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Cloud security key for company data
There’s been a proliferation of cloud service providers on the local scene and this has granted companies the privilege of greater choice around who to entrust their data. The right to choose is one that Richard Broeke from specialist managed IT security services...
New Xerox products offer colour efficiency
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), the authorised Xerox distributor in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and a division of Bytes Technology Group, has launched several new printers and multi-function devices to help businesses create professional-looking documents...
EMA recognises Riverbed solution
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, announced that it has been named a "Value Leader" by the Enterprise Management Associates report for Application-Aware Network Performance Management. The Riverbed Performance Management solution achieved the...
Choosing the right collaboration partner
Selvin Kristnen, MD of Avaya South Africa, unpacks tips on how to choose the right audio and video collaboration partner. Issue - just because an application is free to download, it doesn’t mean that anyone can enter a video call on it for free. Although many vendors...
New Earth-like planets found
Astronomers have discovered three planets that have the potential to harbour Earth-like life – and they are relatively close to our planet. These so-called super-Earths are within the Gliese 667C solar system. New observations of Gliese 667C with existing data from...
Oracle, salesforce.com sign partnership
Oracle has continued its charm offensive, yesterday announcing a comprehensive nine-year partnership with salesforce.com. The partnership all three tiers of cloud computing: applications; platform; and infrastructure. As part of the agreement, salesforce.com plans to...
HP, SAP demo ‘Project Kraken’ system
HP and SAP have demonstrated a test system as part of their joint initiative, “Project Kraken”, expected to improve business processes and mitigate risks for customers. The HP server system, optimised with the in-memory SAP HANA database for SAP Business Suite, was...
T-Systems scoops R67,5m DWA contact
T-Systems in South Africa has been awarded an SAP Application Management and Modernisation (AMM) contract by the Department of Water Affairs worth R67,5-million. The three-year agreement, awarded following a tender process, continues T-Systems’ relationship with the...
ISPA renews call for radio spectrum audit
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) is once again calling on the Department of Communications to release information relating to progress made in auditing the use of radio frequency spectrum in South Africa. “Spectrum is a resource that needs to be...
PCs decline, but tablets drive growth
Worldwide devices - the combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones - are projected to reach 2,35-billion units in 2013, a 5,9% increase from 2012, according to Gartner. The market is being driven by sales in tablets, smartphones, and - to a lesser extent -...
Pamoja links FlowCentric, Guideline BizTech
Advanced process technology, Rubi-Flow, from FlowCentric Technologies, a leading local provider of agile, robust, and easily-integrated business process management solutions is being used to automate and power the business process components of Guideline BizTech’s...
BlackBerry Jam sessions come to SA in July
The BlackBerry Jam Africa & Middle East Tour will come to South Africa in July providing South African developers a chance for more hands-on experience with the range of development tools available for the BlackBerry platform. The sessions will take place in...
Cooling modern data centres
Virtually all IT equipment is air-cooled, that is, each piece of IT equipment takes in ambient air and ejects waste heat into its exhaust air, says Kevin Dunlap, general manager of cooling solutions, and Neil Rasmussen, senior VP of innovation for Schneider Electric....
Cloud security key for company data
There’s been a proliferation of cloud service providers on the local scene and this has granted companies the privilege of greater choice around who to entrust their data. The right to choose is one that Richard Broeke from specialist managed IT security services...
New Xerox products offer colour efficiency
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), the authorised Xerox distributor in 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and a division of Bytes Technology Group, has launched several new printers and multi-function devices to help businesses create professional-looking documents...
EMA recognises Riverbed solution
Riverbed Technology, the application performance company, announced that it has been named a "Value Leader" by the Enterprise Management Associates report for Application-Aware Network Performance Management. The Riverbed Performance Management solution achieved the...
Choosing the right collaboration partner
Selvin Kristnen, MD of Avaya South Africa, unpacks tips on how to choose the right audio and video collaboration partner. Issue - just because an application is free to download, it doesn’t mean that anyone can enter a video call on it for free. Although many vendors...
New Earth-like planets found
Astronomers have discovered three planets that have the potential to harbour Earth-like life – and they are relatively close to our planet. These so-called super-Earths are within the Gliese 667C solar system. New observations of Gliese 667C with existing data from...
Oracle, salesforce.com sign partnership
Oracle has continued its charm offensive, yesterday announcing a comprehensive nine-year partnership with salesforce.com. The partnership all three tiers of cloud computing: applications; platform; and infrastructure. As part of the agreement, salesforce.com plans to...
HP, SAP demo ‘Project Kraken’ system
HP and SAP have demonstrated a test system as part of their joint initiative, “Project Kraken”, expected to improve business processes and mitigate risks for customers. The HP server system, optimised with the in-memory SAP HANA database for SAP Business Suite, was...