Technology News
NetApp gets head start with new flash array
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – With the launch of its new EF 550 flash array, NetApp looks to have caught traditional storage competitors on the hop – and it could have a significant head start in this potentially lucrative market. Matt Watts, director of...
Neotel launches usage-based services
Neotel has launched the first enterprise usage-based wide area network (WAN) services in the South African market. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel, says: “We are excited to be the first service provider to make available this...
Who’s who on the Twiplomacy front?
All leading international organisations have a Twitter account, and half of their leaders have active personal accounts on Twitter, now a new Bursob-Marsteller study “Twiplomacy” has measured how well they are followed. The findings indicate that the United Nations...
Consumerisation grows business IT complexity
The “consumerisation” movement is shifting the sales process out of the control of the seller as enterprise buyers begin to mimic consumer shopping behaviours. With this shift, the value of the customer experience is now more important than cost to business and IT...
MTN Rwanda deploys Ericsson solution
Ericsson has announced that MTN Rwanda has deployed its Converged Wallet m-commerce solution. The launch brings easy-to-use, next-generation mobile financial services to MTN Rwanda’s subscribers, including mobile phone users that do not have access to traditional...
First Technology launches online store
First Technology has launched an online store, www.firstshop.co.za, that offers companies a range of branded products – from printers and peripherals to tablets and accessories - under one virtual roof at some of the best prices in South Africa. Backed by First...
G4S provides Zambian security solution
With a presence in over 125 countries and an extensive offering, G4S is the largest international provider of security solutions. Ranging from on-site manned security and cash processing solutions to cash in transit and ATM security, their services ensure that...
Customer intimacy essential, says Dreamforce
Reporting from Dreamforce, Quinton Pienaar says that, as expected, Marc Benioff’s keynote address was packed with announcements. Kicking off, Benioff said that Salesforce’s growth will continue with the company reporting its first quarter (2014) to generate more than...
Lightie scoops innovation prize
Michael Suttner has been awarded the R50 000 first prize in an innovation seed funding competition sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, at the CLIPCD Conference in Durban, for his affordable lighting innovation. His invention, for which he is now trying to raise...
Zambian grant programme helps feed children
A two-year randomised control trial evaluating Zambia’s Child Grant social cash transfer programme found dramatic improvements in the amount of food and clothing going to infants and young children in high poverty families, and a 50% increase in the total value of...
NetApp being acquired? Not likely!
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – NetApp has continually been touted as a prime acquisition target in the storage arena, but at least one senior executive feels it’s not something that’s going to happen in the near future. “I’ve been at NetApp for nine...
Virtual security misses the mark
Research has revealed a worrying skills gap, legacy security systems, poor tools and infrastructure and a lack of understanding as to securing a virtual environment effectively, as inhibitors to IT security of virtualised infrastructures today. This is according to...
Seacom to increase IP investment in 2014
Seacom will focus on renewing its IP network in 2014, upgrading to new equipment to ensure that its enterprise customers have the best possible network experience. CEO Mark Simpson says that, although Seacom is probably best known for its undersea fibre cable...
NetApp gets head start with new flash array
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – With the launch of its new EF 550 flash array, NetApp looks to have caught traditional storage competitors on the hop – and it could have a significant head start in this potentially lucrative market. Matt Watts, director of...
Neotel launches usage-based services
Neotel has launched the first enterprise usage-based wide area network (WAN) services in the South African market. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel, says: “We are excited to be the first service provider to make available this...
Who’s who on the Twiplomacy front?
All leading international organisations have a Twitter account, and half of their leaders have active personal accounts on Twitter, now a new Bursob-Marsteller study “Twiplomacy” has measured how well they are followed. The findings indicate that the United Nations...
Consumerisation grows business IT complexity
The “consumerisation” movement is shifting the sales process out of the control of the seller as enterprise buyers begin to mimic consumer shopping behaviours. With this shift, the value of the customer experience is now more important than cost to business and IT...
MTN Rwanda deploys Ericsson solution
Ericsson has announced that MTN Rwanda has deployed its Converged Wallet m-commerce solution. The launch brings easy-to-use, next-generation mobile financial services to MTN Rwanda’s subscribers, including mobile phone users that do not have access to traditional...
First Technology launches online store
First Technology has launched an online store, www.firstshop.co.za, that offers companies a range of branded products – from printers and peripherals to tablets and accessories - under one virtual roof at some of the best prices in South Africa. Backed by First...
G4S provides Zambian security solution
With a presence in over 125 countries and an extensive offering, G4S is the largest international provider of security solutions. Ranging from on-site manned security and cash processing solutions to cash in transit and ATM security, their services ensure that...