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VMware announces vCloud innovations
VMware has announced new enhanced disaster recovery and advanced networking services for VMware vCloud Air.
VMware has also announced the general availability of vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, which provides customers a quick online sign-up to pay for only those resources that are used.
Ricoh wins 16 BLI awards
Ricoh products have won 16 awards from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) Winter Pick Awards. The awards include Outstanding Achievement in Innovation for the Ricoh Smart Operation Panel, A3 MFP Line of the Year for Energy Efficiency and A3 MFP Line of the Year. These awards...
Technology transforming healthcare in 2015
As technology has become more integrated with healthcare, consumers and medical professionals alike are adjusting to new ways of doing things. Emily Ross, director of private healthcare search engine WhatClinic.com, examines some of the trends to watch out for in the...
Acer demos education solutions at BETT 2015
With its cross-screen computing product portfolio, Acer addresses the growing needs of all levels of education, starting from nursery school, primary school up to university and adult education. Acer will showcase its product portfolio for the education market at...
Kyocera wins across the board
Kyocera delivered a remarkable performance during the international Buyer’s Lab 2015 Pick season, taking home wins in nearly every category from mid- to high-volume in both monochrome and colour. The TASKalfa 3010i, 3510i and 8001i were the winners in the monochrome...
Twitter tops for decision-making
Users are turning to Twitter when it comes to deciding which smartphone to buy – and it’s a good opportunity for brands to engage with customers. A recent study conducted in the US by Millward Brown, in partnership with Twitter, showed that Twitter is used more than...
Africa fast-tracks cloud adoption
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Africa is ahead of the curve when it comes to cloud computing adoption. This is according to Franck Cohen, president: EMEA at SAP, who tells IT-Online that cloud-based solutions have figured largely in SAP’s global success in recent years. And, while Africa may seem like a later adopter of new technology, he says the opposite is actually true.
Ricoh to bring 3D printers to market
Ricoh Europe has partnered with Leapfrog 3D Printers to resell the award-winning Leapfrog Creatr HS 3D printer and other models in Europe from January 2015. Ricoh will provide a complete package of support for customers around the Leapfrog 3D printers, including the...
Shadow IT inspires CIO renaissance
CIOs have an unprecedented opportunity to take a leading role in their organisations, thanks in part to the rise of “shadow IT”. That’s one of the paradoxical findings of a new global study published today by BT, based on a survey of almost 1 000 senior IT decision...
UNDP mission aims to end Ebola epidemic
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led mission to pinpoint critical areas of support needed to help the nations most affected by Ebola to start their recoveries concluded on Tuesday in Sierra Leone. While the main aim for the governments of Sierra Leone,...
Schneider debuts MP4 services
Electrical distribution equipment powers practically every business on the planet. As such, it is the lifeblood of a business and is responsible for maximising production levels by increasing installation availability and quality, as well as improving a business’...
The app and the evolution of ERP
Like many other aspects of the technology industry, mobility has an indelible impact even on enterprise software. That’s probably most obvious in the recent introduction of apps which are fully capable of running small enterprises, either as stand-alone modules, or as...
Predicting DDoS attacks
Distributed denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are back in the news; it seems that barely a month goes by without media reports of a Web site or service being brought down by a DDoS attack. Sony’s PlayStation Network again became the victim of such an attack recently,...
VMware announces vCloud innovations
VMware has announced new enhanced disaster recovery and advanced networking services for VMware vCloud Air.
VMware has also announced the general availability of vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand, which provides customers a quick online sign-up to pay for only those resources that are used.
Ricoh wins 16 BLI awards
Ricoh products have won 16 awards from Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) Winter Pick Awards. The awards include Outstanding Achievement in Innovation for the Ricoh Smart Operation Panel, A3 MFP Line of the Year for Energy Efficiency and A3 MFP Line of the Year. These awards...
Technology transforming healthcare in 2015
As technology has become more integrated with healthcare, consumers and medical professionals alike are adjusting to new ways of doing things. Emily Ross, director of private healthcare search engine WhatClinic.com, examines some of the trends to watch out for in the...
Acer demos education solutions at BETT 2015
With its cross-screen computing product portfolio, Acer addresses the growing needs of all levels of education, starting from nursery school, primary school up to university and adult education. Acer will showcase its product portfolio for the education market at...
Kyocera wins across the board
Kyocera delivered a remarkable performance during the international Buyer’s Lab 2015 Pick season, taking home wins in nearly every category from mid- to high-volume in both monochrome and colour. The TASKalfa 3010i, 3510i and 8001i were the winners in the monochrome...
Twitter tops for decision-making
Users are turning to Twitter when it comes to deciding which smartphone to buy – and it’s a good opportunity for brands to engage with customers. A recent study conducted in the US by Millward Brown, in partnership with Twitter, showed that Twitter is used more than...
Africa fast-tracks cloud adoption
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Africa is ahead of the curve when it comes to cloud computing adoption. This is according to Franck Cohen, president: EMEA at SAP, who tells IT-Online that cloud-based solutions have figured largely in SAP’s global success in recent years. And, while Africa may seem like a later adopter of new technology, he says the opposite is actually true.