Technology News
Vodacom strikes up deal with WirelessG
WirelessG has been appointed as the exclusive provider of WiFi data products to Vodacom, for purposes of Vodacom bundling G-Connect WiFi data solutions. Vodacom will offer these bundled products through its retail distribution network. The technical scope and...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM support from Trillium
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...
Service management bridges IT, business
ICT solutions provider and service management specialists Quintica have noted increasing demand from customers to extend their ITSM projects and capabilities to include and cover business process management (BPM) and business service management (BSM) practices and...
Fujitsu removes data speed limits
At last week’s Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu demonstrated technology that is destined to significantly reshape the data centre of the future both in functionality and design. By removing current speed limits to deliver data at the speed of light, performance bottlenecks are...
AdaptiveMobile, Conor Technologies partner
AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security, today announces that it has signed a reseller partner agreement with implementation and consultancy practise Conor Technologies. The agreement will see Conor Technologies and AdaptiveMobile work on strategic...
Telkom Business gains Tier IV certification
Telkom Business has announced that it has once again received international recognition for its data centre operations, this time in the form of the Uptime Tier IV design certification. This is for the group’s Belville data centre in the Western Cape. “Not only are we...
MTN Nigeria upgrades regional 3G network
Cambridge, UK and Lagos, Nigeria: Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), the company leading the world in the development and deployment of next generation microwave networks, has today announced new contracts with MTN Nigeria to upgrade and expand capacity of the...
iLiveIT introduces video streaming platform
iLiveIT has recently partnered with SPB TV to launch a video streaming platform which will enable mobile network operators (MNOs) and corporate customers to deliver video content to multiple devices at low cost. Riaan Groenewald, iLiveIT COO, says a key element of...
Nashua stalwart Coutinho resigns
After more than 25 years at the company, Nashua MD David Coutinho has resigned to “pursue other interests”. Coutinho joined Nashua in the late 1980s as national sales manager under then-MD Jac Moolman. He later succeeded Chris Scoble as MD of the company. In a brief...
Bitcoin: disrupting mobile money in Africa
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Bitcoin has generated a lot of international press over the last few months, but so far the system has not really gained traction in Africa. Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of Kipochi, believes that Bitcoin is a truly disruptive...
Mitel acquires 100% of Aastra
Mitel Networks, a provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software solutions, and enterprise communication company Aastra Technologies have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement unanimously approved by the boards of both companies, under...
Yealink strengthens Far South Networks ties
Yealink has once again scored an impressive 100% pass mark in advanced interoperability tests (IOT) with innovative South African telecommunications equipment vendor, Far South Networks. Both companies, who share a very similar business philosophy, are now committed...
Seacom expands with Cape Town PoP
Seacom has launched a point of presence (PoP) in Cape Town for customers wanting to access and terminate services in the city. The new Seacom PoP plays a vital role in linking Eastern and Western undersea cable systems and enabling diversity for Seacom customers on...
Vodacom strikes up deal with WirelessG
WirelessG has been appointed as the exclusive provider of WiFi data products to Vodacom, for purposes of Vodacom bundling G-Connect WiFi data solutions. Vodacom will offer these bundled products through its retail distribution network. The technical scope and...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM support from Trillium
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...
Service management bridges IT, business
ICT solutions provider and service management specialists Quintica have noted increasing demand from customers to extend their ITSM projects and capabilities to include and cover business process management (BPM) and business service management (BSM) practices and...
Fujitsu removes data speed limits
At last week’s Fujitsu Forum, Fujitsu demonstrated technology that is destined to significantly reshape the data centre of the future both in functionality and design. By removing current speed limits to deliver data at the speed of light, performance bottlenecks are...
AdaptiveMobile, Conor Technologies partner
AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security, today announces that it has signed a reseller partner agreement with implementation and consultancy practise Conor Technologies. The agreement will see Conor Technologies and AdaptiveMobile work on strategic...
Telkom Business gains Tier IV certification
Telkom Business has announced that it has once again received international recognition for its data centre operations, this time in the form of the Uptime Tier IV design certification. This is for the group’s Belville data centre in the Western Cape. “Not only are we...
MTN Nigeria upgrades regional 3G network
Cambridge, UK and Lagos, Nigeria: Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), the company leading the world in the development and deployment of next generation microwave networks, has today announced new contracts with MTN Nigeria to upgrade and expand capacity of the...