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Search for dark energy is on
The largest ever search for supernovae – exploding stars up to 10-billion times brighter than the Sun – is beginning this August. For the next five years, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) will look for these cosmic explosions, which can be used to measure precisely the...
Intdev scoops MWeb Business partner award
Johannesburg-based Intdev Internet Technologies has been named as MWeb Business’ National Channel Partner of the Year for 2012/2013. The company also won the Gauteng Regional Partner of the Year award. The MWeb Business partner awards were presented by Zuraida Smail,...
Tarsus upbeat on Windows 8 adoption
Resellers looking to assist clients with an upgrade programme to Windows 8 can be assured that the volume of devices now in the channel is in line with vendor supply, according to Tarsus Technologies. Tarsus’ Microsoft product manager, Andrew Firman, says that Windows...
Security spend remains ‘high priority’
Security is expected to remain an IT budget priority in the coming years and, despite the effects of the recession, projected spending on security infrastructure is expected to reach $86-billion in 2016. This according to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, who...
Altech ISIS confident about SKA project
South Africa’s winning bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) was announced to much fanfare, providing a platform to showcase local talent and ability that arguably hasn’t been seen since Dr Chris Barnard performed the first heart transplant in the 1960s. And it...
Xerox boosts wide-format printing
Bytes Document Solutions, Africa’s leading document management technology and services company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has announced Xerox’s new Wide Format IJP 2000. “With the growing demand for large indoor posters, signs, point-of-purchase...
Ricoh SA enters Web-to-print market
Ricoh has brought MarcomCentral to the South African market, its software as a service (SaaS) Web-to-print system for commercial printers and in-house corporate print shops, developed by PTI. It will be demonstrated at Africa Print in Johannesburg from 21 to 23 August...
Gemalto releases 2013 Netsize Guide
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has released the new 2013 Gemalto Netsize Guide, for those interested in how mobile payments are changing the way people shop, transact and bank. The new guide is the 11th edition since it was first published and is aimed...
VoIP is great if it works properly
There’s no question that voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) has become a standard tool for many companies. That’s owing to its promise of lower costs and the ability to substantially broaden the scope of what users can do with their telecommunications, says Riaan...
Low bandwidth no obstacle to cloud migration
Many businesses are reluctant to move key applications into the cloud because they fear high bandwidth costs and unstable connectivity – but, says Alexander Mehlhorn of Framework One, the reality is exactly the opposite. “If you have even one branch apart from your...
Increase in forecast for tablet displays
Analyst group IHS has increased its forecast for tablet displays by 6% for 2013, following a boost in orders in the sector from unbranded, white-box Chinese manufacturers. A total of 262-million displays for tablets are forecast to be shipped in 2013, compared to the...
DiData on brink of AccessKenya acquisition
The AccessKenya Group board of directors has recommended that its shareholders accept the Ksh3-billion (R355-million) Dimension Data bid to take over 100% of the shares of AccessKenya. This follows the formal approval by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) last week,...
Cybercriminals bite into Apple
Once regarded as almost immune to cyber-attacks and hacking, Apple users are coming under increasing pressure from cybercriminals targeting their Apple IDs and financial credentials. Kaspersky Lab has published a phishing report that analyses the dramatic increase of...
Search for dark energy is on
The largest ever search for supernovae – exploding stars up to 10-billion times brighter than the Sun – is beginning this August. For the next five years, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) will look for these cosmic explosions, which can be used to measure precisely the...
Intdev scoops MWeb Business partner award
Johannesburg-based Intdev Internet Technologies has been named as MWeb Business’ National Channel Partner of the Year for 2012/2013. The company also won the Gauteng Regional Partner of the Year award. The MWeb Business partner awards were presented by Zuraida Smail,...
Tarsus upbeat on Windows 8 adoption
Resellers looking to assist clients with an upgrade programme to Windows 8 can be assured that the volume of devices now in the channel is in line with vendor supply, according to Tarsus Technologies. Tarsus’ Microsoft product manager, Andrew Firman, says that Windows...
Security spend remains ‘high priority’
Security is expected to remain an IT budget priority in the coming years and, despite the effects of the recession, projected spending on security infrastructure is expected to reach $86-billion in 2016. This according to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, who...
Altech ISIS confident about SKA project
South Africa’s winning bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) was announced to much fanfare, providing a platform to showcase local talent and ability that arguably hasn’t been seen since Dr Chris Barnard performed the first heart transplant in the 1960s. And it...
Xerox boosts wide-format printing
Bytes Document Solutions, Africa’s leading document management technology and services company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has announced Xerox’s new Wide Format IJP 2000. “With the growing demand for large indoor posters, signs, point-of-purchase...
Ricoh SA enters Web-to-print market
Ricoh has brought MarcomCentral to the South African market, its software as a service (SaaS) Web-to-print system for commercial printers and in-house corporate print shops, developed by PTI. It will be demonstrated at Africa Print in Johannesburg from 21 to 23 August...