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Searches expand to include geo-location
With the advent of modern search engines like Google, our expectations regarding easy access to information changed. “Search” became common practice for individuals in their personal capacities as well as for business use, and today the word “googling” has moved from...
Mobile tech enables access to new markets
Some of the major challenges facing small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa are limited sales, access to finance, managing cash flow and competition from large businesses. Laurica Kok, GM of Sage Pastel Payroll and HR, says the business arena is...
globetom aids company growth in Zambia
globetom, South African telecommunications industry product developer and systems integrator, has achieved another milestone in local technology innovation with its GP3 cloud-based charging and fulfillment product. GP3, developed in South Africa, is now being used by...
ISPs key in fighting child abuse
With Google and Microsoft’s much-publicised efforts to clamp down on access to child abuse material from being available through a simple search online, the spotlight is on this crime worldwide. While the Internet search engines have introduced new algorithms that...
A cloud ecosystem for every company
South Africa’s cloud-based infrastructure is growing rapidly, aided by a wave of new infrastructure providers targeting resellers. This means that cloud-based solutions are now a viable option for businesses of all sizes, says Cloud on Demand CEO Jonathan Kropf. “At...
ORBIT FET College streamlines registrations
With three campuses offering a wide range of vocational and occupational programmes, the ORBIT Further Education and Training (FET) College offers students in the North West Province exposure to a stimulating learning environment. However, the year-on-year increases...
Farewell to the nation’s father
Former president Nelson "Madiba" Mandela died last night at his Houghton home at the age of 95. Known globally as the father of democracy in South Africa, Mandela was at the forefront of the anti-apartheid struggle. In 1962 he was arrested by the nationalist...
SA improves foundation-level learning
South African school children are improving on their foundation-level literacy scores, which bodes well for their future learning outcomes. This was one of the messages from Angie Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education, following yesterday's release of the Annual...
Worldwide server market in decline
Factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased -3,7% year-over-year to $12,1-billion in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), according to the International Data Corporate (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. This was the third consecutive quarter of...
Mobile use spurs e-commerce
Digital goods, spurred by the growth in freemium business models and in-app purchases, dominate the area of mobile content and commerce. However, there is a decline in the volume of purchases for the first time – from 54% of mobile media users in 2012 to 42% in 2013....
Oslo university starts cloud storage project
Spectra Logic, an innovator in backup, data recovery and archive, and QStar Technologies, a leading global provider of enterprise-class data management and archive software, today announced that the University of Oslo has selected a Spectra Logic T-Finity coupled with...
Huawei launches rail communications solution
Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has launched the industry's first urban rail transportation solution based on enterprise LTE (eLTE) for Zhengzhou Metro. (Zhengzhou Metro) in China. The solution features highly reliable bilateral radio transmission...
Are enterprises the new ice exporters?
It’s hard to believe that ice was once a precious commodity. But in the early 1800s, a man called Frederic Tudor (affectionately known as the “Ice King”) made his fortune shipping thousands of tons of ice across the globe, says Bruce von Maltitz, director of 1Stream....
Searches expand to include geo-location
With the advent of modern search engines like Google, our expectations regarding easy access to information changed. “Search” became common practice for individuals in their personal capacities as well as for business use, and today the word “googling” has moved from...
Mobile tech enables access to new markets
Some of the major challenges facing small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa are limited sales, access to finance, managing cash flow and competition from large businesses. Laurica Kok, GM of Sage Pastel Payroll and HR, says the business arena is...
globetom aids company growth in Zambia
globetom, South African telecommunications industry product developer and systems integrator, has achieved another milestone in local technology innovation with its GP3 cloud-based charging and fulfillment product. GP3, developed in South Africa, is now being used by...
ISPs key in fighting child abuse
With Google and Microsoft’s much-publicised efforts to clamp down on access to child abuse material from being available through a simple search online, the spotlight is on this crime worldwide. While the Internet search engines have introduced new algorithms that...
A cloud ecosystem for every company
South Africa’s cloud-based infrastructure is growing rapidly, aided by a wave of new infrastructure providers targeting resellers. This means that cloud-based solutions are now a viable option for businesses of all sizes, says Cloud on Demand CEO Jonathan Kropf. “At...
ORBIT FET College streamlines registrations
With three campuses offering a wide range of vocational and occupational programmes, the ORBIT Further Education and Training (FET) College offers students in the North West Province exposure to a stimulating learning environment. However, the year-on-year increases...
Farewell to the nation’s father
Former president Nelson "Madiba" Mandela died last night at his Houghton home at the age of 95. Known globally as the father of democracy in South Africa, Mandela was at the forefront of the anti-apartheid struggle. In 1962 he was arrested by the nationalist...