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Trillium supports Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Master Data Management, Trillium Software’s partner in South Africa, has recently announced Trillium’s support and seamless integration with Microsoft Dynamics Content Resource Management (CRM) 2013. The support and integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM enables...
Lastminutegolf.co.za goes mobile
South African ICT provider and mobility specialist company globetom, has extended the functionality of well-known golfing portal www.lastminutegolf.co.za with the addition of an HTML 5-based mobile application that allows for enhanced accessibility and usability....
Closing the door on Web app vulnerabilities
The rapid growth and adoption of the Internet and Web-based applications has been at the expense of security. Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another Web site or application being compromised, giving cybercriminals access to millions of customer records and...
Develop SA grows dealer network
Develop South Africa, a Bidvest Group company, is pleased to announce that it has increased its dealer networks to 26 partners, extending its coverage countrywide. Recently appointed MD, Marc Pillay, who has been responsible for evolving the Develop brand since its...
Ensuring ERP is a good fit
In an environment where cost control is crucial, users need to ensure they aren’t paying for ERP functionality you don’t need, says HansaWorld. Doing more with less is an ongoing challenge for the IT department. As the CIO seeks to enable more efficient business...
The manager’s new dilemma
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have allowed work to become more dispersed and remote creating at times a group of knowledge workers who are removed from the direct sphere of influence of management and co-workers. This has created a new...
FNB takes digital banking into Africa
FNB has expanded their digital banking reach into Africa by launching their Banking App and other digital banking services seamlessly into their African subsidiaries. According to FNB, the Banking App has amassed over 600 000 active App users in the South African...
Motorola Solutions expands Android portfolio
Motorola Solutions, a leading provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers, has announced four enterprise mobile computers running the most popular version of the Android operating system (OS). The devices...
Nigerian e-commerce payments hurdles
Nigeria is not “business as usual” for new entrants to the market – but, according to Robin Philip of payment services provider PayGate, for global e-commerce providers there are many opportunities if you have the right supporting network of partners and suppliers....
MB Tech plans R80m SecureData acquisition
MB Tech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MB Technologies, has made an offer to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of SecureData for an amount of about R86,3-million. The deal would involve MB Tech buying 227 128 521 SecureData shares by way of a scheme of...
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...
Trillium supports Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Master Data Management, Trillium Software’s partner in South Africa, has recently announced Trillium’s support and seamless integration with Microsoft Dynamics Content Resource Management (CRM) 2013. The support and integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM enables...
Lastminutegolf.co.za goes mobile
South African ICT provider and mobility specialist company globetom, has extended the functionality of well-known golfing portal www.lastminutegolf.co.za with the addition of an HTML 5-based mobile application that allows for enhanced accessibility and usability....
Closing the door on Web app vulnerabilities
The rapid growth and adoption of the Internet and Web-based applications has been at the expense of security. Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another Web site or application being compromised, giving cybercriminals access to millions of customer records and...
Develop SA grows dealer network
Develop South Africa, a Bidvest Group company, is pleased to announce that it has increased its dealer networks to 26 partners, extending its coverage countrywide. Recently appointed MD, Marc Pillay, who has been responsible for evolving the Develop brand since its...
Ensuring ERP is a good fit
In an environment where cost control is crucial, users need to ensure they aren’t paying for ERP functionality you don’t need, says HansaWorld. Doing more with less is an ongoing challenge for the IT department. As the CIO seeks to enable more efficient business...
The manager’s new dilemma
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have allowed work to become more dispersed and remote creating at times a group of knowledge workers who are removed from the direct sphere of influence of management and co-workers. This has created a new...
FNB takes digital banking into Africa
FNB has expanded their digital banking reach into Africa by launching their Banking App and other digital banking services seamlessly into their African subsidiaries. According to FNB, the Banking App has amassed over 600 000 active App users in the South African...