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Thinner hard drives could challenge SSD
Newly released thinner hard disk drives (HDD) sized 5.0 and 7.0 millimeters have the potential to gain back some HDD market share lost to solid-state drives (SSD), especially if the new hard drives find their way into future ultrathin PCs and PC tablets. This is...
IQ Retail spreads wings into SADC
With 25 years' experience in developing and designing business and accounting software specifically for the local retail industry, IQ Retail is now scoring major successes in neighbouring territories Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The company supplies...
Blue Turtle, Aruba team up to tackle BYOD
BYOD (bring your own device) is a subject that keeps CIOs awake at night, but with a view to combat this dilemma Blue Turtle Technologies has signed an agreement with Aruba Networks to further extend its BYOD solutions for the enterprise. “With BYOD a given at most,...
Aptronics wins MWeb Business partner award
Leading South African IT solutions provider, Aptronics, has been named as MWeb Business’ KZN Channel Partner of the Year for 2012/2013 for the second year in succession, at the recent MWeb Channel Partner Awards ceremony held in Umhlanga. This follows on the...
WeChat confirms place in African market
WeChat, a powerful new mobile social communication tool supporting voice, video, photo and text interaction, has confirmed its place in the African market with the announcement of cross platform compatibility for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and BlackBerry...
Using technology to network
In the fiercely competitive business arena, the acquisition and retention of skilled workers is paramount. The demand for skills, especially technical skills, and the need for job seekers to acquire practical experience, means that business relationships forged have...
HP delivers software-defined cloud fabric
HP recently unveiled an industry-leading data centre network fabric built on HP FlexNetwork architecture, enabling business agility for clients by delivering two times greater scalability and 75% less complexity over current network fabrics, while reducing network...
Application delivery in modern data centres
Brent Lees, senior product manager at Riverbed Technology, explains how enabling businesses to manage their application delivery infrastructure in an "ADC as a service" model can translate into service agility, time-to-market improvements and enhanced user experience....
Cash Crusaders chooses WyseTalk solution
Cash Crusaders, a major retailer of new and quality second-hand goods operating via 154 outlets countrywide, has chosen the WyseTalk social business software (SBS) platform for enterprise-wide knowledge sharing and collaboration. CEO Sean Stegmann says the franchise...
Gartner names Software AG a leader
Software AG has announced it was positioned by Gartner, a leading industry analyst firm, in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently published Magic Quadrant for On-Premises Application Integration Suites. In gaining this recognition, vendors were evaluated based on...
Big Blue buys SoftLayer for cloud
IBM has completed the acquisition of cloud infrastructure company SoftLayer to supplement its cloud service division for an undisclosed amount. IBM had previously announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with the Dallas-based company in June....
The network as we know it due for a facelift
Disruptive technology trends such as enterprise mobility, cloud computing and ICT outsourcing are changing the way organisations deliver and consume ICT services which means that the architecture of the communications network as we know it will need to undergo a...
NetApp, Microsoft in $15m collaboration
NetApp has announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that it is investing up to $15-million in new ecosystem sales collaboration and continued technology integration with Microsoft to accelerate the adoption of enterprise cloud deployments. The NetApp...
Thinner hard drives could challenge SSD
Newly released thinner hard disk drives (HDD) sized 5.0 and 7.0 millimeters have the potential to gain back some HDD market share lost to solid-state drives (SSD), especially if the new hard drives find their way into future ultrathin PCs and PC tablets. This is...
IQ Retail spreads wings into SADC
With 25 years' experience in developing and designing business and accounting software specifically for the local retail industry, IQ Retail is now scoring major successes in neighbouring territories Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The company supplies...
Blue Turtle, Aruba team up to tackle BYOD
BYOD (bring your own device) is a subject that keeps CIOs awake at night, but with a view to combat this dilemma Blue Turtle Technologies has signed an agreement with Aruba Networks to further extend its BYOD solutions for the enterprise. “With BYOD a given at most,...
Aptronics wins MWeb Business partner award
Leading South African IT solutions provider, Aptronics, has been named as MWeb Business’ KZN Channel Partner of the Year for 2012/2013 for the second year in succession, at the recent MWeb Channel Partner Awards ceremony held in Umhlanga. This follows on the...
WeChat confirms place in African market
WeChat, a powerful new mobile social communication tool supporting voice, video, photo and text interaction, has confirmed its place in the African market with the announcement of cross platform compatibility for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and BlackBerry...
Using technology to network
In the fiercely competitive business arena, the acquisition and retention of skilled workers is paramount. The demand for skills, especially technical skills, and the need for job seekers to acquire practical experience, means that business relationships forged have...
HP delivers software-defined cloud fabric
HP recently unveiled an industry-leading data centre network fabric built on HP FlexNetwork architecture, enabling business agility for clients by delivering two times greater scalability and 75% less complexity over current network fabrics, while reducing network...