Technology News
Demand for A-grade satellites a reality
Johannesburg-based Broadlink says its satellite hub at Teraco is providing the means for multinationals making inroads into Africa. Broadlink is a telecoms provider of microwave, fibre, satellite, voice and internet access services. It has invested in its own teleport...
Positive festive season for online shopping
With online shopping steadily increasing all over the world, the 2014 festive season yielded positive growth for many online shopping sites. South African online retailer Loot.co.za achieved an average 62% year-on-year growth in a number of their general merchandise...
IBM reports revenue, earnings decline
IBM has reported that net income from continuing operations for the 12 months ended 31 December 2014 was $15,8-billion, compared with $16,9-billion in the year-ago period - a decrease of 7%. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $15.59, up 2%...
SpaceX raises $1-billion in new funding
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has raised $1-billion in a financing round with two new investors, Google and Fidelity. They join existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. Google and Fidelity...
Extra skills for local DNS community
South Africa's DNS (Domain Name System) community is set to benefit from technical skills training, hosted by the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) during February 2015. Presented by world authorities on the Domain Name System hierarchical naming protocol for computers,...
MTN adds data sharing offering
Unused data that customers forfeit at the end of the month will be a thing of the past, thanks to the launch of Data Share - a proposition that allows MTN customers to link up and share data with up to 20 MTN numbers.Customers will not incur any connection or SIM...
Six myths of enterprise BI
How much of what we think or “know” is untested belief? What if the opinion that we never question and unthinkingly repeat turns out to be patently wrong, making us seem naive? Robert Fleming, Qlik VP of International Marketing, explores six enterprise business...
Clean data needed for loyalty insights
The “loyalty card” has become as essential tool for brands, and many consumers now have wallets filled to the brim with different cards that provide different rewards based on various consumer behaviours, says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, the...
Integration key to work/life balance
Instead of focusing all one’s energy on separating and individually balancing each facet of life, rather concentrate on integrating these different areas. This is the essence of work/life balance, says Andre Louw of Mobile Data. There is a substantial amount of...
Fujitsu expands Lifebook range
Fujitsu has expanded its popular Lifebook notebook and Stylistic tablet range with new devices featuring the latest 5th generation Intel Core vPro processor family. With this line-up Fujitsu responds to the continuing trend of companies offering their workforce the...
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,...
Demand for A-grade satellites a reality
Johannesburg-based Broadlink says its satellite hub at Teraco is providing the means for multinationals making inroads into Africa. Broadlink is a telecoms provider of microwave, fibre, satellite, voice and internet access services. It has invested in its own teleport...
Positive festive season for online shopping
With online shopping steadily increasing all over the world, the 2014 festive season yielded positive growth for many online shopping sites. South African online retailer Loot.co.za achieved an average 62% year-on-year growth in a number of their general merchandise...
IBM reports revenue, earnings decline
IBM has reported that net income from continuing operations for the 12 months ended 31 December 2014 was $15,8-billion, compared with $16,9-billion in the year-ago period - a decrease of 7%. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $15.59, up 2%...
SpaceX raises $1-billion in new funding
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has raised $1-billion in a financing round with two new investors, Google and Fidelity. They join existing investors Founders Fund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners and Capricorn. Google and Fidelity...
Extra skills for local DNS community
South Africa's DNS (Domain Name System) community is set to benefit from technical skills training, hosted by the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) during February 2015. Presented by world authorities on the Domain Name System hierarchical naming protocol for computers,...
MTN adds data sharing offering
Unused data that customers forfeit at the end of the month will be a thing of the past, thanks to the launch of Data Share - a proposition that allows MTN customers to link up and share data with up to 20 MTN numbers.Customers will not incur any connection or SIM...
Six myths of enterprise BI
How much of what we think or “know” is untested belief? What if the opinion that we never question and unthinkingly repeat turns out to be patently wrong, making us seem naive? Robert Fleming, Qlik VP of International Marketing, explores six enterprise business...