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Gijima confident of return to profitability
Despite experiencing a challenging financial year with revenue from continuing operations down 17% for the year to 30 June 2013, Gijima is confident that it will return to profitability in 2014. Second half results show that the operating loss (excl. once off items)...
Nology signs exclusively with ZyXEL
Nology has partnered with ZyXEL as exclusive distributor of its products in southern Africa. ZyXEL, founded in 1989, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of networking products. It is the first choice of many tier-one service providers, connecting more than 400 000...
VMware Time Machine turns 15
As VMware turns 15, the company is looking back at how much it has changed since 1997, when it started developing one of the most disruptive technologies of its generation. Through its launch of the VMware Time Machine the company is providing users with a snapshot of...
Intel aims to empower African women
Intel has announced She Will Connect, a new programme that commits to expanding digital literacy skills to young women in developing countries. Intel will begin the initiative in Africa, where the gender gap is the greatest, by aiming to reach 5-million women and...
Citrix invests R25m in the channel
Citrix has announced a R25-million investment initiative to train key channel partners and systems integrators in South Africa. There are already over 100 sales professionals and systems engineers undergoing training with more expected to begin training in the next...
Financial institutions and disaster recovery
Business continuity in the payment industry is becoming more important than ever as most companies in Africa are ill prepared when it comes to disaster recovery, says Lionel Slowe, head of the SADC project at BankservAfrica. According to the latest EMC disaster...
Making 3-D Secure work for e-tailers
3-D Secure, the security system for online credit card sales, can help to prevent fraud – and, says PayGate MD Peter Harvey, there are some simple steps merchants can take to ensure they don’t lose sales because of buyer fears. “Online retailers are very vulnerable to...
Mustek to supply new NEC projectors
Mustek, the country’s largest assembler and distributor of personal computers and complementary ICT products, has announced the availability of NEC’s latest projector range in South Africa. The NEC VE series, consisting of two models has been designed to meet the...
Teachers to drive a love of maths, science
More than 130 teachers from across South Africa and Africa will this week meet with government officials and education experts to explore ways of getting more learners interested in studying science and maths at the first Intel Educator Academy to be held on the...
Mobile transactions see R1bn in six months
Mobile transaction enabler wiGroup has facilitated in-store phone transactions worth over R1bn in 2013 – a 500% increase over 2012 - as major retailers, including Shoprite Checkers and Pick n Pay have come on line with applications like EeziCoupon and MTN Mobile...
Pillay takes the reins at Develop SA
Develop South Africa, a division of the Bidvest Group, has announced the appointment of Marc Pillay as MD. Pillay has been responsible for evolving the Develop brand since its launch in the South African market in 2009, in his position as general manager. Over the...
Symantec takes down major botnet
Symantec claims to have successfully sinkholed a significant part of the ZeroAccess botnet, which has been active since 2011 and is one of the largest known botnets in existence – with upwards of 1,9-million infected computers, generating tens of millions of dollars...
Samsung and Telkom partner on SmartTV
South African consumers are now able to combine fixed-line ADSL connectivity from Telkom with one of four top-range Samsung Smart TV sets that provides access to a world of entertainment in one bill. "This partnership between Samsung and Telkom (effective Friday 20...
Gijima confident of return to profitability
Despite experiencing a challenging financial year with revenue from continuing operations down 17% for the year to 30 June 2013, Gijima is confident that it will return to profitability in 2014. Second half results show that the operating loss (excl. once off items)...
Nology signs exclusively with ZyXEL
Nology has partnered with ZyXEL as exclusive distributor of its products in southern Africa. ZyXEL, founded in 1989, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of networking products. It is the first choice of many tier-one service providers, connecting more than 400 000...
VMware Time Machine turns 15
As VMware turns 15, the company is looking back at how much it has changed since 1997, when it started developing one of the most disruptive technologies of its generation. Through its launch of the VMware Time Machine the company is providing users with a snapshot of...
Intel aims to empower African women
Intel has announced She Will Connect, a new programme that commits to expanding digital literacy skills to young women in developing countries. Intel will begin the initiative in Africa, where the gender gap is the greatest, by aiming to reach 5-million women and...
Citrix invests R25m in the channel
Citrix has announced a R25-million investment initiative to train key channel partners and systems integrators in South Africa. There are already over 100 sales professionals and systems engineers undergoing training with more expected to begin training in the next...
Financial institutions and disaster recovery
Business continuity in the payment industry is becoming more important than ever as most companies in Africa are ill prepared when it comes to disaster recovery, says Lionel Slowe, head of the SADC project at BankservAfrica. According to the latest EMC disaster...
Making 3-D Secure work for e-tailers
3-D Secure, the security system for online credit card sales, can help to prevent fraud – and, says PayGate MD Peter Harvey, there are some simple steps merchants can take to ensure they don’t lose sales because of buyer fears. “Online retailers are very vulnerable to...