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New app payment options for Nokia Lumias
Nokia and Vodacom have announced that, through their ongoing collaboration, consumers across South Africa are now able to purchase content from Windows Store with billing directly to their mobile phone account. Essentially, Vodacom subscribers using Nokia Lumia and...
HP expands big data portfolio
According to research commissioned on behalf of HP, nearly 60% of companies surveyed will spend at least 10% of their innovation budget on big data this year. The study also found, however, that more than one in three organisations have failed with a big data...
HP expands Converged Storage portfolio
HP has expanded the company’s Converged Storage portfolio with a solid-state optimised all-flash HP 3PAR StoreServ system that delivers performance and low latency without compromising enterprise resiliency or adding data centre complexity. HP also has extended its...
Riding the mobile payment wave
mPowa, the innovative mobile payment company, is positioned to benefit from unprecedented industry growth following a programme of international expansion. According to industry analysts Gartner, mobile payments are poised to become a half-trillion-dollar market...
Fragmented data raises risks
The increasing tendency for employees to store their company information on cloud services and mobile devices does not only pose a cyber-security threat for businesses. Fragmentation of corporate data creates unnecessary cost, escalates risk and potentially undermines...
MEA sees x86 server market decline
The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) x86 server market suffered a 5,9% year-on-year decline in unit terms during the first quarter of 2013 but a 3% increase in value to reach $321,94-million. This according to results published by IDC, the premier global provider...
HP intends keeping PC lead
HP Discover, Las Vegas – With battle lines in the PC space being drawn between Far Eastern manufacturers such as Lenovo, Acer and Samsung, and more traditional US vendors such as HP and Dell, HP says it has no intention of quietly relinquishing its position as the...
Online a key driver for tourism growth
It is important that all companies in the local tourism market continue to increase both their understanding and investment into the online sector. This is the word from Damian Cook, CEO of the E-Tourism Frontiers, speaking at the launch of the E-Tourism Africa...
VMware to offer African cloud in 2014
VMware has taken the plunge into providing cloud computing services for its customers – but believes it has come up with a model that users will find compelling. Regional VP Matt Piercy yesterday told delegates to VMware Forum 2013 that the company believes in the...
HP continues to deliver on cloud promises
HP Discover, Las Vegas – HP yesterday asserted itself in its quest to be the world’s leading cloud computing vendor with a number of new announcements around its Converged Cloud portfolio, the most prominent being HP Cloud OS, a platform that leverages the power of...
Ruckus provides WiFi at Top Gear Festival
Ruckus Wireless and local channel partner UC-Wireless have announced that they were selected to deploy a RuckusZoneFlex Smart WiFi wireless LAN (WLAN) system at iTickets SA to support all ticket entrance validation points via WiFi for those attending the Top Gear...
Optimus G available in LG’s store
LG Electronics (LG) announced that the Optimus G smartphone will be available for sale exclusively through their brand store at the LG Lifestyle Centre, Willowbridge Shopping Centre, Cape Town. The Optimus G is available currently in Cape Town and retails at R 6...
Sportingbet launches charity campaign
Sportingbet South Africa is running an inspired campaign mimicking the stages of the Durban July with #BeTheStud for Charity. “We have signed up ten top sporting and media personalities to ‘Be the Stud’ for their selected charity in the Sportingbet Unofficial Durban...
New app payment options for Nokia Lumias
Nokia and Vodacom have announced that, through their ongoing collaboration, consumers across South Africa are now able to purchase content from Windows Store with billing directly to their mobile phone account. Essentially, Vodacom subscribers using Nokia Lumia and...
HP expands big data portfolio
According to research commissioned on behalf of HP, nearly 60% of companies surveyed will spend at least 10% of their innovation budget on big data this year. The study also found, however, that more than one in three organisations have failed with a big data...
HP expands Converged Storage portfolio
HP has expanded the company’s Converged Storage portfolio with a solid-state optimised all-flash HP 3PAR StoreServ system that delivers performance and low latency without compromising enterprise resiliency or adding data centre complexity. HP also has extended its...
Riding the mobile payment wave
mPowa, the innovative mobile payment company, is positioned to benefit from unprecedented industry growth following a programme of international expansion. According to industry analysts Gartner, mobile payments are poised to become a half-trillion-dollar market...
Fragmented data raises risks
The increasing tendency for employees to store their company information on cloud services and mobile devices does not only pose a cyber-security threat for businesses. Fragmentation of corporate data creates unnecessary cost, escalates risk and potentially undermines...
MEA sees x86 server market decline
The overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) x86 server market suffered a 5,9% year-on-year decline in unit terms during the first quarter of 2013 but a 3% increase in value to reach $321,94-million. This according to results published by IDC, the premier global provider...
HP intends keeping PC lead
HP Discover, Las Vegas – With battle lines in the PC space being drawn between Far Eastern manufacturers such as Lenovo, Acer and Samsung, and more traditional US vendors such as HP and Dell, HP says it has no intention of quietly relinquishing its position as the...