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Zetes solutions drive optimisation
Zetes was quick to recognise the need for efficient cooperation between supply chain stakeholders, in particular with respect to delivering quality and traceability, ensuring consumer protection and enabling anti-counterfeiting of brands and products. To answer these...
Preparing private clouds for a hybrid future
The value of hybrid cloud environments continues to grow for enterprises as services are becoming more and more refined. While perceived risks still remain, new management tools are quickly closing the gap allowing for data and applications to be managed seamlessly in...
Fujitsu strengthens solutions portfolio
Fujitsu has announced at Fujitsu Forum 2013 that it is significantly minimising customer implementation risks and shortening information and communications technology (ICT) project times by further strengthening its global solutions portfolio and allying with software...
DiskShred warns of PCI DSS rule changes
Data storage destruction specialist DiskShred has warned UK companies that process credit card transactions - which accounts for almost all SMEs and larger businesses - of plans to dramatically ramp up the security requirements under Version 3 of the PCI DSS rules due...
DiData named outsourcing leader by Gartner
Dimension Data has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services (COPS) 2013 report for the third consecutive year. Compiled by Gartner analysts, the Magic Quadrant...
Cloud computing to change SMME solutions
Local and globally aligned provider of secure online transaction processing services, Sage Pay, says the industry faces an “interesting period” over the next five to 10 years. “A new set of entrepreneurs is emerging in South Africa,” says Sage Pay MD, Charles...
Google Play offers e-books in South Africa
Book lovers in South Africa can now buy e-books on Google Play. Apps are already available on Google Play, and the launch will give users access to hundreds of thousands of e-books, including bestsellers and classics from hundreds of publishers. With the launch of...
Phone out of favour for Gen Y
For Generation Y - individuals born between 1980 and 2000 - the phone is now the third choice of engagement after electronic messaging and smartphone applications. New contact centre research also shows that the preference gaps for Generation X (individuals born...
Ricoh SA set to double headcount
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s EMEA Strategy Session, London – By “eating its own dog food” when it comes to cloud computing, Ricoh South Africa could nearly double the headcount in its shared services division by this time next year from 160 people to 300. Jacques van...
Ricoh open for African business
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s EMEA Strategy Session, London – As one of the few growth regions in the volume printer market, Africa is firmly in Ricoh’s sights in terms of investment and increased market presence. Richard Allison, director of the IT Distribution Channel...
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...
Zetes solutions drive optimisation
Zetes was quick to recognise the need for efficient cooperation between supply chain stakeholders, in particular with respect to delivering quality and traceability, ensuring consumer protection and enabling anti-counterfeiting of brands and products. To answer these...
Preparing private clouds for a hybrid future
The value of hybrid cloud environments continues to grow for enterprises as services are becoming more and more refined. While perceived risks still remain, new management tools are quickly closing the gap allowing for data and applications to be managed seamlessly in...
Fujitsu strengthens solutions portfolio
Fujitsu has announced at Fujitsu Forum 2013 that it is significantly minimising customer implementation risks and shortening information and communications technology (ICT) project times by further strengthening its global solutions portfolio and allying with software...
DiskShred warns of PCI DSS rule changes
Data storage destruction specialist DiskShred has warned UK companies that process credit card transactions - which accounts for almost all SMEs and larger businesses - of plans to dramatically ramp up the security requirements under Version 3 of the PCI DSS rules due...
DiData named outsourcing leader by Gartner
Dimension Data has announced it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Communications Outsourcing and Professional Services (COPS) 2013 report for the third consecutive year. Compiled by Gartner analysts, the Magic Quadrant...
Cloud computing to change SMME solutions
Local and globally aligned provider of secure online transaction processing services, Sage Pay, says the industry faces an “interesting period” over the next five to 10 years. “A new set of entrepreneurs is emerging in South Africa,” says Sage Pay MD, Charles...
Google Play offers e-books in South Africa
Book lovers in South Africa can now buy e-books on Google Play. Apps are already available on Google Play, and the launch will give users access to hundreds of thousands of e-books, including bestsellers and classics from hundreds of publishers. With the launch of...