Technology News
Mitel completes merger with Aastra
Mitel Networks Corporation, a global leader in business communications, has completed its merger with Aastra Technologies. With $1,1-billion of combined annual revenue and 60-million customers worldwide, Mitel now has one of the largest global footprints in the...
Digital mastery key to success
The days of innovative, technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger, more established competitors may be coming to an end. This is according to a new report by Accenture, which finds that large enterprises are...
Microsoft hit by phone scammers
Microsoft South Africa has issued a warning to local consumers to be cautious of a reoccurring phone scam. Cybercriminals and scammers make use of public phone directories to gather information on consumers, in an effort to convince clients that they can be trusted....
DoC extends ICT Green Paper deadline
Following requests from several stakeholders, the Department of Communications has extended the deadline for submissions on the National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper from 24 February to 24 March. National Public Hearings on the Green Paper will be held on 4...
IT spend to slow in emerging markets
IT spending is set to slow in emerging markets in 2014, inhibited by the economic slowdown and the inevitable deceleration in the growth of smartphones and tablets. According to the new International Data Corporation (IDC), it its Worldwide Black Book, has lowered its...
IBM brings Watson to Africa
IBM will invest $100-million in a 10-year initiative, dubbed “Project Lucy” after the earliest known human ancestor, to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and spur business opportunities across the continent. IBM's Watson...
What to expect at the Mobile World Congress
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 is fast approaching, and most major phone hardware companies are expected to descend on Barcelona from 24 to 27 February to exhibit their new flagship models for the following spring/summer contract renewal market. Jessica Ekholm,...
DCC offers Huawei Enterprise Servers
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has added Huawei’s range of Enterprise Servers to its offerings. These servers deliver reliability, high performance and value for money - ideal for data centres in businesses of all sizes. “Huawei is a growing brand within...
Security spans digital and physical lives
Data from a new survey suggests that the digital and physical lives of people are now fully intersected. In a McAfee survey that looks at the important parallels between personal and online security, 39% of respondents say they use technological devices to control...
iPads under Android attack
Apple iPads, still by far the top seller in the international tablet “war”, will come under increasing attack from cheaper Android-run tablets – but it remains off a low base. This is according to Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: “Tablet...
Cloud solutions deliver mobility to SMEs
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are a fast-growing sector of the local economy, but face a multitude of challenges including remaining competitive, particularly with their larger counterparts, says Dawie Bloomberg, MD, Green Apple IT. These challenges include...
Six locals make Google competition semis
Google has announced the 20 innovative, entrepreneurial Web adopters from across sub-Saharan Africa who have made it to the semi-finals of Google’s Africa Connected competition. The competition was launched in August last year, calling entrepreneurs, creatives,...
BDS appoints strategic planning executive
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) has appointed Koos Ligtenberg as strategic planning executive. Ligtenberg, who has a long history with the company, first became part of the team in 2003, when he launched Western Cape-based Xerox concessionaire Oxbow, which went on to...
Mitel completes merger with Aastra
Mitel Networks Corporation, a global leader in business communications, has completed its merger with Aastra Technologies. With $1,1-billion of combined annual revenue and 60-million customers worldwide, Mitel now has one of the largest global footprints in the...
Digital mastery key to success
The days of innovative, technology-focused start-ups being the only market disrupters and growing faster than their larger, more established competitors may be coming to an end. This is according to a new report by Accenture, which finds that large enterprises are...
Microsoft hit by phone scammers
Microsoft South Africa has issued a warning to local consumers to be cautious of a reoccurring phone scam. Cybercriminals and scammers make use of public phone directories to gather information on consumers, in an effort to convince clients that they can be trusted....
DoC extends ICT Green Paper deadline
Following requests from several stakeholders, the Department of Communications has extended the deadline for submissions on the National Integrated ICT Policy Green Paper from 24 February to 24 March. National Public Hearings on the Green Paper will be held on 4...
IT spend to slow in emerging markets
IT spending is set to slow in emerging markets in 2014, inhibited by the economic slowdown and the inevitable deceleration in the growth of smartphones and tablets. According to the new International Data Corporation (IDC), it its Worldwide Black Book, has lowered its...
IBM brings Watson to Africa
IBM will invest $100-million in a 10-year initiative, dubbed “Project Lucy” after the earliest known human ancestor, to bring Watson and other cognitive systems to Africa in a bid to fuel development and spur business opportunities across the continent. IBM's Watson...
What to expect at the Mobile World Congress
The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 is fast approaching, and most major phone hardware companies are expected to descend on Barcelona from 24 to 27 February to exhibit their new flagship models for the following spring/summer contract renewal market. Jessica Ekholm,...