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Powertech sells stake in Tridonic
Powertech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron group, has sold its 50% stake in Tridonic SA to Tridonic, Austria. The transaction will take effect on 1 February 2014. Tridonic SA had been a joint venture between Powertech and Tridonic Austria since...
Manufacturing at risk from wireless
The increasing networking of manufacturing equipment is opening up factories to the benefits of flexible production and wireless mobile communications. However, the rising use of connected devices is also exposing production sites to security breaches and...
MTN extends international call offer
MTN South Africa will extend its Lowest International Call Rates promotion, which offers calls to key African, Asian and European countries from as little as 75c per minute, to the end of February. It will also extend competitive rates to more than 200 countries for...
Technology drives SARS efficiency
In 2013, South African Revenue Services (SARS) collected taxes amounting to R814-billion, an increase of 9,6% on total revenue received in 2012. “More efficient collection systems and the deployment of online technologies such as SARS eFiling have simplified the...
Pinnacle to debut Logitech’s UC range
Pinnacle Africa has been selected by Logitech to launch Logitech’s unified communications (UC) range of products in Africa. “The rise of the mobile workforce, and the growing costs of business travel make unified communications products like mobile videoconferencing...
Industrial action delays statement delivery
Telkom has warned users that industrial action at the South African Post Office (SAPO) is currently affecting postal services and the delivery of mail. The company is alerting customers who receive Telkom account statements via the Post Office that a delay in the...
400 road names changes in SA since 1994
According to TomTom data, 68% of the road name changes in South Africa happened in Durban, with 17% in Johannesburg, 11% in Pretoria and 4% in Cape Town. When time is a factor and today, so limited, it is imperative to be able to arrive at the right location within...
Web Africa restructures capped ADSL
Web Africa has reduced the cost of its capped ADSL offering, starting at R39.00 per month for 10Gb. “This isn’t a short-term promotional exercise.” says Web Africa CEO Tim Wyatt-Gunning. “These price reductions are so deep that we believe they will convince many...
IBM identified as big data, analytics leader
Based on its research on the big data solutions market, Frost & Sullivan has presented IBM with the 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Leadership. While most companies in sub-Saharan Africa already undertake various forms...
Next generation project management
One of the major hurdles companies face in being able to extract the maximum value from their project management infrastructure and strategies is perception – or, in fact, misperception of project management in practice. It is time to debunk inaccurate theories and...
Making the journey into the cloud
Businesses depend upon IT to drive innovation and accelerate past competitors. While each organisation may have its own unique definition of innovation, many of the elements remain common. This is according to NETCB’s CEO, Cobus Burgers. He says the goal is getting...
Refillable ink systems lower inkjet costs
Inkjet printers are often highly affordable to purchase and offer high quality full colour printing, however, the challenge around these printers is usually the cost of the ink itself, says Ruben Naicker, Epson product specialist at Drive Control Corporation....
Alcatel-Lucent, LITC deploy undersea cable
Alcatel-Lucent and Libya’s LITC are to deploy a new 1 000km undersea cable system linking Tripoli to Benghazi. The new cable system will contribute to the reconstruction of the Libyan telecom infrastructure and will provide further reliability to domestic and...
Powertech sells stake in Tridonic
Powertech, a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron group, has sold its 50% stake in Tridonic SA to Tridonic, Austria. The transaction will take effect on 1 February 2014. Tridonic SA had been a joint venture between Powertech and Tridonic Austria since...
Manufacturing at risk from wireless
The increasing networking of manufacturing equipment is opening up factories to the benefits of flexible production and wireless mobile communications. However, the rising use of connected devices is also exposing production sites to security breaches and...
MTN extends international call offer
MTN South Africa will extend its Lowest International Call Rates promotion, which offers calls to key African, Asian and European countries from as little as 75c per minute, to the end of February. It will also extend competitive rates to more than 200 countries for...
Technology drives SARS efficiency
In 2013, South African Revenue Services (SARS) collected taxes amounting to R814-billion, an increase of 9,6% on total revenue received in 2012. “More efficient collection systems and the deployment of online technologies such as SARS eFiling have simplified the...
Pinnacle to debut Logitech’s UC range
Pinnacle Africa has been selected by Logitech to launch Logitech’s unified communications (UC) range of products in Africa. “The rise of the mobile workforce, and the growing costs of business travel make unified communications products like mobile videoconferencing...
Industrial action delays statement delivery
Telkom has warned users that industrial action at the South African Post Office (SAPO) is currently affecting postal services and the delivery of mail. The company is alerting customers who receive Telkom account statements via the Post Office that a delay in the...
400 road names changes in SA since 1994
According to TomTom data, 68% of the road name changes in South Africa happened in Durban, with 17% in Johannesburg, 11% in Pretoria and 4% in Cape Town. When time is a factor and today, so limited, it is imperative to be able to arrive at the right location within...