Technology News
MTN extends LTE availability
MTN has extended LTE broadband technology to its contract and Top-Up customers, offering faster broadband speeds and a better Internet experience at no charge. LTE data networks provide mobile ultra-broadband Internet access. According to Serame Taukobong, chief...
Network Platforms completes Teraco move
National IT solutions provider Network Platforms has completed the move of its entire data centre infrastructure from its old environment to its new location, Teraco, in Isando. Teraco offers neutral data centres and co-location facilities throughout the country. The...
Small decline for external storage
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted a year-over-year decline of 0,9% - totalling just over $5,9-billion - in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwise Quarterly Disk Storage Systems...
Huge growth ahead for flexible displays
Demand for flexible displays is set to undergo massive growth during the next seven years, with a broad variety of applications - ranging from smartphones to giant screens mounted on buildings - driving a nearly 250-times expansion in shipments from 2013 through 2020....
Telkom apologises for ADSL outage
Telkom has issued an apology to customers for an unplanned ADSL interruption on Friday. The company states that on Friday, 7 June at 15:30, its performed scheduled planned maintenance work to add new IP addresses to the ADSL network. The type of planned maintenance...
Nedbank opens new ‘branch of the future’
Nedbank has opened its third “branch of the future”, in Hyde Park. The “boutique-like” branch offers customers a relaxed self-service environment. “Innovation is driven by a need remain relevant in business and keep up with modern technology,” says Dave Schwegmann,...
Smile launches 4G network in Uganda
Smile Communications Uganda Limited (Smile) has launched the first true 4G (“fourth generation”) LTE broadband network in Uganda. Smile has had commercial customers using its 4G LTE services for the past six months and, with the launch, Smile becomes the only operator...
Fujitsu introduces new mainframes
Fujitsu has significantly reduces losses in time and costs in the constant battle against IT downtime by introducing an expanded high availability concept for Fujitsu BS2000/OSD mainframes, at the Fujitsu Mainframe Summit in Fulda, Germany. In a world first, Fujitsu...
Cloud-based security is imminent
Cloud-based security services are gaining momentum as organisations look at smarter ways of managing their security strategies. Enterprise security no longer just encompasses firewalls and antivirus software, but a complex blend of secure e-mail and Web gateways,...
Technology advancements grow SMBs
A common cause of business failure is over-investment in fixed assets; the high costs associated with purchasing, setting up and managing infrastructure, hardware and software can be daunting and detrimental to the cash required to fund growth of the business....
BI key to re-inventing the business
IT must continue to lay the foundations for a world in which business intelligence (BI) and analytics will play an increasingly important role in reinventing business models, according to Gartner. Up until now, analytics has largely been about IT projects, however, as...
Google to pay $1,1bn for mapping app?
It is believed that Google has agreed to buy Waze, which provides online mapping, for $1,1-billion. Bloomberg reported over the weekend that the deal, which could be announced today, will help Google to retain its mobile navigation market lead. Waze provides online...
SMEs battle with virtual backup, recovery
SMEs are experiencing significant issues with the cost, complexity and lack of capabilities of their data protection for virtual environments. In particular, 85% of SMBs are experiencing cost-related challenges with backup and recovery, 83% with lack of capabilities...
MTN extends LTE availability
MTN has extended LTE broadband technology to its contract and Top-Up customers, offering faster broadband speeds and a better Internet experience at no charge. LTE data networks provide mobile ultra-broadband Internet access. According to Serame Taukobong, chief...
Network Platforms completes Teraco move
National IT solutions provider Network Platforms has completed the move of its entire data centre infrastructure from its old environment to its new location, Teraco, in Isando. Teraco offers neutral data centres and co-location facilities throughout the country. The...
Small decline for external storage
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted a year-over-year decline of 0,9% - totalling just over $5,9-billion - in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwise Quarterly Disk Storage Systems...
Huge growth ahead for flexible displays
Demand for flexible displays is set to undergo massive growth during the next seven years, with a broad variety of applications - ranging from smartphones to giant screens mounted on buildings - driving a nearly 250-times expansion in shipments from 2013 through 2020....
Telkom apologises for ADSL outage
Telkom has issued an apology to customers for an unplanned ADSL interruption on Friday. The company states that on Friday, 7 June at 15:30, its performed scheduled planned maintenance work to add new IP addresses to the ADSL network. The type of planned maintenance...
Nedbank opens new ‘branch of the future’
Nedbank has opened its third “branch of the future”, in Hyde Park. The “boutique-like” branch offers customers a relaxed self-service environment. “Innovation is driven by a need remain relevant in business and keep up with modern technology,” says Dave Schwegmann,...
Smile launches 4G network in Uganda
Smile Communications Uganda Limited (Smile) has launched the first true 4G (“fourth generation”) LTE broadband network in Uganda. Smile has had commercial customers using its 4G LTE services for the past six months and, with the launch, Smile becomes the only operator...