Technology News
Riverbed announces product expansion
At Riverbed Analyst Day 2013, Riverbed Technology announced a new and expansive product and market strategy designed for growth. Riverbed has emerged from a four-year effort to transform from a single-product company to a platform company and with its expanded product...
NetIQ named IAM leader by Forrester
One of nine companies invited by Forrester Research to participate in an assessment evaluating current vendor offerings strategy and market presence, NetIQ has been declared a leader in identity and access management (IAM) suites. Connie Grobler, technical specialist...
Econz Wireless partners with Samsung
Econz Wireless has partnered with Samsung Electronics South Africa to improve and advance mobile workforce management and streamline business to become more efficient, productive and profitable. Samsung’s powerful software development kit and other tools are made...
Telkom interconnecting with itself
The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) supports the court action initiated by one of its members, MWeb, against Telkom relating to the irregular charging of a “transit fee” for the “transiting” of calls between its fixed and mobile...
SA inventor lights up Africa
For inventor Michael Suttner, the eureka moment in his search to invent a low-cost lighting source came when he spotted a simple water filter screwed into a plastic bottle. He realised that before him was the solution to the conundrum that brought together the...
Resellers must adapt or die in cloud era
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Resellers who cling to their traditional ways of doing business face the very real danger of going out of business as the new era of cloud computing starts to take hold in the market. Thomas Ehrlich, NetApp’s vice-president...
Lack of legacy systems frees up Africa
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Africa, continually touted by major IT multinationals as “the next big market”, could have a distinct advantage over more traditional markets in the US and western Europe because many countries on the continent are not tied...
Knott-Craig recovers from minor stroke
Alan Knott-Craig, the CEO of Cell C, has suffered a minor stroke. According to a statement from Cell C, he is currently recovering in hospital and responding well to treatment. He is expected to make a full recovery. Cell C chief commercial officer, Jose Dos Santos...
Mobile takes centre stage at Dreamforce 2013
Quinton Pienaar reports from Dreamforce, San Francisco - Mobility is clearly a focus. Salesforce.com has announced new mobile applications providing a unified mobile experience. Acknowledging the power of this platform, users and their unique approach to mobile...
BCX results show 2013 improvement
Business Connexion’s results for the year ended 21 August 2013 show an overall improvement on the past year, and the ICR services provider focuses on sustainable, organic growth; expansion into the rest of Africa; strategic acquisitions; and cost containment. Benjamin...
SA’s HR industry sets a new standard
In August 2013, South Africa’s HR industry received a much-needed "shot in the arm" and achieved a milestone with the roll out of national HR standards, the culmination of the HR Standards Project initiated in 2012 by the South African Board for People Practices...
Virtualisation aids disaster recovery
Virtualisation has helped to make disaster recovery and business continuity planning easy and affordable for even the smallest companies, says Warren Olivier, regional corporate account manager at Veeam Software – but many still aren’t taking advantage of the new...
Datacentrix named Riverbed Diamond partner
IT solution provider Datacentrix has been named Africa’s first Diamond level partner by application performance company, Riverbed Technology, in recognition of its outstanding track record of sales success and its technical and support commitment to Riverbed...
Riverbed announces product expansion
At Riverbed Analyst Day 2013, Riverbed Technology announced a new and expansive product and market strategy designed for growth. Riverbed has emerged from a four-year effort to transform from a single-product company to a platform company and with its expanded product...
NetIQ named IAM leader by Forrester
One of nine companies invited by Forrester Research to participate in an assessment evaluating current vendor offerings strategy and market presence, NetIQ has been declared a leader in identity and access management (IAM) suites. Connie Grobler, technical specialist...
Econz Wireless partners with Samsung
Econz Wireless has partnered with Samsung Electronics South Africa to improve and advance mobile workforce management and streamline business to become more efficient, productive and profitable. Samsung’s powerful software development kit and other tools are made...
Telkom interconnecting with itself
The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) supports the court action initiated by one of its members, MWeb, against Telkom relating to the irregular charging of a “transit fee” for the “transiting” of calls between its fixed and mobile...
SA inventor lights up Africa
For inventor Michael Suttner, the eureka moment in his search to invent a low-cost lighting source came when he spotted a simple water filter screwed into a plastic bottle. He realised that before him was the solution to the conundrum that brought together the...
Resellers must adapt or die in cloud era
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Resellers who cling to their traditional ways of doing business face the very real danger of going out of business as the new era of cloud computing starts to take hold in the market. Thomas Ehrlich, NetApp’s vice-president...
Lack of legacy systems frees up Africa
By Mark Davison at NetApp Insight, Dublin – Africa, continually touted by major IT multinationals as “the next big market”, could have a distinct advantage over more traditional markets in the US and western Europe because many countries on the continent are not tied...