Technology News
Drummond takes on Acer region
David Drummond, who recently rejoined Acer Africa, has been named as the new vice-president of Acer Middle East and Africa. He will continue to serve as country manager for Acer Southern Africa, while taking on the additional responsibility of the Middle East and...
Ricoh more than just printers
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s Freedom to Operate Press Tour, London – Japanese IT giant Ricoh may be considered by many to be primarily a printer company, but it is rapidly gearing itself for the business shift towards trends such as cloud computing, big data, mobility...
Ricoh ready for cloud computing
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s Freedom to Operate Press Tour, London – Ricoh could have a major jump on some less traditional rivals when it comes to the new style of IT that will rely heavily on cloud computing – it already has more data centres in Europe than most other...
Growing business support for carbon tax
A majority of companies support the implementation of a carbon tax. National Treasury held a carbon tax stakeholder consultation last Friday 1 November at the Energy Research Council, University of Cape Town. The event was attended by members of government, business,...
Silver surfers a vital technology market
Silver surfers represent a more important technology market than Generation X and Generation Y, according to new “maverick” research from Gartner. VP and Gartner fellow David Furlonger says that with an aging population in many mature and emerging markets,...
Chief digital officers could be out of work
Burberry, Nike, Rolls-Royce. These are firms that understand true digital business, having embraced digital technologies to fundamentally alter the way they bring value to customers. But this list of leaders is short, and for most firms, the scope of digital...
SAP, UCT to develop content for Africa
SAP University Alliances Africa has, together with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU) in Germany, launched a three-year project to develop an enterprise systems (ES) education platform, curriculum and community for...
Poynting to buy up Aucom
Poynting is to buy 100% of African Union Communications (Aucom) for R49,5-million. This is the result of an agreement with The MAS Trust, Rudolph Rashama, Tebogo Rashama and Aucom. As part of the agreement, within six months, Aucom will appoint additional employees...
Mozambican users get streamed mobile content
Ericsson has partnered with Mozambican operator mcel and mobile television services provider DStv Mobile to launch Africa’s first mobile TV service in Mozambique that will stream content directly to consumer’s handsets over different operating systems. It will enable...
Free Autodesk software for education
Autodesk will be making available its technology and resources to education institutions in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to help train students in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. The company recently expanded its Academic Resource Centre (ARC)...
Kaseya acquires Office 365 solution
Kaseya, a leading provider of IT systems management software, has announced the acquisition of 365 Command, a solution enabling IT organisations and MSPs to easily manage and administer the Microsoft Office 365 cloud application suite. With this acquisition, Kaseya...
Alcatel OneTouch smartphone sales boom
TCL Communication Technology has announced the unaudited figures about shipments of its handsets and other products in September 2013 and for the first nine months of the year. The group’s total sales volume of handsets and other products increased by 38% year-on-year...
Samsung launches SMB printing solutions
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the launch of its Business Core Printing Solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs), to increase workplace efficiency through easy-to-use, serverless printing. Business Core Printing Solutions enable SMBs to...
Drummond takes on Acer region
David Drummond, who recently rejoined Acer Africa, has been named as the new vice-president of Acer Middle East and Africa. He will continue to serve as country manager for Acer Southern Africa, while taking on the additional responsibility of the Middle East and...
Ricoh more than just printers
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s Freedom to Operate Press Tour, London – Japanese IT giant Ricoh may be considered by many to be primarily a printer company, but it is rapidly gearing itself for the business shift towards trends such as cloud computing, big data, mobility...
Ricoh ready for cloud computing
By Mark Davison at Ricoh’s Freedom to Operate Press Tour, London – Ricoh could have a major jump on some less traditional rivals when it comes to the new style of IT that will rely heavily on cloud computing – it already has more data centres in Europe than most other...
Growing business support for carbon tax
A majority of companies support the implementation of a carbon tax. National Treasury held a carbon tax stakeholder consultation last Friday 1 November at the Energy Research Council, University of Cape Town. The event was attended by members of government, business,...
Silver surfers a vital technology market
Silver surfers represent a more important technology market than Generation X and Generation Y, according to new “maverick” research from Gartner. VP and Gartner fellow David Furlonger says that with an aging population in many mature and emerging markets,...
Chief digital officers could be out of work
Burberry, Nike, Rolls-Royce. These are firms that understand true digital business, having embraced digital technologies to fundamentally alter the way they bring value to customers. But this list of leaders is short, and for most firms, the scope of digital...
SAP, UCT to develop content for Africa
SAP University Alliances Africa has, together with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU) in Germany, launched a three-year project to develop an enterprise systems (ES) education platform, curriculum and community for...