Technology News
Smart ID card to roll out within weeks
The Department of Home Affairs will finally roll out the long-awaited smart ID card, starting as soon as July this year. Minister Naledi Pando told Parliament yesterday that the new cards will be issued in a phased approach from the 27 regional Home Affairs offices...
Stores vital in multi-channel future
Despite the rise of online and mobile commerce across Europe, the brick and mortar store will continue to be the hub for retailer engagement with “connected” customers. According to a new survey of European retail management, commissioned by Fujitsu, ongoing...
Comstor offers expanded FlexPod solution
Comstor, a division of Westcon SA, is pleased to announce that South African customers can now immediately benefit from NetApp and Cisco’s decision to expand their partnership and in turn unify branch office, data centre and public cloud infrastructures under the...
Adapt IT opens Amaoti Knowledge Centre
Adapt IT, a growing and innovative IT company, launched their first Knowledge Centre on 21 May 2013. The centre will serve as a computer lab for the more than 1 400 children and 45 educators of the Zwakele Primary School in Amaoti - the largest informal settlement in...
Skills development to grow Africa
This month saw heads of states and leaders of industries from all over Africa coming together to discuss the future of the African continent at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place in Cape Town from 08 to 10 May 2013. A key factor highlighted over this...
F5 announces BIG-IP AAM
F5 Networks has announced F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM), a unified solution that brings advanced application acceleration and traffic management technologies together on one integrated platform. In addition, to help enterprises easily assess the...
Granite deploys security at Rustenberg mine
Rustenberg, in the North West Province, is well known for its mining operations. Boasting operations that mine everything from platinum to granite, the area has a number of specialist companies serving the sector, ensuring that the mines function as efficiently as...
Mitigating employee fraud
Research has shown in excess of 80% of serious frauds committed against an organisation are perpetrated by an employee, either alone or in collusion with other employees, says Deirdre Viljoen, forensics manager in the forensics department at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs....
Pinnacle Africa extends Sony warranty
Pinnacle Africa has announced to its resellers the introduction of an extended warranty on certain Sony South Africa electronics product ranges. Sony South Africa made the announcement at the Sony Conference for Africa held in Cape Town. The extended warranty will be...
Master Drilling optimises infrastructure
Triple4 has created a highly available infrastructure and stable, user-friendly wireless environment for the global provider of specialist drilling solutions for the mining industry. Founded in 1986, Master Drilling provides specialist drilling services to the mining...
Record 15% growth for Lenovo
Lenovo Group has reported record full-year sales of $34-billion for the year ended 31 March, an increase of 15% year-over-year. It also posted a record full-year pre-tax income of $801-million, up 38% year-over-year, and record earnings of $635-million, up 34%. While...
Esquire pumps up virtual network
Esquire Technologies has spent an additional R1-million on the ongoing development of its world-first virtual reseller network (VRN), taking its investment to R9-million in the past 18 months. Esquire’s CEO Mahomed Cassim says that a total of 400 Esquire resellers...
Ericsson signs up 1bn to managed services
Ericsson this week announced it has passed the 1-billion subscriber mark for its managed services around the world. The company has signed more than 300 contracts worldwide, with three of the largest deals covering 24 countries in Africa. The trend toward anywhere,...
Smart ID card to roll out within weeks
The Department of Home Affairs will finally roll out the long-awaited smart ID card, starting as soon as July this year. Minister Naledi Pando told Parliament yesterday that the new cards will be issued in a phased approach from the 27 regional Home Affairs offices...
Stores vital in multi-channel future
Despite the rise of online and mobile commerce across Europe, the brick and mortar store will continue to be the hub for retailer engagement with “connected” customers. According to a new survey of European retail management, commissioned by Fujitsu, ongoing...
Comstor offers expanded FlexPod solution
Comstor, a division of Westcon SA, is pleased to announce that South African customers can now immediately benefit from NetApp and Cisco’s decision to expand their partnership and in turn unify branch office, data centre and public cloud infrastructures under the...
Adapt IT opens Amaoti Knowledge Centre
Adapt IT, a growing and innovative IT company, launched their first Knowledge Centre on 21 May 2013. The centre will serve as a computer lab for the more than 1 400 children and 45 educators of the Zwakele Primary School in Amaoti - the largest informal settlement in...
Skills development to grow Africa
This month saw heads of states and leaders of industries from all over Africa coming together to discuss the future of the African continent at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place in Cape Town from 08 to 10 May 2013. A key factor highlighted over this...
F5 announces BIG-IP AAM
F5 Networks has announced F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager (AAM), a unified solution that brings advanced application acceleration and traffic management technologies together on one integrated platform. In addition, to help enterprises easily assess the...
Granite deploys security at Rustenberg mine
Rustenberg, in the North West Province, is well known for its mining operations. Boasting operations that mine everything from platinum to granite, the area has a number of specialist companies serving the sector, ensuring that the mines function as efficiently as...