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Aspect Software in deal to acquire Voxeo
Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimisation, and back-office solutions, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Voxeo Corporation, a leading provider of hosted and...
Open Data Platform now covers continent
The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion of the last phase of the project for the following 14 African countries: Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,...
Lenovo takes top PC slot
The ping-pong game that being the world’s number one PC supplier has become swung in Lenovo’s favour in the second quarter, according to the latest figures released by analysts. Both IDC and Gartner figures show that Lenovo has eased HP out of the top position by the...
Q2 PC decline is ‘on forecasts’
Research group IDC says that the 11% decline in worldwide PC shipments for Q2 of 2013 compared to last year is “effectively right on forecasts”. It says that worldwide PC shipments totaled 75,6-million units in the second quarter of 2013, down -11,4% compared to the...
PC shipments decline again
Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10,9% decrease from the same period last year, according to preliminary results from Gartner. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments, which is the longest...
Cisco reaffirms commitment to SA
Kristine Snow, global president of Cisco Capital, has re-affirmed the company’s commitment to conduct business in South Africa, as well as pledging support for the government’s goal to expand South Africa’s broadband network to reach universal penetration by 2020....
Durban Action Plan to implement ITRs
African Member States have agreed on an action plan to implement the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) as adopted last December at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The Durban Action Plan formulated at a Joint...
Multiple directorships cause concern
Research by risk solutions firm Inoxico has found that JSE-listed companies in the telecommunications, technology and health industries have the highest governance risk at board level compared to other industries in South Africa. The research examines all JSE-listed...
Cyber attacks can take months to control
Advanced cyber attacks being made by state-sponsored cyber terrorists can take months to control even after being detected, a leading IT security company was warned. Alex Fidgen, director at MWR InfoSecurity, made the comment following the publication of the Annual...
BlackBerry aids fight against rhino poaching
BlackBerry is aiding the fight to protect southern Africa’s endangered rhino population through its support of a new Stop Rhino Poaching internship programme. The internship is an initiative of the international Young Presidents Organisation and World Presidents...
The case for project management software
A common problem within businesses is that, while there is an acute awareness of the need to implement project office software, it is not easy to provide the necessary justification for approval, says Guy Jelley, CEO, Project Portfolio Office (PPO). Even then, when...
Addressing the technical skills shortage
There is an urgent and growing need to replenish available technical skills within the country’s ICT sector – and more is required to help those entering the field to establish a foothold within an ever-competitive market. This is the view of management at Ukuvuma...
Virtualisation for East London school
Schools are not usually high on the list of examples of IT best practices. But in the case of East London’s Stirling High School, one music teacher/IT manager is showing how virtualisation can save time, save money and make the school’s entire IT infrastructure more...
Aspect Software in deal to acquire Voxeo
Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimisation, and back-office solutions, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Voxeo Corporation, a leading provider of hosted and...
Open Data Platform now covers continent
The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion of the last phase of the project for the following 14 African countries: Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,...
Lenovo takes top PC slot
The ping-pong game that being the world’s number one PC supplier has become swung in Lenovo’s favour in the second quarter, according to the latest figures released by analysts. Both IDC and Gartner figures show that Lenovo has eased HP out of the top position by the...
Q2 PC decline is ‘on forecasts’
Research group IDC says that the 11% decline in worldwide PC shipments for Q2 of 2013 compared to last year is “effectively right on forecasts”. It says that worldwide PC shipments totaled 75,6-million units in the second quarter of 2013, down -11,4% compared to the...
PC shipments decline again
Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10,9% decrease from the same period last year, according to preliminary results from Gartner. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments, which is the longest...
Cisco reaffirms commitment to SA
Kristine Snow, global president of Cisco Capital, has re-affirmed the company’s commitment to conduct business in South Africa, as well as pledging support for the government’s goal to expand South Africa’s broadband network to reach universal penetration by 2020....
Durban Action Plan to implement ITRs
African Member States have agreed on an action plan to implement the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs) as adopted last December at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The Durban Action Plan formulated at a Joint...