Technology News
Utilities come under increasing pressure
European utilities continue to be under significant pressure to reduce capex and opex related to ICT. CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective budget allocations. On one hand, CIOs are expected to undertake new initiatives...
Pit-to-port infrastructure needs innovation
Underdeveloped infrastructure and infrastructure spending deficit remains a major obstacle to growth for Africa and this could not be truer than for the mining sector – plagued by insufficient pit-to-port infrastructure. “Africa has a history of underdevelopment of...
Veeam announces record 2013 results
Veeam Software, innovative provider of Protection for the Modern Datacenter, has announced record revenue results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2013. This marks Veeam’s 24th consecutive quarter in which quarterly bookings revenue has grown by more than 50%...
Becoming a less attractive malware target
The high profile hacks that have flooded the news over the last year have shown that traditional security measures are no longer a match for the complex threats of today. Any business that relies only on antivirus (AV) to secure its systems and endpoints is a sitting...
High-speed networks improve data centres
As data volumes and network traffic continue to increase exponentially, organisations increasingly have to consider upgrading their data centre network infrastructure in order to significantly improve speed and performance. The latest evolution in Ethernet and...
Datacentrix achieves platinum HP partnership
Integrated ICT solutions and services provider, Datacentrix has been named as an HP platinum partner, one of only five in South Africa, highlighting the company’s ability to deliver smart and flexible HP strategies that will help customers well into the future. Says...
Elections modernised in 2013
Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernisation announces a revenue growth of over 70% resulting from the company’s innovative end-to-end election modernisation technology deployment in election processes across the globe. The...
Mpact deploys PPO to streamline processes
Mpact, one of the leading paper and plastic packaging businesses in southern Africa, has implemented Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in a bid to address issues of visibility, standardisation and the...
SMBs must link SLAs and IT support
Small businesses that wish to remain competitive can no longer afford to be complacent about technology support. Linking service level agreements (SLAs) to IT support is becoming vital, says Dawie Bloomberg, MD of Green Apple IT, a provider of general IT support to...
SA companies must reign in mobiles in 2014
Mobile security and device management will become one of the top challenges for South African companies as attacks on smartphones and tablets are likely to increase again in 2014. So says Richard Broeke, a consultant at leading IT security company, Securicom. “Reports...
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...
Utilities come under increasing pressure
European utilities continue to be under significant pressure to reduce capex and opex related to ICT. CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective budget allocations. On one hand, CIOs are expected to undertake new initiatives...
Pit-to-port infrastructure needs innovation
Underdeveloped infrastructure and infrastructure spending deficit remains a major obstacle to growth for Africa and this could not be truer than for the mining sector – plagued by insufficient pit-to-port infrastructure. “Africa has a history of underdevelopment of...
Veeam announces record 2013 results
Veeam Software, innovative provider of Protection for the Modern Datacenter, has announced record revenue results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2013. This marks Veeam’s 24th consecutive quarter in which quarterly bookings revenue has grown by more than 50%...
Becoming a less attractive malware target
The high profile hacks that have flooded the news over the last year have shown that traditional security measures are no longer a match for the complex threats of today. Any business that relies only on antivirus (AV) to secure its systems and endpoints is a sitting...
High-speed networks improve data centres
As data volumes and network traffic continue to increase exponentially, organisations increasingly have to consider upgrading their data centre network infrastructure in order to significantly improve speed and performance. The latest evolution in Ethernet and...
Datacentrix achieves platinum HP partnership
Integrated ICT solutions and services provider, Datacentrix has been named as an HP platinum partner, one of only five in South Africa, highlighting the company’s ability to deliver smart and flexible HP strategies that will help customers well into the future. Says...
Elections modernised in 2013
Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernisation announces a revenue growth of over 70% resulting from the company’s innovative end-to-end election modernisation technology deployment in election processes across the globe. The...