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ION is Infor’s top-selling product
Infor has announced that more than 1 300 organisations in 59 countries have purchased Infor ION, making it the top-selling and fastest-growing product in Infor’s portfolio of industry-specialised software products. An innovative lightweight middleware, Infor ION is a...
Aspect gives contact centre agents mobility
Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimisation and back-office solutions, has announced the launch of Aspect Workforce Mobile, a mobile application designed to give contact centre agents greater mobile...
Choosing a suitable WD drive
Any colour as long as it’s black? WD drives, available from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) may have a technology pedigree analogous to that of Ford’s in the motor industry but they are way ahead in terms of providing its broad base of customers with...
Africa to re-dream business to move forward
A report launched at this year’s World Economic Forum places inclusive business front and centre of economic thinking, going into what is considered a decisive era for Africa’s development and the world. The time could not be better, says Professor Walter Baets,...
3D printed shoes on the catwalk
This year’s Paris Fashion Week saw a most unusual piece of apparel gracing the catwalk – 12 pairs of 3D printed shoes featured in Iris van Herpen’s couture show “Wilderness Embodied”. In collaboration with Dutch designers Iris van Herpen and Rem Koolhaas, 3D printer...
Business confidence still down in June
The business climate continues to affect business confidence negatively, with the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) remaining at a depressed level of 90.2 in June 2013, compared to 90.4 in May 2013. In June 2012 the BCI was 4.7 index points higher at 94.9 while...
Future networks will be 50% cheaper
Future networks will cost about half of what traditional networks cost today. They will require a smaller capital investment to roll out, and will be cheaper to operate because they’ll be easier to manage, provide unified access, and require less power and cooling....
loveLife offers counselling on Mxit
loveLife, South Africa’s largest national HIV prevention initiative, is now offering text-based counselling to South Africa’s youth on the mobile social network, Mxit. This is part of loveLife’s strategy to expand access points and channels of support. The app went...
Sussman named as a top tech influencer
Integr8 joint-CEO Robert Sussman has been named as one of the Top 20 Tech Influencers by African Innovator Magazine, alongside names that include Elon Musk, a founder of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, and South African entrepreneur and founder of Thawte Consulting, Mark...
Mobile multimedia consumption takes off
The consumption of video on mobile devices for work-related purposes is on the rise, says Gartner, bringing organisations under increasing pressure to support and manage it. Gartner predicts that by 2015, at least 60% of information workers will interact with content...
HDS brings security to mobile workforce
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, has unveiled new solutions and services that allow enterprises to adopt cloud computing more readily, enable their mobile workforce more securely and reliably, and provide a better IT...
Futuresense delivers insight for ARM
Futuresense, a Johannesburg-based performance management specialist and Oracle Gold partner, has developed a financial intelligence solution for diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). Replacing spreadsheets, the Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance...
Tips on information governance frameworks
It’s easy to lose sight of why businesses need information governance frameworks, says Mervyn Mooi, director at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID). The discussion can quickly become embroiled in details about technology, repositories, silos, quality, master data and...
ION is Infor’s top-selling product
Infor has announced that more than 1 300 organisations in 59 countries have purchased Infor ION, making it the top-selling and fastest-growing product in Infor’s portfolio of industry-specialised software products. An innovative lightweight middleware, Infor ION is a...
Aspect gives contact centre agents mobility
Aspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimisation and back-office solutions, has announced the launch of Aspect Workforce Mobile, a mobile application designed to give contact centre agents greater mobile...
Choosing a suitable WD drive
Any colour as long as it’s black? WD drives, available from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) may have a technology pedigree analogous to that of Ford’s in the motor industry but they are way ahead in terms of providing its broad base of customers with...
Africa to re-dream business to move forward
A report launched at this year’s World Economic Forum places inclusive business front and centre of economic thinking, going into what is considered a decisive era for Africa’s development and the world. The time could not be better, says Professor Walter Baets,...
3D printed shoes on the catwalk
This year’s Paris Fashion Week saw a most unusual piece of apparel gracing the catwalk – 12 pairs of 3D printed shoes featured in Iris van Herpen’s couture show “Wilderness Embodied”. In collaboration with Dutch designers Iris van Herpen and Rem Koolhaas, 3D printer...
Business confidence still down in June
The business climate continues to affect business confidence negatively, with the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) remaining at a depressed level of 90.2 in June 2013, compared to 90.4 in May 2013. In June 2012 the BCI was 4.7 index points higher at 94.9 while...
Future networks will be 50% cheaper
Future networks will cost about half of what traditional networks cost today. They will require a smaller capital investment to roll out, and will be cheaper to operate because they’ll be easier to manage, provide unified access, and require less power and cooling....