Technology News
Don’t forget the data centre
Flexible, efficient data centres are now more vital than ever before, says Huawei’s Lauren Fan, president of Huawei Enterprise Business for East and Southern Africa. A decade ago, enterprise level computing was highly focussed on driving efficiency within the data...
execMobile offers global data roaming
execMobile now offers mobile executives convenient, cost effective mobile data roaming as a post-paid service, reducing the cost of data connectivity by as much as 98% when travelling outside South Africa. Total cost control is delivered over a real time global mobile...
MWEB Business simplifies data backup
The oft-repeated management platitude that people are a business’s most valuable asset is wrong: data is. That’s the view of Kris Desmet, head of Product at MWEB Business who says that while the consequences of lost data can be relatively minor (having to re-input a...
KEMP strengthens load balance offering
KEMP Technologies, a leading price/ performance load balancer and application delivery controller, has announced the availability of its Edge Security Pack (ESP) in its LoadMaster product line of load balancer and application delivery controllers. The release will...
Fortinet introduces FortiWeb 5 OS
Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security introduced the next-generation operating system (OS) for its FortiWeb Web application firewalls product family, providing important new security advancements to protect against increasingly malicious...
Delivering service management as an asset
Quintica, local service management and technology integration specialists, along with its strategic customers recently hosted an ITSM consulting event, showcasing key projects currently underway as well as how the company is assisting customers on their journey to...
Genesys to acquire SoundBite
Genesys, a leading provider of customer engagement and contact centre solutions, has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire SoundBite Communications for a price of $5.00 per share. SoundBite delivers cloud-based proactive collections, payments, and...
DiData achieves Symantec specialisation
Dimension Data South Africa has announced that it has achieved Symantec Specialisation in the area of Data Protection with NetBackup. Symantec Data Protection Specialisation recognises technology partners with a proven track record and expertise in Symantec’s...
Licensed software will drive growth
Increasing the use of properly licensed software would have a greater impact on the economy in South Africa than allowing similar growth in the use of pirated software. This is according to new study from the BSA/The Software Alliance and business school INSEAD,...
Google most popular with IT students
South African IT students would love to work for Google or Microsoft, but would also be happy with one of the telecommunications companies. This is one of the results from Universum South Africa’s annual survey of more than 16 900 tertiary students from all 23...
Lower semiconductor sales in 2012
Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2,2% year-over-year to $295-billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF). The industry witnessed a slowdown during the second half...
Connected services boosts West African HR
Connected Services enables SME companies to extend their desktop payroll and HR with an online solution that eases the growing burden of HR managers and payroll administrators by offering users the best of both worlds. According to International Data Corporation...
Rules for developing mobile apps
There will be 10-billion mobile devices by 2020, and users will expect to be able to use them to perform much of their work. Those same devices will also be used as command centres for social and professional interactions. Companies have been quick to see the benefits...
Don’t forget the data centre
Flexible, efficient data centres are now more vital than ever before, says Huawei’s Lauren Fan, president of Huawei Enterprise Business for East and Southern Africa. A decade ago, enterprise level computing was highly focussed on driving efficiency within the data...
execMobile offers global data roaming
execMobile now offers mobile executives convenient, cost effective mobile data roaming as a post-paid service, reducing the cost of data connectivity by as much as 98% when travelling outside South Africa. Total cost control is delivered over a real time global mobile...
MWEB Business simplifies data backup
The oft-repeated management platitude that people are a business’s most valuable asset is wrong: data is. That’s the view of Kris Desmet, head of Product at MWEB Business who says that while the consequences of lost data can be relatively minor (having to re-input a...
KEMP strengthens load balance offering
KEMP Technologies, a leading price/ performance load balancer and application delivery controller, has announced the availability of its Edge Security Pack (ESP) in its LoadMaster product line of load balancer and application delivery controllers. The release will...
Fortinet introduces FortiWeb 5 OS
Fortinet, a world leader in high-performance network security introduced the next-generation operating system (OS) for its FortiWeb Web application firewalls product family, providing important new security advancements to protect against increasingly malicious...
Delivering service management as an asset
Quintica, local service management and technology integration specialists, along with its strategic customers recently hosted an ITSM consulting event, showcasing key projects currently underway as well as how the company is assisting customers on their journey to...
Genesys to acquire SoundBite
Genesys, a leading provider of customer engagement and contact centre solutions, has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire SoundBite Communications for a price of $5.00 per share. SoundBite delivers cloud-based proactive collections, payments, and...