Technology News
Time to get social
Social networking has been one of the most profound innovations to sweep the world. Today, it accounts for around 20% of all Internet traffic, a huge increase considering it was virtually zero five years ago, according to ComScore, says Frank Reinelt, senior director...
The power of predictive maintenance
As industries and governments turn toward greater mechanisation and become increasingly reliant on technology, the need to keep systems running smoothly has never been as critical as it is today, says Nadine Shenker, director of Business Intelligence and Advanced...
Car & General named Garmin distributor
Garmin sub-Saharan Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Car & General as an East African distributor. Car & General have a long standing presence in the East Africa region, distributing brands such as Cummins, Briggs and Stratton, TVS, LML,...
CoEs are key for skills transfer, growth
ICT outsourcing has become a popular model, both in South Africa and across the world, as it enables organisations to leverage scarce ICT skills in a cost-effective and efficient manner, says Collin Govender, VP systems integration at T-Systems in South Africa....
HP unveils SDN Developer Kit
HP has recently unveiled the industry’s first enterprise-class software-defined networking (SDN) open ecosystem with the HP SDN Developer Kit (SDK) and the HP SDN App Store, creating new business opportunities for partners, and providing a simple way for customers to...
Enterprises must revisit security
Kathy Gibson reports from London - The information security measures that companies used in the past won’t work in the future, and organisations are increasingly going to have to make informed compromises about their security. This is according to Neil MacDonald, vice...
Ellis Park gets free WiFi for test match
The Golden Lions Rugby Union, in partnership with WirelessG (G-Connect), is preparing for tomorrow’s rugby test between the South African Springboks and New Zealand by making Ellis Park Stadium the first public WiFi enabled stadium hotspot in South Africa. As part of...
Security threat keeps getting bigger
Kathy Gibson reports from London - Organisations are already battling to stay ahead of the IT security game – and millions of new hackers are poised to enter the market as emerging markets become connected. Andrzej Kawalec, global chief technology officer: enterprise...
White hat hackers on the front line
Kathy Gibson reports from London - White hat hackers are leading the charge against cyber threats, having uncovered well over 2 000 threats and earning over $8-billion in the last eight years on the HP Zero Day Initiative alone. Jacob West, chief technology officer of...
Cisco, Facebook to work together
Cisco has announced a collaboration with Facebook that helps businesses increase brand recognition and proactively target promotions and advertisements based on customer preferences and demographics using WiFi. The Cisco Connected Mobile Experience (CMX) with Facebook...
Better bandwidth increases DDoS risk
On the flipside of the bandwidth boom in South Africa there has been a significant increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at an application level in the country, says Perry Hutton, regional director – Africa, Fortinet. Until recently, distributed...
SUSE Cloud 2.0 aids cloud deployment
Based on OpenStack Grizzly, SUSE Cloud 2.0 provides users with the capability to set up a mixed hypervisor private cloud evironment which can be rapidly deployed and easily managed. “It is a solution that that helps enterprises to become more agile while reducing IT...
Océ launches PRISMAprepare 6.1
Océ South Africa, a leader in digital document management and delivery, has announced the launch of PRISMAprepare version 6.1, the company’s latest generation of all-in-one document preparation software. This solution streamlines the make-ready process from...
Time to get social
Social networking has been one of the most profound innovations to sweep the world. Today, it accounts for around 20% of all Internet traffic, a huge increase considering it was virtually zero five years ago, according to ComScore, says Frank Reinelt, senior director...
The power of predictive maintenance
As industries and governments turn toward greater mechanisation and become increasingly reliant on technology, the need to keep systems running smoothly has never been as critical as it is today, says Nadine Shenker, director of Business Intelligence and Advanced...
Car & General named Garmin distributor
Garmin sub-Saharan Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Car & General as an East African distributor. Car & General have a long standing presence in the East Africa region, distributing brands such as Cummins, Briggs and Stratton, TVS, LML,...
CoEs are key for skills transfer, growth
ICT outsourcing has become a popular model, both in South Africa and across the world, as it enables organisations to leverage scarce ICT skills in a cost-effective and efficient manner, says Collin Govender, VP systems integration at T-Systems in South Africa....
HP unveils SDN Developer Kit
HP has recently unveiled the industry’s first enterprise-class software-defined networking (SDN) open ecosystem with the HP SDN Developer Kit (SDK) and the HP SDN App Store, creating new business opportunities for partners, and providing a simple way for customers to...
Enterprises must revisit security
Kathy Gibson reports from London - The information security measures that companies used in the past won’t work in the future, and organisations are increasingly going to have to make informed compromises about their security. This is according to Neil MacDonald, vice...
Ellis Park gets free WiFi for test match
The Golden Lions Rugby Union, in partnership with WirelessG (G-Connect), is preparing for tomorrow’s rugby test between the South African Springboks and New Zealand by making Ellis Park Stadium the first public WiFi enabled stadium hotspot in South Africa. As part of...