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Boost service delivery while reducing costs
Using automated image recognition it is possible for large organisations to streamline financial departments while reducing overheads believes Intervate’s Gia Thom. As a business entity grows in complexity and size, so delivering a consistent level of service and...
Mobile app aids municipal asset management
IMQS, a supplier of market leading asset management software to more than 100 South African municipalities, has launched a new mobile application designed to make municipal asset register data capture up to 10 times faster and more accurate than conventional methods....
Worldwide FOBS market on growth curve
The worldwide file- and object-based storage (FOBS) market continues to gain momentum with revenues exceeding $23-billion in 2013 and forecast to reach $38-billion in 2017. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), growth in the overall...
The new horizon for BI and analytics
Successful companies know that achieving a competitive advantage in today’s market is largely a function of deploying better and more advanced analytics to a growing variety of data sets, says Johan Jurd, MD of InfoBuild, representing Information Builders in SA....
Citrix XenClient 5 grows enterprise mobility
Citrix has announced a new release of Citrix XenClient, further executing on the company’s enterprise mobility strategy. By leveraging the powerful personalisation and profile management technology in Citrix XenDesktop, XenClient 5 allows mobile workers to seamlessly...
Global speaker line-up
A sterling line-up of speakers will educate, entertain and inform delegates to the upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, set to take place in Johannesburg on 20 August. Bob Plumridge is the Chief Technology Officer for Hitachi Data Systems in Europe Middle East &...
Something for everyone
The upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, to be held in Johannesburg on 20 August, will offer something for everyone involved in IT, storage or business decision-making within South African enterprise. The keynote: “IT- Evolution – Innovate with Information” sets the...
Innovate intelligently with HDS
Business and IT leaders are urged to innovate intelligently in order to lead their markets, grow their companies – and change the world. With the right information in the right places, experts make the right decisions to uncover new opportunities. And information is...
Cut costs: manage IT disruptions
IT asset cost optimisation is a growing concern for IT asset management (ITAM) and IT procurement professionals – but managing just eight disruptive forces will help CIOs avoid sudden cost increases. Gartner's 2013 CIO Survey shows that CIOs continue to include...
Chinese slowdown drives PC contraction
The economic slowdown in China has driven International Data Corporation (IDC) to lower its expectations for worldwide IT spending growth this year. The IDC Worldwide Black Book Query Tool now forecasts IT spending growth of 4,6% in constant currency for 2013, down...
Cherry Olive, Ontology ink partnership
Cherry Olive, the unified data management specialists, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ontology Systems, the semantic search company for structured enterprise application data. Johann Evans, chief technical officer (CTO) of Cherry Olive, said his...
Sybaweb implements Kaseya solution
Sybaweb, a South African IT service and solution provider, has successfully undertaken a country-wide and continental expansion plan, having identified a growing demand for outsourced managed services. In order to ensure Sybaweb’s growth, the company turned to Kaseya,...
A new kind of customer engagement
The rise of smart devices and a focus on customer loyalty has created the proverbial "perfect storm" for enterprises that want to reinvent the customer experience around smartphones and tablets, says Deon Scheepers, strategic consultant EMEA Interactive Intelligence....
Boost service delivery while reducing costs
Using automated image recognition it is possible for large organisations to streamline financial departments while reducing overheads believes Intervate’s Gia Thom. As a business entity grows in complexity and size, so delivering a consistent level of service and...
Mobile app aids municipal asset management
IMQS, a supplier of market leading asset management software to more than 100 South African municipalities, has launched a new mobile application designed to make municipal asset register data capture up to 10 times faster and more accurate than conventional methods....
Worldwide FOBS market on growth curve
The worldwide file- and object-based storage (FOBS) market continues to gain momentum with revenues exceeding $23-billion in 2013 and forecast to reach $38-billion in 2017. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), growth in the overall...
The new horizon for BI and analytics
Successful companies know that achieving a competitive advantage in today’s market is largely a function of deploying better and more advanced analytics to a growing variety of data sets, says Johan Jurd, MD of InfoBuild, representing Information Builders in SA....
Citrix XenClient 5 grows enterprise mobility
Citrix has announced a new release of Citrix XenClient, further executing on the company’s enterprise mobility strategy. By leveraging the powerful personalisation and profile management technology in Citrix XenDesktop, XenClient 5 allows mobile workers to seamlessly...
Global speaker line-up
A sterling line-up of speakers will educate, entertain and inform delegates to the upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, set to take place in Johannesburg on 20 August. Bob Plumridge is the Chief Technology Officer for Hitachi Data Systems in Europe Middle East &...
Something for everyone
The upcoming Hitachi Information Forum, to be held in Johannesburg on 20 August, will offer something for everyone involved in IT, storage or business decision-making within South African enterprise. The keynote: “IT- Evolution – Innovate with Information” sets the...