Technology News
Acer presents new commercial notebooks
Acer has announced new additions to its commercial product portfolio from its TravelMate family and updates to its popular P6, P4 and P2 series. The Acer X313 and new P645 will be added to the portfolio bringing beautifully designed devices and superior productivity...
CRS training empowers HR learners
CRS Technologies, a leading local provider of HR & payroll services and solutions, has rolled out a series of basic training modules for learners at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth. Five years ago NMMU introduced the CRS HR...
Quintica grows ITSM customer base
The retail, ICT, education and construction industries are, according to specialist ICT company Quintica, placing the microscope on IT service management as a host of organisations in these markets have deployed the BMC RemedyForce Service Desk solution over the last...
Industry slams DBE’s Delphi decision
The IT industry is up in arms this morning over a decision by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to scrap the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in schools, and to drop Java in favour of Delphi as the programming language of choice. Circular S9 of 2013...
HP turnaround progress detailed
HP’s turnaround strategy is on track, according to president and CEO Meg Whitman, giving delegates to HP’s 2013 Securities Analyst Meeting an update on the company’s progress executing against its turnaround plan and future strategy. Whitman reviewed the...
September uptick for global PC shipments
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 81,6-million units in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13). In year-on-year terms, the market contracted -7,6%, ahead of a projected decline of -9,5% for the quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
Mxit retains its users’ loyalty
South Africa’s home-grown instant messaging service, Mxit, may have been supplanted by Facebook as the country’s biggest social network, but it has succeeded in maintaining the loyalty of its user base. This emerged from the final analysis of the SA Social Media...
Telkom demos 200Mbps LTE Advanced
Telkom used the MyBroadband conference yesterday to demonstrate the results of its technical trials into high-speed fixed Internet over a 100Mbps GPON-based line, as well as showing mobile broadband over 200Mbps LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation air interface. These...
SA’s IT spending set for 6,3% growth
Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to increase 6,3% year-on-year in 2014 to total $14,59-billion, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its recently released South Africa Vertical Markets 2013–2017 IT Spending...
SA’s business confidence gap narrows
A fall in business confidence in fast-growing economies such as South Africa has reduced the gap with mature markets as efficiency becomes the key driver to remaining competitive without compromising on growth. The latest Regus survey reveals that globally firms will...
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...
Acer presents new commercial notebooks
Acer has announced new additions to its commercial product portfolio from its TravelMate family and updates to its popular P6, P4 and P2 series. The Acer X313 and new P645 will be added to the portfolio bringing beautifully designed devices and superior productivity...
CRS training empowers HR learners
CRS Technologies, a leading local provider of HR & payroll services and solutions, has rolled out a series of basic training modules for learners at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth. Five years ago NMMU introduced the CRS HR...
Quintica grows ITSM customer base
The retail, ICT, education and construction industries are, according to specialist ICT company Quintica, placing the microscope on IT service management as a host of organisations in these markets have deployed the BMC RemedyForce Service Desk solution over the last...
Industry slams DBE’s Delphi decision
The IT industry is up in arms this morning over a decision by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to scrap the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in schools, and to drop Java in favour of Delphi as the programming language of choice. Circular S9 of 2013...
HP turnaround progress detailed
HP’s turnaround strategy is on track, according to president and CEO Meg Whitman, giving delegates to HP’s 2013 Securities Analyst Meeting an update on the company’s progress executing against its turnaround plan and future strategy. Whitman reviewed the...
September uptick for global PC shipments
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 81,6-million units in the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13). In year-on-year terms, the market contracted -7,6%, ahead of a projected decline of -9,5% for the quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...
Mxit retains its users’ loyalty
South Africa’s home-grown instant messaging service, Mxit, may have been supplanted by Facebook as the country’s biggest social network, but it has succeeded in maintaining the loyalty of its user base. This emerged from the final analysis of the SA Social Media...