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Mobile connectivity enables business
Being connected has become such a part of daily routines that it is unheard of to not check e-mail, send a social network update, or edit a document in the cloud wherever users find themselves. And given the increase in WiFi hotspots, people could live "always on"...
How vertical markets embrace big data
It’s recognised that big data not only exists but that it has great potential to disrupt well-established vertical markets. Google commented on the fact that every two days, users generate as much information as was created between the dawn of civilisation and 2003,...
IBM takes Cobol to the cloud
IBM has announced software to help organisations extend business applications running on System z mainframes to Web, cloud and mobile environments. The software's performance improvements will enable companies to significantly reduce operating costs while helping...
Windows 8 may not be enterprise standard
With Windows XP's end-of-life date of 8 April 2014 rapidly approaching, most IT shops are still too focussed on migrating to Windows 7 to bother with Windows 8 anytime soon, if at all. To be reasonably considered an enterprise standard, approximately half of...
Pinnacle buys Modrac, Precision ICT
Pinnacle Holdings has acquired Precision ICT and Modrac from Craig Luck with effect from 1 June 2013, subject to the completion of a due diligence review. Precision ICT is an engineering company focused on the design, manufacture and assembly of electronic enclosures...
New SUSE distributor for SA
Enterprise Linux solutions provider SUSE South Africa has appointed Johannesburg-based Linux Warehouse, which also services Africa markets, as a formally accredited distributor for SUSE. Linux Warehouse managing director Jan-Jan van der Vyver believes the South...
BI set to change business
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics investment will address many technology gaps for the CFO, according to a joint study by Gartner and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI). The study...
Refugees to connect with Ericsson
To raise awareness for the plight of refugees, and find new ways to reconnect refugee families in some of the most remote areas in the world, Ericsson and Refugees United will run a series of developer competitions leading up to World Refugee Day, on 20 June 2013. ...
MTN debuts custom YouTube channel
MTN has launched the first “custom channel” in Africa to help users localise YouTube content delivery effectively. While any advertiser can use YouTube, custom channels provide additional powerful features for brands who want to do something beyond the ordinary....
Positive growth for supply chain management
Despite economic challenges, the worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market grew by 7,1% to $8,3-billion in 2012. During 2012, IT budget decision-makers remained highly cautious overall, but supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved...
Cherry picking suppliers grows efficiencies
The supply chain looms ever larger as a component of today's business. However, while the logistics and management of the supply chain have been focus areas for many channel players looking to improve their business, the benefits of rationalising the supply chain have...
A little security for big data
Bringing the issue of security into the big data discussion often produces two divergent schools of thought from IT professionals − categorical denial that big data should be treated any differently from existing network infrastructure, and an opposite response...
PVision arms 2RM with video solution
Local display technology provider, PVision, has concluded an agreement with one of the South Africa’s foremost security and risk management groups, 2RM Security, to furnish a new Johannesburg command centre with advanced video technology and applications. The...
Mobile connectivity enables business
Being connected has become such a part of daily routines that it is unheard of to not check e-mail, send a social network update, or edit a document in the cloud wherever users find themselves. And given the increase in WiFi hotspots, people could live "always on"...
How vertical markets embrace big data
It’s recognised that big data not only exists but that it has great potential to disrupt well-established vertical markets. Google commented on the fact that every two days, users generate as much information as was created between the dawn of civilisation and 2003,...
IBM takes Cobol to the cloud
IBM has announced software to help organisations extend business applications running on System z mainframes to Web, cloud and mobile environments. The software's performance improvements will enable companies to significantly reduce operating costs while helping...
Windows 8 may not be enterprise standard
With Windows XP's end-of-life date of 8 April 2014 rapidly approaching, most IT shops are still too focussed on migrating to Windows 7 to bother with Windows 8 anytime soon, if at all. To be reasonably considered an enterprise standard, approximately half of...
Pinnacle buys Modrac, Precision ICT
Pinnacle Holdings has acquired Precision ICT and Modrac from Craig Luck with effect from 1 June 2013, subject to the completion of a due diligence review. Precision ICT is an engineering company focused on the design, manufacture and assembly of electronic enclosures...
New SUSE distributor for SA
Enterprise Linux solutions provider SUSE South Africa has appointed Johannesburg-based Linux Warehouse, which also services Africa markets, as a formally accredited distributor for SUSE. Linux Warehouse managing director Jan-Jan van der Vyver believes the South...
BI set to change business
Business intelligence (BI) and analytics investment will address many technology gaps for the CFO, according to a joint study by Gartner and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI). The study...