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Fortinet expands partner programme
Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security introduced the expansion of its partner programme for the EMEA and APAC regions. The new version of the FortiPartner Programme (FPP) is designed to further align with Fortinet’s business strategy in...
Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain
South Africa’s talent migration abroad has created a valuable knowledge network and an untapped asset base that can further the competitiveness of the country, says The SABLE Accelerator, a global group of SA expats advancing commercial innovation and exchange for...
MTN launches new BlackBerry services
MTN has introduced a new suite of BlackBerry service plans aimed at simplifying data access and giving customers more choice. As a result of the introduction of these new service plans, the BlackBerry Absolute Plan that was introduced in March this year will be phased...
The end of a world …
Stars like the Sun can become remarkably photogenic as they near the end of their lifespans. A good example is NGC 2392, which is located about 4 200 light years from Earth, and which has been pictured in its final stage of life. NGC 2392, nicknamed the Eskimo Nebula,...
Businesses trapped in digital Dark Ages
European business leaders, closely mirrored by their South African counterparts, are not yet fully equipped for the digital age, with 63% saying they are far from ready for digital transformation, according to a new poll commissioned by Ricoh. The research, conducted...
SA student takes bronze at IOI
Robert Spencer, a student from Westerford High in Rondebosch, has won a bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) held in Brisbane. Spencer is one of four South African students who competed against the top programmers from 80 other countries in...
dotAfrica domain one step closer
Africa is firmly on its way to having its own .africa (dotAfrica) domain after Internet governing body ICANN ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed "Initial Evaluation". According to the ICANN New generic Top Level Domain Program...
NBC cartridges flourish in EMEA
A new study on toner cartridges from IDC has revealed that up to 20% of cartridges sold in Western Europe and 22% sold in Russia in 2012 were new built compatible (NBC) toner cartridges, newly manufactured print consumables conceived to fit into specific printers or...
It’s North v South in Cape Town eSports
MWeb Gaming and MSSA (Mind Sport South Africa) are hosting the first ever eSports inter-regional championship, live on Friday 19 July at the MWeb Cape Town auditorium in Parow. There will be one event where invited guests will get to support their city as the best...
ICANN conference underway in Durban
The 47th ICANN conference currently being hosted by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) at the Durban International Convention Centre until 18 July could not be more timely, the organisation says. ZADNA is hosting the event in partnership with the ZA Central...
SAP Africa to host its first Partner Summit
With SAP seeing exponential growth in both its portfolio of products and services, it becomes increasingly important that its African partner base is aligned with SAP’s ambitious growth strategy, focusing upon the myriad of technology opportunities the continent...
The future of BI is simplicity
The exponentially increasing volumes of digital data have given rise to new opportunities for businesses of all sizes. Where once BI platforms were the sole preserve of large organisations that had large IT budgets and large IT departments, today’s smaller companies...
VMware positioned in Leaders Quadrant
VMware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced that Gartner has placed VMware in the Leaders Quadrant in its 2013 report, Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualisation Infrastructure. According to Gartner, “As of mid-2013, almost...
Fortinet expands partner programme
Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security introduced the expansion of its partner programme for the EMEA and APAC regions. The new version of the FortiPartner Programme (FPP) is designed to further align with Fortinet’s business strategy in...
Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain
South Africa’s talent migration abroad has created a valuable knowledge network and an untapped asset base that can further the competitiveness of the country, says The SABLE Accelerator, a global group of SA expats advancing commercial innovation and exchange for...
MTN launches new BlackBerry services
MTN has introduced a new suite of BlackBerry service plans aimed at simplifying data access and giving customers more choice. As a result of the introduction of these new service plans, the BlackBerry Absolute Plan that was introduced in March this year will be phased...
The end of a world …
Stars like the Sun can become remarkably photogenic as they near the end of their lifespans. A good example is NGC 2392, which is located about 4 200 light years from Earth, and which has been pictured in its final stage of life. NGC 2392, nicknamed the Eskimo Nebula,...
Businesses trapped in digital Dark Ages
European business leaders, closely mirrored by their South African counterparts, are not yet fully equipped for the digital age, with 63% saying they are far from ready for digital transformation, according to a new poll commissioned by Ricoh. The research, conducted...
SA student takes bronze at IOI
Robert Spencer, a student from Westerford High in Rondebosch, has won a bronze medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) held in Brisbane. Spencer is one of four South African students who competed against the top programmers from 80 other countries in...
dotAfrica domain one step closer
Africa is firmly on its way to having its own .africa (dotAfrica) domain after Internet governing body ICANN ruled that the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) bid for dotAfrica has passed "Initial Evaluation". According to the ICANN New generic Top Level Domain Program...