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Africa well positioned in broadband race
The digital world requires faster broadband delivered on a quality network. MTN is heading the call with plans to connect every customer to the digital space. Broadband is still behind and this requires insurmountable investments to ensure economic growth, improved...
EMC announces XtremIO All-Flash Array
EMC Corporation has announced general availability of EMC XtremIO, the industry’s first and only all-flash array to provide consistent and predictable extreme performance to any application workload over any period of time, regardless of whether the array is idle or...
Incredible Connection uses iGroup solution
iGroup, the innovative technology-driven digital solutions company and provider of e-business solutions, has engineered an e-commerce solution for Incredible Connection, the well-known technology specialist retailer. Incredible Connection aligns themselves as a...
MTN offers new iPhone models
MTN South Africa has announced that the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c are available on its network to customers on affordable packages. The company offers iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s devices with a range of contract price plans to access its world-class network for...
Massive cloud uptake in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Africa is about to see a massive explosion in cloud usage as companies get over their fear of security and reliability to implement cloud services as soon as next year. New research from World Wide Worx, commissioned by...
Digital TV experience in Africa is mobile
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - While most African countries look forward to the switch-on of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the next 18 months or so – although some countries may slip in this deadline – technologies such as mobile may...
Video on demand set to boom in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Around the world, video is taking off. While Africa may be behind this particular curve, video on demand is set to be an important network driver in the near future. Analysts believe that, in the next five years, video...
Digitising documents to unlock big data
Digitising paper documents will unlock data and allow it to be used in big data analysis, saving a potential 20% of annual turnover for European companies. New research commissioned by Ricoh Europe illustrates the benefits to European businesses of tackling the...
Cloud in Africa: the next big disruptor
The disruptive nature of cloud computing will have far-reaching effects across all continents and industries as global players in the industry scuffle for market share in emerging opportunities for small to medium (SME) enterprises, says Derek Kudsee, CEO at SAP...
All the winners at AfricaCom …
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Ericsson took home last night’s AfricaCom award for the Best Quality User Experience, with Huawei Technologies winning the Best Network Improvement award. Ericsson Multiscreen Self-care enables communication service...
Dangote grows SAP relationship
West African-based industrial conglomerate Dangote Group has extended its relationship with SAP, market leader in enterprise application software, by signing a deal to use SAP’s OpenText ECM (enterprise content management) and Invoice Management offerings on top of...
SMBs are easy targets for hackers
For the average small to medium sized enterprise, which faces the exact same IT security challenges as large enterprises, buying and maintaining countless point solutions to address security threats in what is really a reactive patchwork manner is an expensive...
Children’s home gets wireless security
Founded in 1959, Abraham Kriel Children’s Home in Nylstroom has been caring for children that have been orphaned or taken out of environments where they were not being cared for properly. Situated on 20 hectares of ground donated by the municipality, the Children’s...
Africa well positioned in broadband race
The digital world requires faster broadband delivered on a quality network. MTN is heading the call with plans to connect every customer to the digital space. Broadband is still behind and this requires insurmountable investments to ensure economic growth, improved...
EMC announces XtremIO All-Flash Array
EMC Corporation has announced general availability of EMC XtremIO, the industry’s first and only all-flash array to provide consistent and predictable extreme performance to any application workload over any period of time, regardless of whether the array is idle or...
Incredible Connection uses iGroup solution
iGroup, the innovative technology-driven digital solutions company and provider of e-business solutions, has engineered an e-commerce solution for Incredible Connection, the well-known technology specialist retailer. Incredible Connection aligns themselves as a...
MTN offers new iPhone models
MTN South Africa has announced that the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c are available on its network to customers on affordable packages. The company offers iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s devices with a range of contract price plans to access its world-class network for...
Massive cloud uptake in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Africa is about to see a massive explosion in cloud usage as companies get over their fear of security and reliability to implement cloud services as soon as next year. New research from World Wide Worx, commissioned by...
Digital TV experience in Africa is mobile
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - While most African countries look forward to the switch-on of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in the next 18 months or so – although some countries may slip in this deadline – technologies such as mobile may...
Video on demand set to boom in Africa
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom, Cape Town - Around the world, video is taking off. While Africa may be behind this particular curve, video on demand is set to be an important network driver in the near future. Analysts believe that, in the next five years, video...