Technology News
Prioritising big data key to future success
Within big data lies huge value, which organisations ignore at their peril, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR Telecommunications. Big data is raising a lot of questions within business, but it’s a phenomenon nobody can afford to ignore. Within...
McAfee transforms endpoint security market
McAfee has introduced two new suites: McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection – Enterprise; and McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection – Business. These suites are the first to link security from chip to OS to applications, protecting against new threat vectors and bringing...
QlikView honoured with awards
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery - user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced the continued success of its QlikView Business Discovery platform with several award wins for customers and for the company itself. The QlikView Business Discovery...
WD drives cover Mac storage needs
As users are offered increasing choice in the range and variety of computing devices, more and more people are adopting the Apple Mac range, whether they use the desktop, notebook or ultrabook versions. However, in today’s connected world where data is priceless and...
A new era dawns for IPA
Full interaction process automation (IPA) has long been a dream of enterprises everywhere, but until now, the "rip and replace" factor has been standing in the way of achieving it, says Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at Elingo. In the ideal...
Self-service just doesn’t fly in SA
South African organisations tempted to follow global trends towards customer self-service, by expanding their customer contact channels to include social media and mobile options, could be wasting significant funds in doing so. In general, South African consumers are...
‘Remarkable’ tablet growth for MEA
The tablet market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region grew 184% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, to reach a total of 2,25-million units, according to the latest results released by International Data Corporation (IDC). This remarkable growth stemmed...
New malware targets individuals
Kaspersky Lab has published a new research report about NetTraveler, which is a family of malicious programs used by APT actors to successfully compromise more than 350 high-profile victims in 40 countries. The NetTraveler group has infected victims across multiple...
Smartphones set for 33% growth
Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 32,7% year-over-year in 2013, reaching 958,8-million units - up from 722,5-million units last year, according to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. 2013 will...
Telkom to impair legacy assets
Telkom’s board of directors is considering impairing the carrying value of the group’s legacy network. For considerable time, the price at which Telkom shares have been trading has been significantly lower than their net asset value (NAV). At the last reporting date,...
Malware never sleeps
Malware is always changing, adapting, being rewritten and re-released in a seemingly infinite number of ways, with the express intention of making your life difficult – and making the writers or owners of the code as much money as possible. Security threats have...
BDS launches new Xerox presses at expo
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS) has launched the new Xerox Colour C75 Press and J75 Press at the Africa Print Cape Town Regional Expo, which took place from 29 to 30 May at the Cape Town ICC. The company also showcased the Xerox Colour 1000 press, XC550 digital colour...
Gemalto to supply new electronic ID cards
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will supply the Government Printing Works (GPW) of South Africa with Sealys eID cards for their national identity programme. GPW will harness Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric...
Prioritising big data key to future success
Within big data lies huge value, which organisations ignore at their peril, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR Telecommunications. Big data is raising a lot of questions within business, but it’s a phenomenon nobody can afford to ignore. Within...
McAfee transforms endpoint security market
McAfee has introduced two new suites: McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection – Enterprise; and McAfee Complete Endpoint Protection – Business. These suites are the first to link security from chip to OS to applications, protecting against new threat vectors and bringing...
QlikView honoured with awards
QlikTech, a leader in business discovery - user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced the continued success of its QlikView Business Discovery platform with several award wins for customers and for the company itself. The QlikView Business Discovery...
WD drives cover Mac storage needs
As users are offered increasing choice in the range and variety of computing devices, more and more people are adopting the Apple Mac range, whether they use the desktop, notebook or ultrabook versions. However, in today’s connected world where data is priceless and...
A new era dawns for IPA
Full interaction process automation (IPA) has long been a dream of enterprises everywhere, but until now, the "rip and replace" factor has been standing in the way of achieving it, says Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at Elingo. In the ideal...
Self-service just doesn’t fly in SA
South African organisations tempted to follow global trends towards customer self-service, by expanding their customer contact channels to include social media and mobile options, could be wasting significant funds in doing so. In general, South African consumers are...
‘Remarkable’ tablet growth for MEA
The tablet market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region grew 184% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, to reach a total of 2,25-million units, according to the latest results released by International Data Corporation (IDC). This remarkable growth stemmed...