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MTN SA wins global innovation award
MTN SA has received the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) award for wireless network infrastructure innovation. The award was presented at a ceremony in London on 4 June 2013 for the successful implementation of cVidya’s MoneyMap Revenue Assurance solution, which has...
Wireless LANs see positive growth
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments experienced year-over-year growth of 12,5% in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13). According to the results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
DoC plans to fire up SOCs
Minister of Communications, Dina Pule, has instructed the chairpersons, chief executives and chief operating officers of state-owned companies (SOCs) reporting to her to meet with her at least once a month to update her on the progress made in the policy commitments...
Velocity includes Mimecast in offering
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange has concluded an agreement with managed infrastructure services specialist, Velocity Group, to incorporate Unified E-mail Management as a core component of...
Blue Turtle takes on FrontRange
FrontRange, the only provider of hybrid IT service management solutions, has announced that it has selected Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) as its Master VAR for the African region. The agreement sees Blue Turtle take responsibility and commitment for...
Fujitsu PCs, workstations made in Germany
Fujitsu has announced that the latest "Made in Germany" PCs and workstations are among the most reliable in the industry. Thanks to the stringent production and testing process at its Augsburg manufacturing facility, Fujitsu has continued to ensure better PC and...
Citadel botnet falls to teamwork
The FBI, Microsoft and financial services industry leaders successfully disrupted more than 1 000 botnets built on Citadel malware in a massive global cybercrime operation that is estimated by the financial services industry to have been responsible for over half a...
Westcon has African exclusivity for NetApp
NetApp has selected the Westcon group of companies to be its sole long-term distribution partner in Africa. The decision to move to a consolidated distribution strategy in Africa was based on the need to take advantage of growth opportunities and to continue to...
BlackBerry opens another app lab in SA
BlackBerry has opened its third BlackBerry app lab in South Africa, to be based at the JoziHub mobile and ICT co-creation hub in Milpark, Johannesburg. As a platform for innovation and entrepreneurship for aspiring students and developers, JoziHub is an ideal site...
All the enterprise mobility winners
Vodacom has won the “Most Innovative Use of Technology” award at the Enterprise Mobility Forum (EMF). The awards aim to honour outstanding practice in the area of field mobility, recognising companies or individuals who have driven business change through the...
Ethernet switch market shows growth
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) reached $5,28-billion in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), representing year-over-year growth of 2,1%. On a sequential basis the seasonally weaker 1Q13 declined 7,6% over 4Q12. Meanwhile, the worldwide router market...
BPO contributes jobs, GDP to W Cape
The BPO/contact centre industry in the Western Cape experienced impressive levels of growth in 2012, with an estimated 4 500 jobs created in the province. In total, the industry grew from 33 500 to 38 000 jobs, contributing approximately R8-billion to the region’s...
Absa claims SA first for cash rewards
In what it believes is a South African first, Absa has made it possible for South Africans on its rewards programme to further embrace mobile banking, unveiling instant redemption of cash rewards on its mobile banking platform, Absa.mobi. Through the Absa.mobi site,...
MTN SA wins global innovation award
MTN SA has received the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) award for wireless network infrastructure innovation. The award was presented at a ceremony in London on 4 June 2013 for the successful implementation of cVidya’s MoneyMap Revenue Assurance solution, which has...
Wireless LANs see positive growth
The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments experienced year-over-year growth of 12,5% in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13). According to the results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
DoC plans to fire up SOCs
Minister of Communications, Dina Pule, has instructed the chairpersons, chief executives and chief operating officers of state-owned companies (SOCs) reporting to her to meet with her at least once a month to update her on the progress made in the policy commitments...
Velocity includes Mimecast in offering
Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based e-mail archiving, security and continuity for Microsoft Exchange has concluded an agreement with managed infrastructure services specialist, Velocity Group, to incorporate Unified E-mail Management as a core component of...
Blue Turtle takes on FrontRange
FrontRange, the only provider of hybrid IT service management solutions, has announced that it has selected Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) as its Master VAR for the African region. The agreement sees Blue Turtle take responsibility and commitment for...
Fujitsu PCs, workstations made in Germany
Fujitsu has announced that the latest "Made in Germany" PCs and workstations are among the most reliable in the industry. Thanks to the stringent production and testing process at its Augsburg manufacturing facility, Fujitsu has continued to ensure better PC and...
Citadel botnet falls to teamwork
The FBI, Microsoft and financial services industry leaders successfully disrupted more than 1 000 botnets built on Citadel malware in a massive global cybercrime operation that is estimated by the financial services industry to have been responsible for over half a...