Technology News
Fortinet expands virtual security ecosystem
Fortinet a global leader in high-performance network security - announced an expansion of its virtual security ecosystem that now supports Microsoft’s Windows Server Hyper-V as well as the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualisation infrastructure. Designed for...
OneStream wins EMC certification
Ovations, South Africa’s foremost provider of business process transformation solutions, has achieved the nation’s first formal EMC Corporation Certification Solution designation for its proprietary OneStream solution based on the EMC Documentum xCP, EMC Captiva and...
Bowens wins with Xerox colour presses
Personalised digital printing company Bowens Bureau grew its photo book business to more than 20% of its overall revenue after the company bought a Xerox iGen3 press to launch RapidStudio, a new line of business, five years ago. It now plans to increase that figure to...
Local learning platform debuts
Intel yesterday launched a new education platform designed specifically for African learners. The South African portal offers textbooks worksheets and interactive learning materials tailored to the South African curriculum and available for free on all Intel-based PCs...
Flexible working key to business success
Three quarters of South African respondents believe flexible working is a critical measure to achieving higher productivity (76%). This is according to the latest Regus survey, which confirms that in any economic climate - but particularly in times of high market...
Users value data more than the device
Most computer users regard the data they have on their machines as more important than the computer itself. In a 2013 survey carried out by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 56% regarded their photos and documents as more precious than even expensive hardware....
Net 1 posts profit gains, signs BEE deal
Net 1 UEPS Technologies has reported revenue and fundamental EPS for the first quarter of 2014 of $123-million and $0.37, a constant currency increase of 34% and 77%, respectively. In addition, the company has signed a letter of intent to issue 4,4-million shares at...
Lenovo sees Q2 revenue, profit increase
Lenovo’s quarterly revenue for the second quarter, ended 30 September, was $9,8-billion, a 13% increase year-over-year. Second quarter profit grew even faster with pre-tax income increasing 30% year-over-year to US$265-million, while earnings grew 36% year-over-year...
Pinnacle Africa to distribute Asus
Pinnacle Africa has been appointed as an official distribution partner of Taiwanese ICT manufacturer Asus. Pinnacle Africa will immediately begin distributing Asus components as well as an array of system products including the vendor’s notebooks, tablets and...
Cell C offers international call promotion
Cell C has launched a 65c international calling promotion, giving South Africans cheaper rates to connect overseas during the holiday season. As of 5 November customers calling the UK, the US, Germany, Greece, Portugal, France, Belgium, Canada, Spain, India, China and...
KEMP introduces new load balancers
KEMP Technologies has announced the availability of three new virtual load balancers — the Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) 200, 2000 and 5000, to the local market. These new virtual load balancers dramatically increases application performance enabling customers to deploy...
SA and IT outsourcing in the coming years
With the South African IT services market expected to reach R53,3-billion by 2015, according to BMI TechKnowledge’s (BMI-T) South African IT Services Market Sizing and Forecast, and it is safe to say there is still considerable opportunity for IT players in their...
Ending server sprawl
Companies face important IT challenges today. Not only do they have to deploy and run their business applications with agility, but their infrastructures need to scale to support growth while maintaining quality of service – all in a cost-effective manner, says...
Fortinet expands virtual security ecosystem
Fortinet a global leader in high-performance network security - announced an expansion of its virtual security ecosystem that now supports Microsoft’s Windows Server Hyper-V as well as the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualisation infrastructure. Designed for...
OneStream wins EMC certification
Ovations, South Africa’s foremost provider of business process transformation solutions, has achieved the nation’s first formal EMC Corporation Certification Solution designation for its proprietary OneStream solution based on the EMC Documentum xCP, EMC Captiva and...
Bowens wins with Xerox colour presses
Personalised digital printing company Bowens Bureau grew its photo book business to more than 20% of its overall revenue after the company bought a Xerox iGen3 press to launch RapidStudio, a new line of business, five years ago. It now plans to increase that figure to...
Local learning platform debuts
Intel yesterday launched a new education platform designed specifically for African learners. The South African portal offers textbooks worksheets and interactive learning materials tailored to the South African curriculum and available for free on all Intel-based PCs...
Flexible working key to business success
Three quarters of South African respondents believe flexible working is a critical measure to achieving higher productivity (76%). This is according to the latest Regus survey, which confirms that in any economic climate - but particularly in times of high market...
Users value data more than the device
Most computer users regard the data they have on their machines as more important than the computer itself. In a 2013 survey carried out by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 56% regarded their photos and documents as more precious than even expensive hardware....
Net 1 posts profit gains, signs BEE deal
Net 1 UEPS Technologies has reported revenue and fundamental EPS for the first quarter of 2014 of $123-million and $0.37, a constant currency increase of 34% and 77%, respectively. In addition, the company has signed a letter of intent to issue 4,4-million shares at...