Technology News
Power management saves money, carbon
The Nedbank group, the first carbon-neutral bank in Africa, has now rolled out a power management system that is set to save the group between R2,2-million and R3,5-million per year. Once fully implemented, it will also realise a carbon saving equivalent to taking 1...
Cell C extends data promotions
Cell C will extend the promotional pricing on some of its data products. In April, Cell C introduced promotions with effective per megabyte rates of between 1c and 8c, and an out of bundle rate of 15c per Mb. These promotional offers were due to expire at the end of...
Have your say on the dotAfrica domain
The dotAfrica Reserved Names Policy is open for public comment from this week until 31 July. The policy is one of the mechanisms being used to ensure an orderly and efficient launch of the new dotAfrica domain name once it is finally approved. The Reserved Names...
Huawei promotes trunking standardisation
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and a member of Working Party 5A (WP5A), a subordinate working group of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio communication Sector (ITU-R), joined hands with...
Addressing six big manufacturing losses
As many executives already recognise, knowing that production efficiency and capacity problems exist is one thing; however, effecting real and lasting change through a continuous improvement (CI) initiative is another, says Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance...
Mobile communications to grow in 2013
2013 will see the growth of WiFi in the enterprise environment, mobile roaming on WiFi for cellular subscribers and WiFi becoming just another RAN technology. This is according to Derick Roberts, CEO of wireless specialist, TruTeq Devices. Roberts says as much as 57%...
Cheaper smartphones improve lives
While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones. “Over the next two to three years we hope to see cheaper smartphones coming to the market...
Cashbuild improves visibility with QlikView
Making sense of change In the midst of a massive conversion to a new retail POS system and ERP suite in 2012, leading building materials retailer Cashbuild turned to QlikView to provide management information visibility. Andre van Onselen, operations director, says...
Samsung simplifies digital signage
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSSP) that incorporates a media player as a system-on-chip on the same board as the display chipset, eliminating the need to have external media players for customised content on large...
Bytes, Lumidigm partner on fingerprint ID
Bytes Technology Group has become a Lumidigm partner, following its acquisition of Brand New Technology (BNT), which had a broad range of exclusive distribution agreements in place focussed on delivering identification management solutions. The acquisition has seen...
SanDisk expands in Africa with Mitsumi
Flash memory manufacturer SanDisk has signed a distribution deal with Mitsumi, one of the largest and fastest-growing IT distributors in Africa. Mitsumi will distribute to 22 countries in Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco, Mozambique, Zambia...
Cell companies must look after client data
With the promulgation of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) later this year, the protection of consumers’ personal information is becoming increasingly important. In light of the increase in cell phone banking fraud in South Africa, this has become...
MTN, CSG bring optimised routing to SA
MTN SA has joined forces with CSG International, a global provider of software- and services-based business support solutions, to bring optimised routing solutions to the South African market for the first time. The new offering helps clients generate revenue and...
Power management saves money, carbon
The Nedbank group, the first carbon-neutral bank in Africa, has now rolled out a power management system that is set to save the group between R2,2-million and R3,5-million per year. Once fully implemented, it will also realise a carbon saving equivalent to taking 1...
Cell C extends data promotions
Cell C will extend the promotional pricing on some of its data products. In April, Cell C introduced promotions with effective per megabyte rates of between 1c and 8c, and an out of bundle rate of 15c per Mb. These promotional offers were due to expire at the end of...
Have your say on the dotAfrica domain
The dotAfrica Reserved Names Policy is open for public comment from this week until 31 July. The policy is one of the mechanisms being used to ensure an orderly and efficient launch of the new dotAfrica domain name once it is finally approved. The Reserved Names...
Huawei promotes trunking standardisation
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and a member of Working Party 5A (WP5A), a subordinate working group of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio communication Sector (ITU-R), joined hands with...
Addressing six big manufacturing losses
As many executives already recognise, knowing that production efficiency and capacity problems exist is one thing; however, effecting real and lasting change through a continuous improvement (CI) initiative is another, says Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance...
Mobile communications to grow in 2013
2013 will see the growth of WiFi in the enterprise environment, mobile roaming on WiFi for cellular subscribers and WiFi becoming just another RAN technology. This is according to Derick Roberts, CEO of wireless specialist, TruTeq Devices. Roberts says as much as 57%...
Cheaper smartphones improve lives
While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones. “Over the next two to three years we hope to see cheaper smartphones coming to the market...