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Galaxy S4 is TCO certified
Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is TCO certified - the first smartphone to receive this award. TCO Development, an independent body that focusses on sustainability in the IT industry, found the Galaxy S4 was sustainably designed,...
Modest growth for BPM market
The business process management (BPM) and middleware market grew 3,6% year-over-year to $18,8-billion in 2012, with growth underperforming compared with that of the previous two years. New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the slow growth...
Using mobile devices for hotel bookings
While mobile device usage is no stranger to the hotel industry, the rate of proliferation in their usage is staggering – and is likely to become the primary way of connecting to hotels in the near future, says Nicolette Kruger, country manager of NFS Technology, the...
BYOD leads to big data and virtualisation
Despite it becoming a more prevalent trend around the world among both big and small businesses, some employers are still wary of embracing the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) concept of allowing their workers to bring their personal laptops, smartphones and tablets to...
A virtual business environment
Today’s business environment is defined by the strategic application of unified communications (UC) technology, underpinned by virtual and cloud applications, to establish and sustain operations, says Robert Sussman, joint CEO, Integr8 Group. It does not really...
mapIT announces deCarta Xplorer V8
mapIT has announced the release of the deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform to the South African market. “This deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform offers a host of new features to the location application market,” says Etienne Louw, MD of mapIT. “These features...
Kathea named AudioCodes distributor
Kathea has been appointed an official valued-added distributor (VAD) for AudioCodes, one of the world’s leading providers of voice over IP (VoIP) technologies, products and services. Speaking at the AudioCodes Partner Launch, hosted at the Microsoft Envisioning...
JDA Software expands services
JDA Software Group has announced the launch of its new suite of strategic services designed to help organisations maximise their supply chain performance and keep it running optimally over time. Having helped hundreds of customers around the world achieve dramatic...
TF1 uses MicroStrategy solution
MicroStrategy, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, has announced that TF1, the largest European private TV channel, owned by the Paris, France-based TF1 Group of media companies, is using the MicroStrategy BI Platform to...
TAKEALOT.com rolls out daily deals
If the launch of their brand-new mobile shopping app wasn’t exciting enough, the team at TAKEALOT.com have just introduced a new initiative offering customers even bigger savings on selected products on a daily, first-come-first-serve basis. SAVEALOT Daily Deals...
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...
Galaxy S4 is TCO certified
Samsung Electronics has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is TCO certified - the first smartphone to receive this award. TCO Development, an independent body that focusses on sustainability in the IT industry, found the Galaxy S4 was sustainably designed,...
Modest growth for BPM market
The business process management (BPM) and middleware market grew 3,6% year-over-year to $18,8-billion in 2012, with growth underperforming compared with that of the previous two years. New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the slow growth...
Using mobile devices for hotel bookings
While mobile device usage is no stranger to the hotel industry, the rate of proliferation in their usage is staggering – and is likely to become the primary way of connecting to hotels in the near future, says Nicolette Kruger, country manager of NFS Technology, the...
BYOD leads to big data and virtualisation
Despite it becoming a more prevalent trend around the world among both big and small businesses, some employers are still wary of embracing the “bring-your-own-device” (BYOD) concept of allowing their workers to bring their personal laptops, smartphones and tablets to...
A virtual business environment
Today’s business environment is defined by the strategic application of unified communications (UC) technology, underpinned by virtual and cloud applications, to establish and sustain operations, says Robert Sussman, joint CEO, Integr8 Group. It does not really...
mapIT announces deCarta Xplorer V8
mapIT has announced the release of the deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform to the South African market. “This deCarta Xplorer V8 navigation platform offers a host of new features to the location application market,” says Etienne Louw, MD of mapIT. “These features...
Kathea named AudioCodes distributor
Kathea has been appointed an official valued-added distributor (VAD) for AudioCodes, one of the world’s leading providers of voice over IP (VoIP) technologies, products and services. Speaking at the AudioCodes Partner Launch, hosted at the Microsoft Envisioning...