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Raising awareness of fraud and its impact
Organisations lose an estimated 5% of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a 2012 study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). To help shine a spotlight on this global problem, Bytes Universal Systems, as a corporate sponsor of ACFE South...
Good reasons to select a career in IT
As the field of information technology (IT) continues its fast-paced development, the demand for IT professionals such as programmers, system architects and computer network specialist grows in tandem. Authorities predict that IT will continue to dominate 'careers of...
Microsoft aims to create future cities
South Africa’s major cities are home to more than two-thirds of the country’s population, and generate more than 60% of the country’s GDP – but they are facing a range of complex challenges, fuelled largely by a massive migration to urban areas. Although cities host...
Partnership aims to halt online child abuse
Specialist security distributor African Risk Mitigation (ARM) has partnered with NetClean in the fight against the proliferation of child sexual abuse images. Together, the two companies will be assisting ISPs, companies, and law enforcement across the African...
AxizWorkgroup takes on Red Hat distribution
AxizWorkgroup has added Red Hat to its list of IT vendors. Red Hat is a provider of open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to provide reliable and high-performing cloud, virtualisation, storage, Linux, and middleware technologies. The company’s core...
Keeping phones, Internet running in the rain
Unfavourable weather conditions in the form of heavy rains and electrical storm activity are expected across South Africa during the annual rainy season. Telkom says it is gearing up to minimise network related faults caused by the adverse weather conditions and the...
HDS unveils powerful SAP HANA solutions
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced its expansion of Hitachi solutions for SAP at SAP TechEd and a new European consumption model for procuring technology that runs SAP HANA. The enhanced portfolio includes solutions specifically designed for the...
Gartner names Ricoh an MPS leader
Gartner has made Ricoh a leader of its Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Print Services Worldwide. This is the fourth year in a row Ricoh has achieved this status. “We are proving with customers again and again that MDS is not just about creating efficiencies related...
SARS decision on inland ports welcomed
Reports that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has conceded to enable inland ports, including Johannesburg’s City Deep, to continue operating following a number of protests, is a welcome step forward, given the significant impact this would have had on the...
MER boosts Ivory Coast postal services
MER Group has announced that its telecom division has successfully delivered its Mobile FinaGate solution to La Poste, a crown corporation in Côte d’Ivoire that provides traditional post office services with the exception of postal banking services. The solution has...
Mobile strategy is still mostly lacking
Even though 80% of large enterprises believe mobile to be the greatest factor in organisational competitiveness, 41% still lack a formal mobile strategy. This is according to the Citrix Mobility in Business report, conducted across Europe and the BRICs countries,...
Intelligent workers to spike in five years
The number of intelligent workers is set to increase sharply over the next five years, according to Coleman-Parkes research commissioned bu Ricoh. Only 4% of business leaders surveyed describe their employees as intelligent workers who are defined as reliable and...
Johannesburg worst for traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is on the rise around South Africa, with Johannesburg topping the list of the country’s worst cities for traffic. This is according the sixth edition of TomTom’s Traffic Index which reveals that, on average, commuters around South Africa are...
Raising awareness of fraud and its impact
Organisations lose an estimated 5% of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a 2012 study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). To help shine a spotlight on this global problem, Bytes Universal Systems, as a corporate sponsor of ACFE South...
Good reasons to select a career in IT
As the field of information technology (IT) continues its fast-paced development, the demand for IT professionals such as programmers, system architects and computer network specialist grows in tandem. Authorities predict that IT will continue to dominate 'careers of...
Microsoft aims to create future cities
South Africa’s major cities are home to more than two-thirds of the country’s population, and generate more than 60% of the country’s GDP – but they are facing a range of complex challenges, fuelled largely by a massive migration to urban areas. Although cities host...
Partnership aims to halt online child abuse
Specialist security distributor African Risk Mitigation (ARM) has partnered with NetClean in the fight against the proliferation of child sexual abuse images. Together, the two companies will be assisting ISPs, companies, and law enforcement across the African...
AxizWorkgroup takes on Red Hat distribution
AxizWorkgroup has added Red Hat to its list of IT vendors. Red Hat is a provider of open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to provide reliable and high-performing cloud, virtualisation, storage, Linux, and middleware technologies. The company’s core...
Keeping phones, Internet running in the rain
Unfavourable weather conditions in the form of heavy rains and electrical storm activity are expected across South Africa during the annual rainy season. Telkom says it is gearing up to minimise network related faults caused by the adverse weather conditions and the...
HDS unveils powerful SAP HANA solutions
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced its expansion of Hitachi solutions for SAP at SAP TechEd and a new European consumption model for procuring technology that runs SAP HANA. The enhanced portfolio includes solutions specifically designed for the...