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Black Friday boosts online sales
IBM has reported a 19,7% increase in Thanksgiving Day online sales as holiday shoppers once again turned to the Internet for the best deals. This momentum set the stage for a record Black Friday, with online sales growing by 18,9% over the same period last year. This...
Bing unveils top searches for 2013
Looking back on 2013, billions of searches on Bing from around the world reveal it was a year of American songs, superhero movies, Facebook love, high-end designer brands, controversial sports stars, European getaways and fierce women. Bing search trends indicate what...
A third of users distrust online payments
Almost one-third of users do not feel comfortable making e-payments on their smartphones or tablets, and they do not trust the reliability of mobile device protection when shopping or banking online. The Kaspersky Consumer Security Risks survey conducted by B2B...
Court deems Sassa contract unconstitutional
The South African Constitutional Court has ruled that the tender process followed by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) in awarding a contract to Net1’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) was constitutionally invalid. However, the...
SA retailers lead in mobile payments
Turning mobile phones into wallets has been a dream for a long time. The phone is already an address book, camera, diary, music player, GPS system, notebook, dictaphone, photo album and general factotum – why shouldn’t it also replace a wallet, with all its clunky...
PaaS tipped to exceed $14bn
The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that the worldwide public platform as a service (PaaS) market is expected to grow to over $14-billion in 2017. The opportunities for monetising public PaaS functionality are high in light of the advances being made in...
POPI heralds dawn of a new marketing era
With the advent of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) that has been passed into law, it is essential for marketers and entrepreneurs alike to understand the impact that this Act will have on the way in which we conduct business. Instead of passively...
Cloud uptake set to boom across Africa
Cloud computing uptake is about to explode in Africa’s major economies, as businesses gain confidence in both the security and reliability of the cloud. This was the key finding of the cloud in Africa: Reality Check 2013 research study, released by World Wide Worx and...
NFS launches updated Rendezvous Workspace
NFS Technology has announced the local availability of its next-generation business-centric application, Rendezvous Workspace, a software solution that provides a host of automated features for the management of meeting spaces, video conferencing facilities, audio...
eScan launches cloud security for businesses
eScan, one of the leading Anti-Virus and Content Security Solutions provider has launched its latest version of business security solutions – eScan 14 SMB Editions with Cloud Security, eScan 14 Corporate Edition with Cloud Security and eScan 14 Enterprise Edition with...
Bytes, Alcatel-Lucent draft partner roadmap
The future roadmap for Bytes Systems Integration and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprises’ African partners is undoubtedly bright. This was the key message delivered at the recent annual Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Partner Conference. Held at The Birchwood Hotel in Gauteng...
Replication, backup or both?
Virtualisation has brought the cost of data centre- or machine-level replication down to the point where more organisations can afford it – but, warns Veeam Software regional corporate accounts manager Warren Olivier, it’s important not to assume replication can...
AccTech introduces Cloud CRM
AccTech Systems has partnered with Enterprisecloud to offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a cloud-based solution. Cloud CRM is now available on a ‘pay-per-month’ subscription, there are no perpetual license fees, no hardware to maintain and software upgrades are done...
Black Friday boosts online sales
IBM has reported a 19,7% increase in Thanksgiving Day online sales as holiday shoppers once again turned to the Internet for the best deals. This momentum set the stage for a record Black Friday, with online sales growing by 18,9% over the same period last year. This...
Bing unveils top searches for 2013
Looking back on 2013, billions of searches on Bing from around the world reveal it was a year of American songs, superhero movies, Facebook love, high-end designer brands, controversial sports stars, European getaways and fierce women. Bing search trends indicate what...
A third of users distrust online payments
Almost one-third of users do not feel comfortable making e-payments on their smartphones or tablets, and they do not trust the reliability of mobile device protection when shopping or banking online. The Kaspersky Consumer Security Risks survey conducted by B2B...
Court deems Sassa contract unconstitutional
The South African Constitutional Court has ruled that the tender process followed by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) in awarding a contract to Net1’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) was constitutionally invalid. However, the...
SA retailers lead in mobile payments
Turning mobile phones into wallets has been a dream for a long time. The phone is already an address book, camera, diary, music player, GPS system, notebook, dictaphone, photo album and general factotum – why shouldn’t it also replace a wallet, with all its clunky...
PaaS tipped to exceed $14bn
The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that the worldwide public platform as a service (PaaS) market is expected to grow to over $14-billion in 2017. The opportunities for monetising public PaaS functionality are high in light of the advances being made in...
POPI heralds dawn of a new marketing era
With the advent of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) that has been passed into law, it is essential for marketers and entrepreneurs alike to understand the impact that this Act will have on the way in which we conduct business. Instead of passively...