Technology News
New Software AG team looks for growth
Software AG South Africa is looking forward to the second half of the year, with a new management team that is confident of growth. The local operation has been among the more successful subsidiaries in the global company’s EMEA region over the last few years and new...
AdaptIT rationalises operating companies
A number of companies - BI Planning Services (BIPS), ITS Abacus, ITS Africa Technologies, ITS Holdings, ITS Tertiary Software and Synet – are to be amalgamated into AdaptIT, which will become the holding company for them all. This is effective from 1 July, and is...
Corporate secrets underpin espionage attacks
The UK is waking up to the fact that business secrets are being stolen on an industrial scale – and could be used in cyber-espionage attacks. MWR InfoSecurity has issued a warning about stolen corporate secrets following comments to the BBC from British intelligence...
XDSL connects to WACS
XDSL, a local Internet service provider (ISP) that recently announced a South African first in the provision of high speed, high capacity 25Mbps, 50Mbps and 100Mbps fibre broadband connectivity, has secured a direct link to the West African Cable System (WACS) via...
Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya lead UC market
A new IDC MarketScape report has found that Cisco, Microsoft and Avaya are leaders in the unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) market for 2013. “UC&C customers have a variety of excellent platforms to choose from, but also the challenge of figuring...
Turning on to customisable tech
So-called “disruptive” enterprise technology trends are becoming more prevalent in the market. IT administrators are struggling with the challenges and strain these trends bring to the IT department, says Bob Davis, CMO at Kaseya, IT services management software. IT...
Gemalto wins LTE award
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has won the Best LTE Security Product Award at the LTE World Summit 2013. The award recognises the best-in-classecurity delivered by Gemalto’s Advanced Connectivity solution, which combines the LinqUs Advanced OTA...
Social media must be a boardroom issue
The companies that will drive the most advantage from social media in the years to come will be those that treat it as a boardroom and executive committee level issue rather than as a pure marketing and communications function. That’s according to Gordon Geldenhuys,...
Creating an energy-efficient kitchen
With the arrival of winter, South Africans are preparing themselves not only for colder temperatures, but also the inevitable strain that using more electricity will place on their household budgets. But this does not have to be the case, says Samsung Electronics...
Digital technologies will shape the future
With the rapid rise of social media and mobility over the past five years, together with the increasing growth of new digital touchpoints, many marketers are asking what comes next, says Pete Case, founder and CEO at Gloo. Which digital tool is emerging and which will...
SMS interconnect fee a boon for businesses
The recent introduction of an A2P SMS interconnect fee might not be all bad news for companies, writes Peter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com. Somewhat counter-intuitively, the arrival of an SMS interconnect fee generally results in lowered prices, and exactly that has...
Africa development is on the cards
Competition within the technology sector is becoming more intense, and Asia’s importance as both a manufacturing location and a consumer market is growing. However, although Asia is still key to the sector, Africa has also witnessed an explosion in technology...
Growthpoint Properties to gain broadband
Growthpoint Properties has penned an exclusive five-year partnership with Dimension Data that will evaluate the viability of open-access high-speed Internet to Growthpoint’s 353 commercial and industrial properties across South Africa. Thanks to this partnership,...
New Software AG team looks for growth
Software AG South Africa is looking forward to the second half of the year, with a new management team that is confident of growth. The local operation has been among the more successful subsidiaries in the global company’s EMEA region over the last few years and new...
AdaptIT rationalises operating companies
A number of companies - BI Planning Services (BIPS), ITS Abacus, ITS Africa Technologies, ITS Holdings, ITS Tertiary Software and Synet – are to be amalgamated into AdaptIT, which will become the holding company for them all. This is effective from 1 July, and is...
Corporate secrets underpin espionage attacks
The UK is waking up to the fact that business secrets are being stolen on an industrial scale – and could be used in cyber-espionage attacks. MWR InfoSecurity has issued a warning about stolen corporate secrets following comments to the BBC from British intelligence...
XDSL connects to WACS
XDSL, a local Internet service provider (ISP) that recently announced a South African first in the provision of high speed, high capacity 25Mbps, 50Mbps and 100Mbps fibre broadband connectivity, has secured a direct link to the West African Cable System (WACS) via...
Cisco, Microsoft, Avaya lead UC market
A new IDC MarketScape report has found that Cisco, Microsoft and Avaya are leaders in the unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) market for 2013. “UC&C customers have a variety of excellent platforms to choose from, but also the challenge of figuring...
Turning on to customisable tech
So-called “disruptive” enterprise technology trends are becoming more prevalent in the market. IT administrators are struggling with the challenges and strain these trends bring to the IT department, says Bob Davis, CMO at Kaseya, IT services management software. IT...
Gemalto wins LTE award
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has won the Best LTE Security Product Award at the LTE World Summit 2013. The award recognises the best-in-classecurity delivered by Gemalto’s Advanced Connectivity solution, which combines the LinqUs Advanced OTA...