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Jasco provides WiFi to leading university
Jasco Enterprise has signed a contract with a leading South African university to supply Avaya 8100 series WiFi access points, delivering a high-speed, secure wireless network across the campus for students, staff and visitors alike. This upgrade will ensure that the...
Huawei launches new CE switch
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, launched the newest and most powerful member of its innovative CloudEngine (CE) series of switches, the CE12816, at Interop 2013. The CE12816 provides the largest switching...
What’s the worry with first time ERP?
Ambitious business owners soon come to a crossroads where they must decide to implement better business systems to support on-going growth, or choose to remain at a smaller scale, says Taryn Cromie, sales manager, HansaWorld South Africa. When this crossroads is...
Volume licensing makes the difference
According to AMI Partners, there are more than 1,4-million small and medium-sized businesses worldwide that spend $113-billion on software and IT services each year. Despite the fact that SMEs are very different to enterprise organisations, many IT vendors continue to...
SchoolMedia expands
22-year-old Khethi Ngwenya, MD of SchoolMedia, is expanding his business and has moved to new premises. This modern-day media company’s vision is to shape communities by connecting them with relevant products and services and to provide corporates and government...
Skilled staff in short supply
Skilled staff, such as engineers, technicians, IT professionals and customer service representatives, are in short supply. The latest Talent Shortage Survey 2013 from Manpower Group South Africa shows some interesting changes over the 2012 results, with engineers...
Touchscreen sales set to double
Worldwide shipments of touchscreen panels are set to double from 2012 to 2016, reaching nearly 3-billion units as a wide variety of products beyond smartphones and tablets adopt the technology, particularly notebook PCs. A total of 2,8-billion touchscreen panels will...
Africa aims for economic transformation
The agenda for Africa needs to turn to economic transformation. “The sleeping giant is on its way,” says AfDB president Donald Kaberuka during the 50th anniversary of the African Union. He adds that the first 50 years achieved political freedom and laid a basis for...
Helping to overcome SME challenges
There is no question that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are important to the South African economy; however, running a small business is no easy feat. Each SME must overcome a multitude of challenges ranging from getting the business up-and-running to keeping it...
Will UHD go the same way as 3D TV?
Vendors are hoping that new ultra-high definition (UHD) televisions will rejuvenate the market, but sceptics are asking if UHD will avoid the fate of another product touted as the industry’s saviour just a few years ago - the 3D TV. TV panel makers are betting on a...
Novell Filr provides anytime file access
File synchronisation and hosted services have been increasingly used by businesses in recent years yet few of them allow users to leverage their own enterprise class security and most of them require additional layers of management. The reason for this has been “why...
Fujitsu boosts high performance computing
Fujitsu has introduced a new initiative making it easier than ever for companies to harness the power of high performance computing (HPC), with solutions that enable faster product development and accelerated time to market – plus an intuitive new user interface and...
Dac Systems offers Siyavula textbooks
Dac Systems, a national specialist service provider focussed on turnkey implementations of leading edge industry solutions, has confirmed that the Siyavula catalogue of digital textbooks is available within their AlwaysOn-Learning education solution. The Siyavula...
Jasco provides WiFi to leading university
Jasco Enterprise has signed a contract with a leading South African university to supply Avaya 8100 series WiFi access points, delivering a high-speed, secure wireless network across the campus for students, staff and visitors alike. This upgrade will ensure that the...
Huawei launches new CE switch
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, launched the newest and most powerful member of its innovative CloudEngine (CE) series of switches, the CE12816, at Interop 2013. The CE12816 provides the largest switching...
What’s the worry with first time ERP?
Ambitious business owners soon come to a crossroads where they must decide to implement better business systems to support on-going growth, or choose to remain at a smaller scale, says Taryn Cromie, sales manager, HansaWorld South Africa. When this crossroads is...
Volume licensing makes the difference
According to AMI Partners, there are more than 1,4-million small and medium-sized businesses worldwide that spend $113-billion on software and IT services each year. Despite the fact that SMEs are very different to enterprise organisations, many IT vendors continue to...
SchoolMedia expands
22-year-old Khethi Ngwenya, MD of SchoolMedia, is expanding his business and has moved to new premises. This modern-day media company’s vision is to shape communities by connecting them with relevant products and services and to provide corporates and government...
Skilled staff in short supply
Skilled staff, such as engineers, technicians, IT professionals and customer service representatives, are in short supply. The latest Talent Shortage Survey 2013 from Manpower Group South Africa shows some interesting changes over the 2012 results, with engineers...
Touchscreen sales set to double
Worldwide shipments of touchscreen panels are set to double from 2012 to 2016, reaching nearly 3-billion units as a wide variety of products beyond smartphones and tablets adopt the technology, particularly notebook PCs. A total of 2,8-billion touchscreen panels will...