Technology News
Planning for a post-SharePoint world
On-premises SharePoint is slowly on its way out, says Gartner analyst Jeffrey Mann – and companies had better start preparing for a cloud-based future. "28% of companies use SharePoint across their entire workforce,” says Mann, “and if you only count companies where...
Cloud is about more than cost-cutting
Analysts such as Gartner have long said that the cloud isn’t about recession-busting or cutting costs any more – but perhaps it never was, says 1Stream director, Bruce von Maltitz. “I think there has always been massive confusion about the cloud and cost-savings. Most...
Making real-world use of big data
What is so new about big data, the tech buzzword that is attracting so much attention these days? After all, plenty of organisations, from global telecommunications companies to stock exchanges, have been handling and sifting through massive amounts of data for years....
TAKEALOT.com releases app update
TAKEALOT.com has launched the first major update of its shopping app for Apple iOS and Android devices. The latest iteration has been deployed with a view to improving the overall shopping experience within the app, as well as including some groundbreaking new...
BetTech Gaming launches FMS
BetTech Gaming has launched its fully managed solution (FMS) – a cost-effective “business in a box” offering that provides a fast and hassle-free entry to the burgeoning i-gaming market. FMS is designed to minimise a partner’s efforts and maximise their revenues from...
Mitel delivers cloud for Princess Yachts
Mitel, a leading provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software solutions, has delivered a telephony solution for Princess Yachts, forming one part of an extensive network upgrade and voice solution. The Mitel solution is enabling over 400...
The business-IT divide
It is not a new notion that a strategic approach to IT impacts overall business performance. This school of thought has existed for many years. Leading information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, has long been advising CIOs to be more strategically...
Getting innovative about funding
South Africa’s young yet lively venture capital ecosystem is building momentum, with the increased availability of funding mechanisms for innovation being one important driver of this growth. Practitioners in the industry point out that successful venture...
Zensar joins Kapela and The Tomorrow Trust
Zensar Technologies has announced yesterday that an agreement has been entered into with a majority black owned investment business Kapela Fund (Kapela) and The Tomorrow Trust to set up a new broad-based black economic empowered (BBBEE) company in South Africa. Zensar...
Effortless convergence comes to SA
Technological convergence is the process through which pre-existing technologies merge or expand their scope to encompass other, multiple functions. Samsung Electronics has embraced this philosophy with the development of the "Smart Ecosystem", a hub within which its...
Orange wins Frost & Sullivan award
Frost & Sullivan has presented telecommunications company Orange with the 2013 Africa Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award, based on their execution of its growth strategies, as well as their commitment to offering superior services and products to...
Procuring a next generation contact centre
Contact centres and finding the right solution is all about the detail. Every contact centre is different, the complexity and sophistication of the solution needed is entirely dictated by the specific business needs and vertical sector that you operate in; there...
Huawei upgrades PCI DSS-compliant solutions
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced that its advanced information infrastructure solutions for hospitality and retail industries have been upgraded and the enhanced features will provide effective...
Planning for a post-SharePoint world
On-premises SharePoint is slowly on its way out, says Gartner analyst Jeffrey Mann – and companies had better start preparing for a cloud-based future. "28% of companies use SharePoint across their entire workforce,” says Mann, “and if you only count companies where...
Cloud is about more than cost-cutting
Analysts such as Gartner have long said that the cloud isn’t about recession-busting or cutting costs any more – but perhaps it never was, says 1Stream director, Bruce von Maltitz. “I think there has always been massive confusion about the cloud and cost-savings. Most...
Making real-world use of big data
What is so new about big data, the tech buzzword that is attracting so much attention these days? After all, plenty of organisations, from global telecommunications companies to stock exchanges, have been handling and sifting through massive amounts of data for years....
TAKEALOT.com releases app update
TAKEALOT.com has launched the first major update of its shopping app for Apple iOS and Android devices. The latest iteration has been deployed with a view to improving the overall shopping experience within the app, as well as including some groundbreaking new...
BetTech Gaming launches FMS
BetTech Gaming has launched its fully managed solution (FMS) – a cost-effective “business in a box” offering that provides a fast and hassle-free entry to the burgeoning i-gaming market. FMS is designed to minimise a partner’s efforts and maximise their revenues from...
Mitel delivers cloud for Princess Yachts
Mitel, a leading provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software solutions, has delivered a telephony solution for Princess Yachts, forming one part of an extensive network upgrade and voice solution. The Mitel solution is enabling over 400...
The business-IT divide
It is not a new notion that a strategic approach to IT impacts overall business performance. This school of thought has existed for many years. Leading information technology research and advisory company, Gartner, has long been advising CIOs to be more strategically...