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Asbis shifts from components
Leading components distributor Asbis, founded in 2004 by IT veterans Peter Blaauw and Wade Calenborne, has decided to scale down its business. In a memo to customers, the company says that components distribution has become highly overtraded in the South African...
Device fingerprinting secretly tracks users
At least 145 of the Internet’s top 10 000 Web sites track users without their knowledge or consent, using hidden scripts to extract a device fingerprint from the users’ browsers, according to a new study by KU Leuven-iMinds. Device fingerprinting circumvents legal...
R25m PRASA contract for Altech Alcom Matomo
Altech Alcom Matomo, a provider of radio communication and telemetry products and solutions, has been awarded a three year contract to provide the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) with tactical security communication services and equipment. The current...
Wilton takes over as Gijima CEO
JSE-listed Gijima has announced the appointment of Eileen Wilton as CEO, with immediate effect. Robert Gumede has been appointed as executive chairman. Wilton joined Gijima in May 2012 as COO and subsequently became the interim CEO following the resignation of Jonas...
Jumia brings retail award home to Africa
Nigerian e-commerce site Jumia has won The Best Retail Launch of the Year at the World Retail Congress in Paris, becoming the first African company to take home this prestigious award. The event is run by the publishing company EMAP and discusses issues affecting the...
rAge 2013 breaks attendance records
rAge 2013 broke its own attendance records, with 32 626 gamers, tech consumers and computer fanatics – 13% more than last year – attending the expo. At rAge, gamers got the opportunity to hold the controllers of unreleased consoles in their hands for the very first...
FNB, Paperight named as top innovators
First National Bank (FNB) and Paperight were last night named the Innovation Masters of the inaugural Accenture Innovation Index in South Africa. The Innovation Index aims to measure, promote and reward innovative ideas and commercial concepts across the public and...
Toll-free framework pushed back again
Consumers making “toll-free” calls from one of the 59-million mobile phones in use in South Africa should acquaint themselves with the meaning of “oxymoron”. That's according to Switch Telecom's Greg Massel, who says South African consumers can only be sure they're...
SA start-up makes it to World Bank finals
Cape Town-based GoMetro, a mobile start-up company in the transport sector, is a global finalist in the VentureOut Challenge, an initiative of infoDev, a World Bank agency. GoMetro was selected from among 113 international entries to compete against 12 other mobile...
Turkey seeks SA electronics partners
A delegation from Turkey’s rapidly-growing electronics sector will travel to South Africa this month on a trade mission aimed at cultivating partnerships with South African importers, distributors, agents, retailers and wholesalers. Under the auspices of the Istanbul...
CIOs must get their heads in the cloud
There is probably no hotter topic in business technology right now than cloud computing. Like many other rapidly popularised technologies, the cloud has inspired its fair share of advocates and detractors, with opinions often drawn from both fact and fiction alike. As...
Fujitsu expands vShape packages
Fujitsu has further extended its popular vShape Reference Architectures to provide on-demand access to services, applications and data with minimal IT intervention. Whichever vShape virtualisation package best suits their needs, customers can now use the eCloud...
Philips offers UltraWide 21:9 display
MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, is pleased to announce the release of this ultra-clear, ultra-productive 29-inch Philips 298P4QJEB professional display display to the South African market. With the widescreen viewing...
Asbis shifts from components
Leading components distributor Asbis, founded in 2004 by IT veterans Peter Blaauw and Wade Calenborne, has decided to scale down its business. In a memo to customers, the company says that components distribution has become highly overtraded in the South African...
Device fingerprinting secretly tracks users
At least 145 of the Internet’s top 10 000 Web sites track users without their knowledge or consent, using hidden scripts to extract a device fingerprint from the users’ browsers, according to a new study by KU Leuven-iMinds. Device fingerprinting circumvents legal...
R25m PRASA contract for Altech Alcom Matomo
Altech Alcom Matomo, a provider of radio communication and telemetry products and solutions, has been awarded a three year contract to provide the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) with tactical security communication services and equipment. The current...
Wilton takes over as Gijima CEO
JSE-listed Gijima has announced the appointment of Eileen Wilton as CEO, with immediate effect. Robert Gumede has been appointed as executive chairman. Wilton joined Gijima in May 2012 as COO and subsequently became the interim CEO following the resignation of Jonas...
Jumia brings retail award home to Africa
Nigerian e-commerce site Jumia has won The Best Retail Launch of the Year at the World Retail Congress in Paris, becoming the first African company to take home this prestigious award. The event is run by the publishing company EMAP and discusses issues affecting the...
rAge 2013 breaks attendance records
rAge 2013 broke its own attendance records, with 32 626 gamers, tech consumers and computer fanatics – 13% more than last year – attending the expo. At rAge, gamers got the opportunity to hold the controllers of unreleased consoles in their hands for the very first...
FNB, Paperight named as top innovators
First National Bank (FNB) and Paperight were last night named the Innovation Masters of the inaugural Accenture Innovation Index in South Africa. The Innovation Index aims to measure, promote and reward innovative ideas and commercial concepts across the public and...