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Double-digit growth for industrial chips
The worldwide market for industrial electronics semiconductors ended 2013 on a strong note, with overall revenue up convincingly from the previous year and reversing the disappointing decline of 2012, according to a new report from IHS. Global industrial electronics...
Kolok SA doubles hardware revenues
Formed just a year ago, Kolok SA’s hardware division has managed to double its revenue growth in one of the most fiercely contested sectors of the local ICT market. Allan Thompson, MD of Kolok SA, says this is a significant milestone for the division which was...
Telkom goes in-house for CTO
Alphonzo Samuels, a 30-year veteran at Telkom, has been appointed as the company’s new chief technology officer (CTO) with immediate effect. Telkom group CEO, Sipho Maseko, says Samuels’ appointment is in line with its plan to completely overhaul its top leadership...
Seacom restructures for future growth
Following the return of founder Brian Herlihy as Seacom’s executive director, the organisation has restructured its senior management team to tackle future growth. Herlihy says the changes to the Seacom leadership team will enhance synergies between regions and...
Performance management key for business
Mid-sized businesses are faced with the same challenges and priorities as their large enterprise counterparts. These include the need to better understand customer behaviour and business performance in order to grow the business and drive profitability in a highly...
DCC offers Targus Dual Video docking station
Add monitors, printers, network cables, keyboard, mouse, external hard drives and dual screens quickly and easily through a single USB port with the Targus USB 3.0 Dual Video Docking Station from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The Targus docking station...
New Samsung, Canon product specialist at DCC
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has appointed Nathaniel Chudayan as its new Samsung and Canon product specialist. Chudayan is responsible for managing and developing sales and market share nationally for the Canon supplies and Samsung range. He will also...
Insurance provider invests in Dac Systems
Dac Systems, a Proudly South African national provider of turnkey solutions based on Microsoft products, has assisted with a seamless upgrade of Microsoft SharePoint Server as part of an infrastructure upgrade project for an insurance services provider in South...
Automate workload for bottom-line savings
Blue Turtle Technologies, the BMC Software Top Emerging Markets Solution Provider FY 2013, is assisting companies to drastically reduce the risk of supply chain or business service hold ups through effective automation of production workloads and schedules through the...
SE Litho goes digital with Xerox 770 press
Digital and litho printing company SE Litho has bought a Xerox 770 digital colour press from Digilogix, one of the largest Xerox concessionaires in South Africa, and Bytes Document Solutions, the authorised Xerox distributor in 26 countries in sub Saharan Africa. The...
Video tracks devastating storm
A new NASA video of NOAA's GOES satellite imagery shows three days of movement of the massive winter storm that stretches from the southern US to the northeast. Visible and infrared imagery from NOAA's GOES-East or GOES-13 satellite from 10 February to 12 February...
Smartphones reach key milestone
The smartphone market passed an important milestone in 2013 when worldwide shipments surpassed the 1-billion mark for the first time, driven by continued momentum from Android and iOS, says IDC. According to the company’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker,...
Malicious Android apps top 10m
By late January 2014, Kaspersky Lab had accumulated about 200 000 unique samples of mobile malware, up 34% from November 2013 when over 148 000 samples had been recorded. And the security outfit says that cyber-scammers are continuing to focus their attention on...
Double-digit growth for industrial chips
The worldwide market for industrial electronics semiconductors ended 2013 on a strong note, with overall revenue up convincingly from the previous year and reversing the disappointing decline of 2012, according to a new report from IHS. Global industrial electronics...
Kolok SA doubles hardware revenues
Formed just a year ago, Kolok SA’s hardware division has managed to double its revenue growth in one of the most fiercely contested sectors of the local ICT market. Allan Thompson, MD of Kolok SA, says this is a significant milestone for the division which was...
Telkom goes in-house for CTO
Alphonzo Samuels, a 30-year veteran at Telkom, has been appointed as the company’s new chief technology officer (CTO) with immediate effect. Telkom group CEO, Sipho Maseko, says Samuels’ appointment is in line with its plan to completely overhaul its top leadership...
Seacom restructures for future growth
Following the return of founder Brian Herlihy as Seacom’s executive director, the organisation has restructured its senior management team to tackle future growth. Herlihy says the changes to the Seacom leadership team will enhance synergies between regions and...
Performance management key for business
Mid-sized businesses are faced with the same challenges and priorities as their large enterprise counterparts. These include the need to better understand customer behaviour and business performance in order to grow the business and drive profitability in a highly...
DCC offers Targus Dual Video docking station
Add monitors, printers, network cables, keyboard, mouse, external hard drives and dual screens quickly and easily through a single USB port with the Targus USB 3.0 Dual Video Docking Station from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The Targus docking station...
New Samsung, Canon product specialist at DCC
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has appointed Nathaniel Chudayan as its new Samsung and Canon product specialist. Chudayan is responsible for managing and developing sales and market share nationally for the Canon supplies and Samsung range. He will also...