Technology News
HP looks to dominate the cloud
By Mark Davison at Discover 2013, Barcelona – Cloud computing will be HP’s single biggest investment next year as it looks to dominate a sector of the market where it is enjoying phenomenal success, reporting 60% year-on-year growth. And yesterday it launched a slew...
ICT’s role in city maturity
The link between ICT and societal, economic and environmental development has been reconfirmed and strengthened in the 2013 edition of Ericsson’s Networked City Index. In addition, leadership skills in utilising ICT cross-functionally has a high impact on ICT maturity...
SMBs quick to digitise, but lack processes
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) - companies with fewer than 500 employees - across Europe are moving much faster than their peers in larger organisations in the race to complete key digital transformation initiatives. According to research conducted by...
SA economy battling to bounce back
South Africa will enter its fifth season of national elections with an economy that seems to lack the resilience to significantly bounce back after the recent strike action, and to create the kind of growth that will address poverty and job creation. This is according...
3D value chains to the fore in 2014
IDC Manufacturing Insights has released its top 10 predictions for the year ahead. They are: * Manufacturers begin to build 3D value chains. * Operational, information, and consumer technology converge to reshape approaches to technology management. * Operational...
Big increase in document scanner sales
The overall document scanner market increased year-on-year by more than 30% to approximately 83 000 shipments in Western Europe in 3Q13, according to the latest Western European Quarterly Document Scanner Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). “Cost...
MTN opens up feature phones to the Internet
MTN has introduced MTN SurferLite, a pilot project that promises to provide customers with feature phones access to Internet at minimal cost. The MTN SurferLite platform is another innovative solution that allows customers easy access to relevant digital information...
Don’t let cyber-crooks ruin Christmas
Christmas is a great time for cybercriminals to take full advantage of online shoppers with new and improved ways of stealing users’ confidential information. While it’s convenient to shop online, it’s also easy to fall victim to an attack – even by visiting a...
HP, Canon, Epson lead Europe’s LFP market
The overall large-format printer (LFP) market declined in the third quarter of 2013, as shipments declined year-on-year by 2,9%, according to the latest Western European Quarterly Large-Format Printer Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). The total...
Double opt-in WASP services from MTN, Cell C
The Wireless Applications Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) welcomes MTN and Cell C’s implementation of a double opt-in system for all services offered by WASPs. Casper De Villiers, WASPA chairman, says the double opt-in process has always been part of the WASPA...
FastNet achieves PCI DSS compliance
In a bid to fight increasing card fraud, which is estimated to have cost $11,27-billion worldwide in 2012 (a 14,6% increase year-on-year), leading wireless data company, FastNet, has announced it has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)...
A landmark year for Sage ERP X3
The Sage Group recently announced organic revenue growth of 4% for 2013, up from 2% in 2012, with 5% growth in the second half of the year alone. Sage ERP X3, Sage’s global ERP solution for mid-sized companies, delivered double digit organic revenue growth of more...
HP goes ‘all in’ on cloud
By Mark Davison at Discover 2013, Barcelona – Having decided that a hybrid cloud model is the way forward, HP is now gearing itself up to take this market by storm, investing massively in R&D, new products and personnel. Margaret Dawson, vice-president, product...
HP looks to dominate the cloud
By Mark Davison at Discover 2013, Barcelona – Cloud computing will be HP’s single biggest investment next year as it looks to dominate a sector of the market where it is enjoying phenomenal success, reporting 60% year-on-year growth. And yesterday it launched a slew...
ICT’s role in city maturity
The link between ICT and societal, economic and environmental development has been reconfirmed and strengthened in the 2013 edition of Ericsson’s Networked City Index. In addition, leadership skills in utilising ICT cross-functionally has a high impact on ICT maturity...
SMBs quick to digitise, but lack processes
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) - companies with fewer than 500 employees - across Europe are moving much faster than their peers in larger organisations in the race to complete key digital transformation initiatives. According to research conducted by...
SA economy battling to bounce back
South Africa will enter its fifth season of national elections with an economy that seems to lack the resilience to significantly bounce back after the recent strike action, and to create the kind of growth that will address poverty and job creation. This is according...
3D value chains to the fore in 2014
IDC Manufacturing Insights has released its top 10 predictions for the year ahead. They are: * Manufacturers begin to build 3D value chains. * Operational, information, and consumer technology converge to reshape approaches to technology management. * Operational...
Big increase in document scanner sales
The overall document scanner market increased year-on-year by more than 30% to approximately 83 000 shipments in Western Europe in 3Q13, according to the latest Western European Quarterly Document Scanner Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). “Cost...
MTN opens up feature phones to the Internet
MTN has introduced MTN SurferLite, a pilot project that promises to provide customers with feature phones access to Internet at minimal cost. The MTN SurferLite platform is another innovative solution that allows customers easy access to relevant digital information...