Technology News
Hosted video benefits key industries
Connection Telecom’s recent launch of its VideoConnect hosted video conferencing platform in the SA market could prove a tipping point for mass adoption of the medium. Industries across the board are finding a seemingly endless list of applications for the solution...
New appointment at Schneider Electric
Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric, has appointed Zanelle Dalglish as head of sustainable development for southern Africa. Dalglish holds M.Com and B.Com Human Resource Management (Honours) degrees from the University of Pretoria, is fluent in...
HotZone to increase connectivity in Africa
Q-KON has launched a HotZone Internet access and distribution solution. The offering is primarily aimed at entrepreneurs who want to leverage off connectivity for their businesses as well as establishments that want to provide this service to patrons and guests. The...
CNE Ecuador to modernise elections
Scytl, the world leader in secure online voting and election modernisation and the National Election Council of Ecuador has announced their continued partnership and next steps towards an end-to-end fully integrated election administration system, the key to the...
SA students win on HPC stage
The team of South African students that won the Student Cluster Competition at the recent International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Liepzig, Germany, entered the contest as the underdogs. South Africa was represented at the competition for the first time this...
Retailers on the horns of a dilemma
Retailers across Europe are at a crossroads, facing the dilemma of increasing operational efficiency while also improving customer experience - and being aware that achieving both is not possible. An exclusive survey of European retail management commissioned by...
Digital certificates from SAPO Trust Centre
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has developed the Trust Centre, a secure environment that holds the public key infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authorities (CAs) which provide user authentication digital certificates that ensure trust and legal status in...
Oracle partners with NetSuite on cloud
Oracle and NetSuite have announced a strategic alliance, focussed on plans to deliver integrated HCM and ERP cloud services for mid-size customers. Deloitte plans to work with Oracle and NetSuite to develop a practice with highly skilled practitioners, specialising in...
Asda contact centre creates 250 jobs
A new contact centre for the UK’s second-largest retailer, Asda, will create 250 new jobs in Cape Town. The contact centre will be run by business process outsourcing (BPO) company Merchants, and is expected to employ 680 people by the end of 2013. The new centre will...
Rand hits June notebook sales
It appears that the June sales of notebooks have been hard hit by the weakness of the rand, as buyers hold back on purchases, hoping the exchange rate might improve. This is the opinion of Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: “The rand/dollar...
Thuthukani partners with EMC
Thuthukani Technology Solutions has announced it has entered into a partnership with EMC and is now a certified solutions provider. This will help bring Thuthukani in a position to provide technology solutions across a larger area. Thuthukani Technology Solutions is...
Social media integration engages customers
More than ever, companies need to find new ways to distinguish themselves from their competition. To win more customers, they need to create a unique customer experience, and must command consumer attention in increasingly innovative ways. “The fact is, creating...
Preparing for the mobile workforce
The days where employees were confined to desks in front of a company-owned-and-controlled personal computer are long gone. Workers are increasingly mobile, jetting off to different locations around the country (and the globe), and they no longer keep office hours,...
Hosted video benefits key industries
Connection Telecom’s recent launch of its VideoConnect hosted video conferencing platform in the SA market could prove a tipping point for mass adoption of the medium. Industries across the board are finding a seemingly endless list of applications for the solution...
New appointment at Schneider Electric
Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric, has appointed Zanelle Dalglish as head of sustainable development for southern Africa. Dalglish holds M.Com and B.Com Human Resource Management (Honours) degrees from the University of Pretoria, is fluent in...
HotZone to increase connectivity in Africa
Q-KON has launched a HotZone Internet access and distribution solution. The offering is primarily aimed at entrepreneurs who want to leverage off connectivity for their businesses as well as establishments that want to provide this service to patrons and guests. The...
CNE Ecuador to modernise elections
Scytl, the world leader in secure online voting and election modernisation and the National Election Council of Ecuador has announced their continued partnership and next steps towards an end-to-end fully integrated election administration system, the key to the...
SA students win on HPC stage
The team of South African students that won the Student Cluster Competition at the recent International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Liepzig, Germany, entered the contest as the underdogs. South Africa was represented at the competition for the first time this...
Retailers on the horns of a dilemma
Retailers across Europe are at a crossroads, facing the dilemma of increasing operational efficiency while also improving customer experience - and being aware that achieving both is not possible. An exclusive survey of European retail management commissioned by...
Digital certificates from SAPO Trust Centre
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has developed the Trust Centre, a secure environment that holds the public key infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Authorities (CAs) which provide user authentication digital certificates that ensure trust and legal status in...