’s signalling and telecommunications equipment to a consortium of Huawei International, Bombardier Transportation and GMC Technologies (Zambia). The consortium will provide technology upgrades...
PPO expands its UK operations
Project Portfolio Office is using the upcoming Project Challenge Spring Show as a springboard to further accelerate the growth of its global footprint. With offices in South Africa and London, the company’s flagship offering, PPO, is one of the fastest growing project...
SAP adds HANA features, reduces complexity
SAP has announced the next steps toward delivering on its cloud strategy, with simplified pricing, deployment and accessibility options for SAP HANA ushering in a significant business shift to cloud-based consumption and pricing models. Earlier this week, SAP...
Ericsson, Etisalat power networked society
Etisalat and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new collaboration that will enable a high-speed, responsive network, laying the foundation for next-generation infrastructure for m-government and smart city initiatives. High-speed broadband...
Modernisation to drive energy IT spending
IT spending by oil and gas (O&G) companies across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) during 2014 will primarily be driven by ambitious infrastructure investment plans, a desire to modernise operational processes, and the quest to add more value to the services...
MTN scrambles to keep its lines open
MTN was caught unawares by yesterday’s power cuts, resulting in service disruptions, but the telco is taking steps to keep its services running. The company states that MTN services were affected in certain areas around the country yesterday when load shedding...