Technology News
Lexmark acquires PACSgear
Lexmark International has acquired PACSgear, a provider of connectivity solutions for healthcare providers to capture, manage and share medical images and related documents and integrate them with existing picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and...
Changes to Chinese trademark law
With China becoming an increasingly important market for South African companies, the proposed changes to Chinese trademark law that were recently announced are of great importance, says Ilse du Plessis, director in Intellectual Property at ENSafrica. There has long...
Resellers’ roles changing to educators
Data has become the lifeblood of any organisation, and with an increasing shift away from hardware towards a more service-oriented market, the role of the reseller when it comes to backup has changed dramatically, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet. A “box drop”...
Companies are losing their grip on data
Companies are losing their grip on their data. The reason why boils down to them applying 20th century mindsets and methodologies in 21st century mobile world. “The old ways of managing and protecting information just don’t cut it anymore and that’s why companies are...
E-commerce set to take off this Xmas
The festive season is upon us, which means consumers need to start thinking about gifts for family, friends and business associates. A new and trendsetting e-commerce Web site which offers innovative products across beauty, travel, digital accessories, gadgets, toys,...
Improve security to unleash IT
Every day we’re bombarded with news about the latest data breach. Unfortunately, the headlines we all read confirm findings in Symantec’s recent Internet Security Threat Report: the threat from hackers is not only growing, but also evolving. Today’s cyber security...
Market to shift to wireless broadband
The South African market is seeing an increased need for broadband access, which is expected to be powered by mobile broadband solutions into the future. Craig Lowe, execMobile founder, says this is evident from the DMMA and Effective Measure’s release of their South...
Veeam MP collects data during failures
Veeam Software, an innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualisation management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, has announced Veeam Management Pack (MP) v6.5 for VMware. Veeam MP extends deep VMware monitoring, management and capacity...
Neotel, NIIT launch Math Lab in Gauteng
Ekurhuleni - Neotel and NIIT have announced the launch of the first ICT enabled Mathematics laboratory at Khayelihle Primary School in Vosloorus, as a means to contribute towards improving math skills at the primary schools in South Africa. This state of the art...
Protecting the Internet of things
The news has been filled lately with stories on new types of devices being hacked. From GPS, to cars, to baby monitors, all sorts of strange devices are being hacked, and taken over by cybercriminals. In addition, the advent of malware such as Stuxnet and Flame, has...
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...
Lexmark acquires PACSgear
Lexmark International has acquired PACSgear, a provider of connectivity solutions for healthcare providers to capture, manage and share medical images and related documents and integrate them with existing picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and...
Changes to Chinese trademark law
With China becoming an increasingly important market for South African companies, the proposed changes to Chinese trademark law that were recently announced are of great importance, says Ilse du Plessis, director in Intellectual Property at ENSafrica. There has long...
Resellers’ roles changing to educators
Data has become the lifeblood of any organisation, and with an increasing shift away from hardware towards a more service-oriented market, the role of the reseller when it comes to backup has changed dramatically, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet. A “box drop”...
Companies are losing their grip on data
Companies are losing their grip on their data. The reason why boils down to them applying 20th century mindsets and methodologies in 21st century mobile world. “The old ways of managing and protecting information just don’t cut it anymore and that’s why companies are...
E-commerce set to take off this Xmas
The festive season is upon us, which means consumers need to start thinking about gifts for family, friends and business associates. A new and trendsetting e-commerce Web site which offers innovative products across beauty, travel, digital accessories, gadgets, toys,...
Improve security to unleash IT
Every day we’re bombarded with news about the latest data breach. Unfortunately, the headlines we all read confirm findings in Symantec’s recent Internet Security Threat Report: the threat from hackers is not only growing, but also evolving. Today’s cyber security...
Market to shift to wireless broadband
The South African market is seeing an increased need for broadband access, which is expected to be powered by mobile broadband solutions into the future. Craig Lowe, execMobile founder, says this is evident from the DMMA and Effective Measure’s release of their South...