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Aspect targets Africa’s oil distribution
Moving to target the burgeoning downstream oil distribution sector throughout Africa, Aspect Enterprise Solutions today underscores how the core functionality at the heart of its AspectCTRM trade and risk management system can help specialist African oil bulk...
Total data management solutions needed
When building software or even implementing an application, testing is vital - and good testing requires data. Ziaan Hattingh, managing director of IndigoCube, a company that enables and improves the productivity of the application life cycle in large organisations,...
Nedbank’s App Suite now upgraded
Off the back of its recent win of the "Best Android Consumer App" at the MTN App of the Year awards, Nedbank has released an upgraded version of the Nedbank App Suite. The updated release fits into the bank’s strategy to provide clients with a one-of-a-kind,...
Act now on the imminent POPI bill
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) act is, now more than ever, an immovable force that South African businesses will soon be expected to comprehensively address or risk facing harsh penalties for failure to act. After several reconsiderations and...
BTI appoints Esquire as SA distributor
Battery Technology Incorporated (BTI), a global Leader in the design and manufacture of notebook power, has announced the appointment of Esquire System Technology as their exclusive distributor in South Africa. “We are very excited about this appointment,” says Mike...
Duxbury-Netgear offers Facebook prize
Duxbury Networking, a specialist networking product distributor, together with its Netgear brand of wireless, storage, security and switching connectivity products, will be making use of the social media site Facebook to build momentum and excitement in the pre-race...
Is fibre only for the elite?
Imagine crystal clear video conferencing without any connection problems, or having immediate access to files in the cloud or streaming high definition videos without having to wait. If you are one of the lucky few to have a 100Mbps line, then you are living the...
People key in mobile’s future
There is not one mobile future but rather 7-billion futures, according to Intel Fellow and anthropologist Dr Genevieve Bell. Addressing the Intel Developer Forum, Dr Bell (pictured left) described how the human being has always been, and will continue to be, the...
IS launches hosted Microsoft Lync 2013
Internet Solutions (IS) is to offer Microsoft Lync 2013, an enterprise-ready unified communications platform, as a hosted solution. The announcement comes at a time when mid- to enterprise-sized businesses globally are looking to mobility and unified communications...
Ig Nobel Prize for dung beetles in boots
Dung beetles sporting custom-made caps and boots entered the annals of the Ig Nobel Prize when South Africa’s second ever winner was announced during the 23rd First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony held at Harvard University last week. Professor Marcus Byrne from Wits...
Accounting for the value of data in business
While IT staff talk about "data as an asset" rather glibly in the boardroom, the value of digital information in an organisation is interpreted quite differently from the accounting department's perspective, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management (MDM)....
BDS bolsters colour printing with Impika
Following Xerox’s acquisition of France-based industrial inkjet manufacturer Impika, authorised Xerox distributor Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), has released the Impika iPrint Compact printer in South Africa. Impika technology will help Xerox compete in the...
Outsource service management infrastructure
There is a rising trend amongst tower companies across the African continent to outsource their service management portfolio. The question that begs answering however is why? Why would a business look to outsource such a key component of its organisation and what...
Aspect targets Africa’s oil distribution
Moving to target the burgeoning downstream oil distribution sector throughout Africa, Aspect Enterprise Solutions today underscores how the core functionality at the heart of its AspectCTRM trade and risk management system can help specialist African oil bulk...
Total data management solutions needed
When building software or even implementing an application, testing is vital - and good testing requires data. Ziaan Hattingh, managing director of IndigoCube, a company that enables and improves the productivity of the application life cycle in large organisations,...
Nedbank’s App Suite now upgraded
Off the back of its recent win of the "Best Android Consumer App" at the MTN App of the Year awards, Nedbank has released an upgraded version of the Nedbank App Suite. The updated release fits into the bank’s strategy to provide clients with a one-of-a-kind,...
Act now on the imminent POPI bill
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) act is, now more than ever, an immovable force that South African businesses will soon be expected to comprehensively address or risk facing harsh penalties for failure to act. After several reconsiderations and...
BTI appoints Esquire as SA distributor
Battery Technology Incorporated (BTI), a global Leader in the design and manufacture of notebook power, has announced the appointment of Esquire System Technology as their exclusive distributor in South Africa. “We are very excited about this appointment,” says Mike...
Duxbury-Netgear offers Facebook prize
Duxbury Networking, a specialist networking product distributor, together with its Netgear brand of wireless, storage, security and switching connectivity products, will be making use of the social media site Facebook to build momentum and excitement in the pre-race...
Is fibre only for the elite?
Imagine crystal clear video conferencing without any connection problems, or having immediate access to files in the cloud or streaming high definition videos without having to wait. If you are one of the lucky few to have a 100Mbps line, then you are living the...