Technology News
Seacom provides peering to African customers
Pan-African service provider Seacom has partnered with Internet exchange point operator France-IX to provide peering services to its African customers. As the owner of a high-speed fibre-optic network that serves both the East and West coasts of Africa, Seacom’s goal...
Afrihost looks to start mobile revolution
Looking to provide South Africans with more affordable, faster and more reliable mobile broadband, Afrihost will this week launch a slew of low-cost mobile data packages. Topping the list of new packages to be launched on 5 September is Afrihost’s Mobile Three limited...
Telkom Business gives SMEs a voice
Telkom Business has today announced the launch of Business Circle, a converged voice product specifically formulated for the small business sector. Business Circle enables customers to create closed user groups comprising both Telkom fixed line and mobile services,...
Innovative HR and payroll developed locally
“South African businesses do not have to invest in international products to get to the latest and top quality technology for HR and payroll. The level of technology expertise in South Africa is world-class, especially when it comes to innovation,” says Sandra...
Altech uses Huawei telepresence solution
Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) has installed the Huawei TP3106 telepresence solution at its head office campus in Woodmead, Johannesburg as part of its commitment to greater efficiencies, reduced costs and environmental sustainability. Telepresence is the next...
Validated systems key for pharmaceuticals
The pharmaceutical sector faces a multitude of challenges when taking into account the management of their facilities, says Neil Cameron, Area GM, Johnson Controls, Building Efficiency Africa. There are a vast number of considerations to take into account with the...
What open source means for users
Ask just about any person you meet whether they are using open source software (OSS) and the chances are good you will be met by a blank stare. Yet, people might be surprised when you tell them that they are either using it on the mobile device they own or on their...
Ricoh SA generates business at Africa Print
Ricoh SA’s support for Africa Print Expo 2013 continued this year at the Sandton Convention Centre with the result that the business generated close to 200 leads and confirmed two device sales. One of the machines sold to a print service provider in Gauteng was the...
Dell Networking expands portfolio with S6000
Dell Networking has expanded its S-series portfolio with the new S6000, the industry’s highest-density 1RU 10/40GbE switching platform for highly-virtualised data centres. A fixed form factor design, the S6000 doubles the density and throughput while consuming up to...
Do African women have more to prove?
The ranks of software programmers and IT project managers, business analysts, and consultants include very few women. But is this because of either active or subconscious discrimination against women? And what is the role of African men in preventing their daughters...
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...
Seacom provides peering to African customers
Pan-African service provider Seacom has partnered with Internet exchange point operator France-IX to provide peering services to its African customers. As the owner of a high-speed fibre-optic network that serves both the East and West coasts of Africa, Seacom’s goal...
Afrihost looks to start mobile revolution
Looking to provide South Africans with more affordable, faster and more reliable mobile broadband, Afrihost will this week launch a slew of low-cost mobile data packages. Topping the list of new packages to be launched on 5 September is Afrihost’s Mobile Three limited...
Telkom Business gives SMEs a voice
Telkom Business has today announced the launch of Business Circle, a converged voice product specifically formulated for the small business sector. Business Circle enables customers to create closed user groups comprising both Telkom fixed line and mobile services,...
Innovative HR and payroll developed locally
“South African businesses do not have to invest in international products to get to the latest and top quality technology for HR and payroll. The level of technology expertise in South Africa is world-class, especially when it comes to innovation,” says Sandra...
Altech uses Huawei telepresence solution
Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) has installed the Huawei TP3106 telepresence solution at its head office campus in Woodmead, Johannesburg as part of its commitment to greater efficiencies, reduced costs and environmental sustainability. Telepresence is the next...
Validated systems key for pharmaceuticals
The pharmaceutical sector faces a multitude of challenges when taking into account the management of their facilities, says Neil Cameron, Area GM, Johnson Controls, Building Efficiency Africa. There are a vast number of considerations to take into account with the...
What open source means for users
Ask just about any person you meet whether they are using open source software (OSS) and the chances are good you will be met by a blank stare. Yet, people might be surprised when you tell them that they are either using it on the mobile device they own or on their...