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IBM set to transform Dutch water system
IBM has launched Digital Delta, a breakthrough innovation program that will harness insights from big data to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch water system. The program is in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Ministry for...
Clickatell underpins Rwandan payment tech
The world’s first bank-grade managed service for mobile money was launched over the last year in an agreement between Visa and the government of Rwanda. The mobile money platform allows Visa to host and manage all aspects of the mobile money program on behalf of the...
Security appliance shipments slow in Q1
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, factory revenue rose in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) compared to Q1 2012, while unit shipments declined over the same period. Worldwide factory revenue was up...
Samsung, Maramedia partner for education
Maramedia Publishing has been named as a provider of local education content for Samsung Electronics South Africa through the use of the Maramedia app, available at no cost from the Samsung app store, during the African Education Week convention and learning expo...
The top priorities for SMBs
Craig Green, national channel manager SA, Xerox at Bytes Document Solutions, looks at the top priorities that SMBs should have in 2013. What are the biggest opportunities for channel partners this year? I think it’s no secret that the greatest opportunities lie in...
Samsung SideSync links smartphones, PCs
Samsung Electronics South Africa has unveiled Samsung SideSync, a revolutionary technology allowing users to seamlessly switch from working on their PC to their Android-based Samsung smartphone and vice versa by simply connecting the two devices via a USB cable –...
Integr8 earns 13 Microsoft competencies
South African managed ICT Services Provider and Microsoft Certified Gold Partner Integr8 is positioned amongst the top 5% of global Microsoft partners. Via its membership with the Business Connexion Group, the company is empowered with no less than 13 Microsoft Gold...
JDA enhances WFM solutions
JDA Software Group has announced significant enhancements to its workforce management (WFM) and all-channel commerce solutions. Capabilities now available in JDA Workforce Management and JDA Commerce Suite allow retailers to simplify and automate retail execution, as...
Panda delivers security for mining industry
Minopex, a leading exponent in outsourced operation and maintenance of minerals and metals processing plants, recently installed Panda Cloud Systems Management (PCSM) as its IT management solution of choice. Prior to the adoption of PCSM, the company’s IT management...
Offsite backup boosts disaster recovery
Offsite backups of virtualised IT environment are now available in South Africa, with Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition being offered by several local service providers, including CipherWave, Afrihost, Vox Telecom, Cybersmart, Triple 4 Consulting and Server...
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 -...
IBM set to transform Dutch water system
IBM has launched Digital Delta, a breakthrough innovation program that will harness insights from big data to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch water system. The program is in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Ministry for...
Clickatell underpins Rwandan payment tech
The world’s first bank-grade managed service for mobile money was launched over the last year in an agreement between Visa and the government of Rwanda. The mobile money platform allows Visa to host and manage all aspects of the mobile money program on behalf of the...
Security appliance shipments slow in Q1
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, factory revenue rose in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) compared to Q1 2012, while unit shipments declined over the same period. Worldwide factory revenue was up...
Samsung, Maramedia partner for education
Maramedia Publishing has been named as a provider of local education content for Samsung Electronics South Africa through the use of the Maramedia app, available at no cost from the Samsung app store, during the African Education Week convention and learning expo...
The top priorities for SMBs
Craig Green, national channel manager SA, Xerox at Bytes Document Solutions, looks at the top priorities that SMBs should have in 2013. What are the biggest opportunities for channel partners this year? I think it’s no secret that the greatest opportunities lie in...
Samsung SideSync links smartphones, PCs
Samsung Electronics South Africa has unveiled Samsung SideSync, a revolutionary technology allowing users to seamlessly switch from working on their PC to their Android-based Samsung smartphone and vice versa by simply connecting the two devices via a USB cable –...
Integr8 earns 13 Microsoft competencies
South African managed ICT Services Provider and Microsoft Certified Gold Partner Integr8 is positioned amongst the top 5% of global Microsoft partners. Via its membership with the Business Connexion Group, the company is empowered with no less than 13 Microsoft Gold...