Technology News
Avaya named Leader by Gartner
Avaya has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2013. This is the fifth consecutive year that Avaya has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant and recognised as a key industry player in the unified...
Gain control over risk with the RARA Model
Part three in a three part series by Dr David Hillson and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings The RARA Model indicates how we can exercise control over setting risk thresholds to make sure that they are appropriate in the setting of the given situation,...
Vodafone Egypt deploys Ericsson solution
Ericsson has been chosen by Vodafone Egypt to deploy Ericsson Mobile Broadband Charging (MBC), which will provide up to 10 million users with a vast array of data options and more flexible on-demand subscriptions. Ericsson’s MBC allows mobile users to personalise both...
Strong regulator will drive broadband
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - As South Africa gears up to become a network knowledge economy, the requirement for broadband is growing, along with the need for better policies in the industry. According to Luci Abrahams, director of the Link centre at...
ICT to find its role in the NDP
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - Although the National Development Plan (NDP) hasn’t properly defined the role of ICT in turning the country around, there is a new focus on developing a strategy around ICT. Dr Miriam Altman, head of strategy at Telkom SA...
How broadband can help improve our lives
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - Numerous studies have shown that the implementation of broadband in a country can have a marked effect on the GDP, and on citizens’ quality of life. However, simply rolling out the infrastructure – while important – cannot...
Telkom adds free social networking
Telkom Internet has launched free anytime data for specific social networking services. It has also announced free data for subscribers between 00:00 and 06:00 am daily, while the capacity of all Telkom Internet packages of 5Gb or more will be doubled at no additional...
Desk-jockeys face extinction
While the CEO of a global Internet company may recently have banned company employees from home working, new research by global workplace provider Regus shows that half the world’s workforce is now productively enjoying flexible working. The 2013 Regus Global Economic...
Obami digitises revision papers
Local social learning platform, Obami, has launched a digitised revision paper campaign in time for the upcoming ANAs (Annual National Assessments) that are to be carried out across South Africa from 9 September this year. Converted into Obami-styled, online...
Kolok enters hardware distribution
Traditionally renowned as a consumables distributor, Kolok SA has announced it is to formally enter the hardware distribution market, making available products from a number of leading vendors to its partners. The company’s partner network gives it coverage...
Look to Africa to grow the channel
Africa’s image is rapidly changing as more foreign investors clamour to forge ties with African businesses. In the recent 2013 Africa Competitiveness Report, which was produced by the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the African Development Bank, it is...
Logicalis CEO to be appointed chairman
Logicalis Group, the international IT solutions and managed services provider, has announced that the company’s chief executive officer (CEO), Ian Cook, will retire as CEO at the end of the financial year. A comprehensive search process to identify the next CEO is...
SARS PAYE reconciliations due soon
All South African companies are required to submit their SARS interim PAYE reconciliation that is due from 01 September - 31 October 2013, including their employee tax certificates and EMP501 reconciliations for the period 01 March to 31 August 2013. Employers also...
Avaya named Leader by Gartner
Avaya has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2013. This is the fifth consecutive year that Avaya has been placed in the Leaders Quadrant and recognised as a key industry player in the unified...
Gain control over risk with the RARA Model
Part three in a three part series by Dr David Hillson and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings The RARA Model indicates how we can exercise control over setting risk thresholds to make sure that they are appropriate in the setting of the given situation,...
Vodafone Egypt deploys Ericsson solution
Ericsson has been chosen by Vodafone Egypt to deploy Ericsson Mobile Broadband Charging (MBC), which will provide up to 10 million users with a vast array of data options and more flexible on-demand subscriptions. Ericsson’s MBC allows mobile users to personalise both...
Strong regulator will drive broadband
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - As South Africa gears up to become a network knowledge economy, the requirement for broadband is growing, along with the need for better policies in the industry. According to Luci Abrahams, director of the Link centre at...
ICT to find its role in the NDP
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - Although the National Development Plan (NDP) hasn’t properly defined the role of ICT in turning the country around, there is a new focus on developing a strategy around ICT. Dr Miriam Altman, head of strategy at Telkom SA...
How broadband can help improve our lives
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - Numerous studies have shown that the implementation of broadband in a country can have a marked effect on the GDP, and on citizens’ quality of life. However, simply rolling out the infrastructure – while important – cannot...
Telkom adds free social networking
Telkom Internet has launched free anytime data for specific social networking services. It has also announced free data for subscribers between 00:00 and 06:00 am daily, while the capacity of all Telkom Internet packages of 5Gb or more will be doubled at no additional...