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Equity Bank, Airtel Money form partnership
Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have entered into a partnership that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya, through Airtel Money. The service, available to all Equity Bank customers with Airtel lines, will enable customers from...
LG OLED TV earns green certifications
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that its curved OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool...
AccTech deploys Sage CRM for SEC
The Swaziland Electricity Company (SEC), the organisation responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Swaziland, has selected Sage CRM as a business enabler to help streamline their operations and customer service divisions. Sage...
Panda offers Cloud Office Protection v.6.70
Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has released Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) version 6.70, featuring significant technological and functional improvements, to help SMBs combat the growing number of cyber-attacks they are experiencing. According to...
Fujitsu releases new PRIMERGY systems
Fujitsu has enabled businesses of all sizes to thrive in an age of exploding demand for applications, data and digital content with the introduction of its new generation of Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Systems. This intelligent server backbone is the cornerstone of...
Happy birthday to Curiosity rover
NASA has put together a short video showing all the activity from the Mars rover Curiosity to celebrate its first full year on the Red Planet. The two-minute video shows highlights of the mission since it touched down on 6 August 2012. Yesterday’s tweet from Curiosity...
Social media needs to work both ways
There is a clear focus on using social media to drive initiatives based on bi-directional feedback, rather than just a one-way broadcast communication mechanism. This is evident across all social experiences, both inside and outside the business, according to the...
Google debuts Motorola smartphone
Moto X is Motorola’s new Android-powered smartphone, the first built in collaboration with Google since it bought the mobile manufacturer for $12,5-billion. Users can choose their own colours and details through an online studio, Moto Maker. They select details of the...
Telecomms leads on SA’s top brand list
Telecommunications companies MTN and Vodacom are South Africa’s top brands, according to the BrandFinance South Africa Top 50 findings. “It is no surprise that the Brand Finance Top 50 Most Valuable Brands account for almost R300-billion, a sizable share of the 400...
Virtualisation in demand in Africa
There is growing demand for new IT infrastructure throughout east and southern Africa. This is according to Brenton Halsted, chief technology officer for infrastructure services company Silicon Sky, who says that many businesses on the continent are taking advantage...
AWM360 ready to roll with biometrics
The ongoing focus by businesses on security and the integration of systems to better protect resources is driving adoption of biometric technology across the African and southern African market. Experienced professionals in this high-growth marketplace suggest as the...
Old Mutual rolls out Adobe Connect
Specialist Adobe Distributor, Dax Data (together with reseller First Technology) has delivered Adobe Connect to Old Mutual’s Personal Finance Advice (PFA) Division. PFA is home to a large number of brokers specialising in the delivery of financial service solutions....
Integrated service management in healthcare
Information technology (IT) has revolutionised the healthcare sector, offering more sophisticated diagnostic machines and procedures as well as more efficient ways of processing admissions and patient information, along with the ability to better manage all of the...
Equity Bank, Airtel Money form partnership
Equity Bank and Airtel Kenya have entered into a partnership that will offer comprehensive mobile commerce solutions to their customers in Kenya, through Airtel Money. The service, available to all Equity Bank customers with Airtel lines, will enable customers from...
LG OLED TV earns green certifications
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that its curved OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool...
AccTech deploys Sage CRM for SEC
The Swaziland Electricity Company (SEC), the organisation responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Swaziland, has selected Sage CRM as a business enabler to help streamline their operations and customer service divisions. Sage...
Panda offers Cloud Office Protection v.6.70
Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has released Panda Cloud Office Protection (PCOP) version 6.70, featuring significant technological and functional improvements, to help SMBs combat the growing number of cyber-attacks they are experiencing. According to...
Fujitsu releases new PRIMERGY systems
Fujitsu has enabled businesses of all sizes to thrive in an age of exploding demand for applications, data and digital content with the introduction of its new generation of Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Systems. This intelligent server backbone is the cornerstone of...
Happy birthday to Curiosity rover
NASA has put together a short video showing all the activity from the Mars rover Curiosity to celebrate its first full year on the Red Planet. The two-minute video shows highlights of the mission since it touched down on 6 August 2012. Yesterday’s tweet from Curiosity...
Social media needs to work both ways
There is a clear focus on using social media to drive initiatives based on bi-directional feedback, rather than just a one-way broadcast communication mechanism. This is evident across all social experiences, both inside and outside the business, according to the...