Technology News
Core Networks named LevelOne distributor
Core Networks is to distribute products from German networking company LevelOne, a subsidiary of Digital Data Communications (DDC). LevelOne and Core networks will team up to offer the South African market a range of top-quality networking products, to meet the needs...
Absa’s Rautenbach wins global award
Retail Banker International, the London-based banking publication that analyses and reports on the retail banking sector, has named Arrie Rautenbach, head of Absa Bank’s retail arm, as “Retail Banker of the year 2012”. Rautenbach took over the retail arm just over one...
SSL certificates mitigate phishing attacks
Online security has hit the headlines again recently thanks to a spate of Facebook account cloning. Another form of online identity theft, hackers create clone accounts, send friend requests to the user's friends and then message them asking for help or money. While...
Open source is everywhere
Open source software (OSS) has come a long way since the 1990s and early 2000s, when it was considered a risky investment for enterprises, says Rob Lith, business development director at Connection Telecom. Stunning rise A recent Goldman Sachs study catalogues a...
Choosing the right project management tools
Regardless of how organised your project team might be, identifying project management software for your business is important for the smooth-running of projects, specifically when they occur in parallel. Daniel Marcus, director of project management and CRM tool...
MB Plant SA implements SAP HANA
4most’s upcoming installation of the SAP Business One version for SAP HANA at MB Plant SA is the perfect example of the direction that growing businesses in South Africa should be pointing their radars to. As the official and exclusive distributor for New Holland...
Oracle releases Database 12c
As organisations embrace the cloud, they seek technologies that will transform business and improve their overall operational agility and effectiveness. Oracle Database 12c is a next-generation database designed to meet these needs, providing a new multitenant...
Alcatel-Lucent announces The Shift Plan
Alcatel-Lucent has announced "The Shift Plan", a detailed three-year plan to reposition the company as a specialist provider of IP Networking and Ultra-Broadband Access, the high-value equipment and services that lie at the heart of the high-performance networks of...
Safeguard identity on social media platforms
From reconnecting with an old friend from school, to hearing about a friend’s job promotion or viewing photos of a colleague’s new baby – social media has made it easy for consumers to share exciting news - or just let their social media circles of friends know where...
The “but” in cloud TCO
One of the most compelling reasons proponents of cloud computing give for businesses to adopt the technology is because it makes bottom line business sense. “This isn’t just a geek thing,” says MWEB Business GM Andre Joubert. “There’s enough evidence in cloudonomics –...
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...
Core Networks named LevelOne distributor
Core Networks is to distribute products from German networking company LevelOne, a subsidiary of Digital Data Communications (DDC). LevelOne and Core networks will team up to offer the South African market a range of top-quality networking products, to meet the needs...
Absa’s Rautenbach wins global award
Retail Banker International, the London-based banking publication that analyses and reports on the retail banking sector, has named Arrie Rautenbach, head of Absa Bank’s retail arm, as “Retail Banker of the year 2012”. Rautenbach took over the retail arm just over one...
SSL certificates mitigate phishing attacks
Online security has hit the headlines again recently thanks to a spate of Facebook account cloning. Another form of online identity theft, hackers create clone accounts, send friend requests to the user's friends and then message them asking for help or money. While...
Open source is everywhere
Open source software (OSS) has come a long way since the 1990s and early 2000s, when it was considered a risky investment for enterprises, says Rob Lith, business development director at Connection Telecom. Stunning rise A recent Goldman Sachs study catalogues a...
Choosing the right project management tools
Regardless of how organised your project team might be, identifying project management software for your business is important for the smooth-running of projects, specifically when they occur in parallel. Daniel Marcus, director of project management and CRM tool...
MB Plant SA implements SAP HANA
4most’s upcoming installation of the SAP Business One version for SAP HANA at MB Plant SA is the perfect example of the direction that growing businesses in South Africa should be pointing their radars to. As the official and exclusive distributor for New Holland...
Oracle releases Database 12c
As organisations embrace the cloud, they seek technologies that will transform business and improve their overall operational agility and effectiveness. Oracle Database 12c is a next-generation database designed to meet these needs, providing a new multitenant...