Technology News
Revenue, profit growth for Adapt IT
Adapt IT has reported that its revenue for the year ended 30 June 2013 increased by 36% to R306-million, with annuity revenue representing a healthy 40% of total turnover. Operating profit grew by 32% to R29,4-million, maintaining the operating margin at 10%. Basic...
Solid growth for storage market
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew 10,7% year-over-year, with 16,8-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage Tracker....
Semiconductors buck trend, show growth
The market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications realised a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared, according to the latest Industrial Electronics report from...
Network Platforms adds Vigor to portfolio
Leading national IT solutions provider Network Platforms has confirmed the arrival of three models of the acclaimed Draytek Vigor 2860 Series, the company’s latest premium firewall, VPN and router device. This is a new flagship product range developed and introduced...
DiData enhances MSVC offering
Dimension Data, the $5,8-billion ICT solutions and services provider, today announced an enhanced version of its Managed Services for Visual Communications (MSVC) offering. MSVC, the world’s first truly global service of its kind, takes the headache out of video...
Can’t hire skills? Grow them instead
For as long as there has been an IT industry, there has been a shortage of skills. Business has always seemed to require more skilled staff than have ever been available in the market. But there's a recent trend that is becoming more and more common: tech companies...
Touch technology: a new paradigm
Touch based solutions are an elegant answer to the question many markets and salespeople continue to raise – how do we meaningfully connect with consumers? The pervasiveness of touch based technology is hard to deny. One need only spend a few moments with a young...
McAfee Mobile Security offers safe zones
McAfee has announced an updated version of McAfee Mobile Security offering new, cutting-edge privacy features including the Multi-user App Profile function which allows consumers to create multiple user profiles or “safe zones” on one device with customised or...
Gartner names Software AG market leader
Software AG has announced it was positioned by Gartner, a leading industry analyst firm, in the Leaders Quadrant of the newly created Magic Quadrant for Application Services Governance. Vendors were evaluated based on both their completeness of vision and ability to...
Voice: it’s starting to look different
Voice calls will remain a critical part of contact centre interactions for years to come, but the nature and handling of these calls is changing, says Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at Elingo. While voice calls were the foundation of the contact...
Mobile, bitcoins under the security lash
Mobile malware was the most significant statistical category in Kaspersky Lab’s IT Threat Evolution Report for the second quarter of 2013, in both quantity and complexity. Not only are cybercriminals developing more malware targeting mobile platforms, but they’re also...
Motorola appoints Ingram Micro for SA
Motorola Solutions, a communication solutions and services provider for enterprise and government customers, has appointed Ingram Micro's Data Capture/POS division as partner and distributer for its mobile enterprise solutions in South Africa. The DC/POS Division is a...
Why the clubcard failed Tesco in China
Tesco failed to understand the Chinese consumer and how unsuited they are to its so-called secret weapon – the clubcard. That is according to Qing Wang, professor of marketing and innovation at the Warwick Business School, who believes Tesco should have looked into...
Revenue, profit growth for Adapt IT
Adapt IT has reported that its revenue for the year ended 30 June 2013 increased by 36% to R306-million, with annuity revenue representing a healthy 40% of total turnover. Operating profit grew by 32% to R29,4-million, maintaining the operating margin at 10%. Basic...
Solid growth for storage market
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew 10,7% year-over-year, with 16,8-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry Level Storage Tracker....
Semiconductors buck trend, show growth
The market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications realised a better-than-expected first quarter as macroeconomic headwinds turned out to be less severe than initially feared, according to the latest Industrial Electronics report from...
Network Platforms adds Vigor to portfolio
Leading national IT solutions provider Network Platforms has confirmed the arrival of three models of the acclaimed Draytek Vigor 2860 Series, the company’s latest premium firewall, VPN and router device. This is a new flagship product range developed and introduced...
DiData enhances MSVC offering
Dimension Data, the $5,8-billion ICT solutions and services provider, today announced an enhanced version of its Managed Services for Visual Communications (MSVC) offering. MSVC, the world’s first truly global service of its kind, takes the headache out of video...
Can’t hire skills? Grow them instead
For as long as there has been an IT industry, there has been a shortage of skills. Business has always seemed to require more skilled staff than have ever been available in the market. But there's a recent trend that is becoming more and more common: tech companies...
Touch technology: a new paradigm
Touch based solutions are an elegant answer to the question many markets and salespeople continue to raise – how do we meaningfully connect with consumers? The pervasiveness of touch based technology is hard to deny. One need only spend a few moments with a young...