Technology News
IT security training should be outsourced
Most companies assign their own Tech Support department to train company employees in matters of IT security, rather than hiring outside IT consultants or commissioning IT security professionals. This is according to experts at B2B International, which recently...
Fujitsu signs up Westcon
Fujitsu has appointed Westcon Africa as a Select Partner to distribute its full range of products, with specific emphasis on data centre products, into SADC, East and West Africa. This appointment will see Westcon Africa distributing the full Fujitsu product portfolio...
Connected video devices to outstrip people
More than 8-billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from the Broadband Technology Service at HIS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the...
SA urged to close tech gender divide
There is a growing recognition of the potential of information communications technology (ICT) to promote gender equality and empower women, but there is still a yawning “gender divide” in the numbers of women using technology, and pursuing technology careers, in...
Soweto Conference aims to develop SMEs
In line with the critical need to develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Small Business Development (CSBD) a centre established under the auspices of the Faculty of Management, will host its Fourth...
Chinese electronics manufacturers woo SA
The fourth annual China Sourcing Fair will feature a broad range of popular electronics and components at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 7 to 9 November 2013. Suppliers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan manufacture many high quality electronic goods...
HD video surveillance drives big, big data
How much data is 413 Petabytes (Pb)? It’s enough to fill 92,1-million single-sided, single-layer DVDs. Or, it’s four times the amount of photo and video data stored on Facebook as of February 2012. It is also equal to the information produced in just one day by all...
Syrian refugees get e-cards
As part of its massive humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rolling out an innovative electronic voucher programme in Lebanon that will allow hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees to meet their food needs and...
NCR launches APTRA Interactive Teller
At the ATMIA Emerging New Africa show, NCR Corporation - in collaboration with Bytes Managed Solutions - has launched NCR APTRA Interactive Teller, a new ATM-based technology that makes everyday banking transactions easier for customers by allowing them to complete...
Web design must focus on mobile
In a world in which there are now more mobile phones than people optimising content for mobile consumption has become a business imperative. And in developing regions such as Africa, the importance of mobile is magnified by the fact that the majority of people only...
Piecemeal mobile is not a solution
Taking your enterprise applications mobile in a fragmented fashion simply adds to enterprise IT complexity, warns HansaWorld. The global enterprise is going mobile, and users want all their most business-critical applications available on their mobile devices. But...
Smart machines impact business
Sixty percent of CEOs believe that the emergence of smart machines capable of absorbing millions of middle-class jobs within 15 years is a "futurist fantasy", according to Gartner's 2013 CEO survey. However, Gartner predicts that smart machines will have widespread...
Microsoft looks for start-ups in Africa
Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Ventures partnership programme into Africa, and has selected Nairobi innovation centre 88mph as its first African accelerator partner. Microsoft Ventures was introduced in June as a coordinated global effort to offer tools,...
IT security training should be outsourced
Most companies assign their own Tech Support department to train company employees in matters of IT security, rather than hiring outside IT consultants or commissioning IT security professionals. This is according to experts at B2B International, which recently...
Fujitsu signs up Westcon
Fujitsu has appointed Westcon Africa as a Select Partner to distribute its full range of products, with specific emphasis on data centre products, into SADC, East and West Africa. This appointment will see Westcon Africa distributing the full Fujitsu product portfolio...
Connected video devices to outstrip people
More than 8-billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from the Broadband Technology Service at HIS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the...
SA urged to close tech gender divide
There is a growing recognition of the potential of information communications technology (ICT) to promote gender equality and empower women, but there is still a yawning “gender divide” in the numbers of women using technology, and pursuing technology careers, in...
Soweto Conference aims to develop SMEs
In line with the critical need to develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Small Business Development (CSBD) a centre established under the auspices of the Faculty of Management, will host its Fourth...
Chinese electronics manufacturers woo SA
The fourth annual China Sourcing Fair will feature a broad range of popular electronics and components at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 7 to 9 November 2013. Suppliers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan manufacture many high quality electronic goods...
HD video surveillance drives big, big data
How much data is 413 Petabytes (Pb)? It’s enough to fill 92,1-million single-sided, single-layer DVDs. Or, it’s four times the amount of photo and video data stored on Facebook as of February 2012. It is also equal to the information produced in just one day by all...