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Long commutes, inflexible hours for workers
The Citrix Work Life Balance Index, launched today, reveals a picture of lengthy commutes, inflexible working hours and job roles that are demanding and require frequent overtime by South African workers. The findings of the study, conducted by FreedThinkers to...
Apple reports best-ever revenue, earnings
Apple has posted record quarterly revenue of $74,6-billion and record quarterly net profit of $18-billion, or $36 per diluted share for its 2015 first quarter ended December 2014. These results compare to revenue of $57,6-billion and net profit of $13,1-billion, or...
Convenience, safety drive mobile money
At least 68% of the Kenyan population carry out financial services on their mobiles, followed by 13% in South Africa and 12% in Ghana. These are some of the findings from the 2015 Mobile Commerce in Emerging Markets report released by Ericsson. A common trend across...
Get ready for connected, automated cars
By 2020, there will be a quarter-billion connected vehicles on the road, enabling new in-vehicle services and automated driving capabilities, according to Gartner. During the next five years, the proportion of new vehicles equipped with this capability will increase dramatically, making connected cars a major element of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Teraco secures R400m in funding
Teraco Data Environments has increased the size of its medium term funding facility to R400-million, secured from Barclays Africa. “This is a further significant milestone for Teraco. This facility, together with internally generated funds are earmarked for continuing...
Cloud On Demand partners with Druva
Local cloud distributor Cloud On Demand is now a distributor for global data protection company Druva in sub-Saharan Africa. In light of the announcement Cloud On Demand partners and resellers can now take advantage of on-premise and global cloud backup and protection...
Robots set to replace people, says Kaspersky
About 30 years ago the personal computer began to make its way into regular use – and it went on to transform society and the way we live our lives. Kaspersky Lab’s experts decided to mark that anniversary by looking further into the future and imagining how...
Uber debate highlights grey area
The recent controversy over the impounding of Uber taxis in Cape Town highlights a new compliance challenge likely to surface around mobile apps that connect consumers with service providers, says Tamaryn Tesselaar of TNK Attorneys. “Uber’s popularity in Cape Town has...
Lenovo lands new Yoga products in SA
Lenovo has launched the multimode Yoga 3 Pro, Yoga Tablet 2, and the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro with built-in projector and subwoofer in South Africa. “The expansion of the Yoga line-up in South Africa is in line with our commitment to establishing a strong foundation in...
Huawei gains ground, positive for 2015
Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) has announced that total sales revenue increased in the 2014 financial year to $12,2-billion, crossing the $10-billion mark for the first time. Shipments grew by 7,8% to a total of 138-million devices in 2014, including 75-million...
How the resellers voted
Enterprise resellers have voted for their favourite vendors and distributors, with HP dominating the vendor selection and AxizWorkgroup walking off with the Distributor of the Year award. HP jostled with Lenovo, Dell and Samsung in the End User Computing category of the survey, but pipped the competition in the mobile computing and PC/workstation sections. Samsung was named top vendor in the handheld section. Tarsus Technologies was voted the top End User Computing distributor.
AxizWorkgroup the reseller favourite
AxizWorkgroup has been voted by consumer and SME resellers as their favourite distributor in 2014, having won two out of five categories in the Consumer/SME section of the annual Channelwise Awards. The Midrand-based distributor was voted as the top distributor in the End User Computing and Servers, Storage and Networking categories of the award.
Lenovo to resurrect Motorola brand
For generations, the Motorola brand has been synonymous with quality IT – from microchips through to cell phones – especially in South Africa. And, while it has largely disappeared since the company was gobbled up by Google, its subsequent acquisition by Lenovo is set to see the brand restored to its former glory. Aymar de Lencquesaing, the company’s EMEA president, revealed that it has plans to launch specific products that will leverage the legendary Motorola brand during the course of this year.
Long commutes, inflexible hours for workers
The Citrix Work Life Balance Index, launched today, reveals a picture of lengthy commutes, inflexible working hours and job roles that are demanding and require frequent overtime by South African workers. The findings of the study, conducted by FreedThinkers to...
Apple reports best-ever revenue, earnings
Apple has posted record quarterly revenue of $74,6-billion and record quarterly net profit of $18-billion, or $36 per diluted share for its 2015 first quarter ended December 2014. These results compare to revenue of $57,6-billion and net profit of $13,1-billion, or...
Convenience, safety drive mobile money
At least 68% of the Kenyan population carry out financial services on their mobiles, followed by 13% in South Africa and 12% in Ghana. These are some of the findings from the 2015 Mobile Commerce in Emerging Markets report released by Ericsson. A common trend across...
Get ready for connected, automated cars
By 2020, there will be a quarter-billion connected vehicles on the road, enabling new in-vehicle services and automated driving capabilities, according to Gartner. During the next five years, the proportion of new vehicles equipped with this capability will increase dramatically, making connected cars a major element of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Teraco secures R400m in funding
Teraco Data Environments has increased the size of its medium term funding facility to R400-million, secured from Barclays Africa. “This is a further significant milestone for Teraco. This facility, together with internally generated funds are earmarked for continuing...
Cloud On Demand partners with Druva
Local cloud distributor Cloud On Demand is now a distributor for global data protection company Druva in sub-Saharan Africa. In light of the announcement Cloud On Demand partners and resellers can now take advantage of on-premise and global cloud backup and protection...
Robots set to replace people, says Kaspersky
About 30 years ago the personal computer began to make its way into regular use – and it went on to transform society and the way we live our lives. Kaspersky Lab’s experts decided to mark that anniversary by looking further into the future and imagining how...