Technology News
Procrastination hinders telecoms uptake
Universal access to the Internet in South Africa is no longer being held back by high prices or a lack of education, but by government and regulatory inefficiency. Smartphones and mobile computing devices are getting cheaper and broadband far more affordable. But the...
Etisalat, GSMA battle against diabetes
The Etisalat Group is throwing its full support behind a GSMA initiative to find effective technological solutions for the epidemic of diabetes. In September, a team of the company’s most determined employees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia will participate in a...
Keep up with traffic updates via Twitter
TomTom released its annual Congestion Index in April and, in addition to this announcement, traffic information will now also be made available through TomTom’s Twitter feed on @TomTom_SA, which will include details of exceptional delays around the country. Through...
JDA announces Cloud Optimise services
JDA Software Group, The Supply Chain Company, has announced the release of six JDA Cloud Optimise services. JDA Cloud Optimise services enable customers to enhance and transform their supply chains by expanding their internal teams to include JDA expertise and...
Tarsus bombshell as Spies resigns
The local channel was hit by a bombshell this morning when it was revealed that one of its leading chief executives – Tarsus’ Pierre Spies – has resigned from the company after 21 years. While an official statement from Tarsus’ holding company MB Technologies is...
European PC shipments plummet
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 12,3-million units in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 20,5% from the corresponding period of 2012, according to Gartner. "The first quarter of 2013 brought the worst quarterly decline in Western Europe since Gartner...
Sterling growth for CEMA storage
The external storage market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMA) ranked among the fastest growing globally in 2012. Even though the fourth quarter proved to be very challenging, with almost flat revenue performance, the market demonstrated...
Orange targets 20% growth for Africa
Orange Business Services is targeting above 20% growth for the African region in 2013 – and, having met this ambitious target in 2012, looks on track to achieving its goal. Jean-Luc Lasnier, GM and vice-president of Orange Business Services for Middle East &...
Public cloud proves lucrative for Oracle
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – With revenues of more than $1-billion coming from its public cloud services, Oracle says it is the second biggest player in this market – and that it’s aiming to maintain this position with a number of new offerings. Asked at a post-keynote...
Cloud opens new markets for Oracle
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – Cloud computing has opened a multitude of new markets for Oracle - particularly among smaller companies that would never before have considered the IT giant, due to the perceived costs involved. Thomas Kurian, executive VP, product...
QlikView customer Atellas wins award
QlikView, a leader in business discovery – user-driven business intelligence (BI) - has announced that Astellas Pharma US, a QlikTech customer, was named a Ventana Research 2013 Leadership Award Winner for Business Intelligence. Through successful implementation of...
Openness key to mobile transactions
If a smartphone is nearby while reading this – and it will be a surprised if it isn’t – pick it up and take a moment to consider all the things it is, says Bevan Ducasse, CEO of wiGroup. It’s a calendar, little black book of contacts, a games console, a music centre,...
Benefitting from enterprise mobility
Mobility is an important business driver in the connected world of today, says Paulo Ferreira, Head of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung Electronics South Africa. In South Africa, which is renowned for its extensive cellular network that has a significantly greater...
Procrastination hinders telecoms uptake
Universal access to the Internet in South Africa is no longer being held back by high prices or a lack of education, but by government and regulatory inefficiency. Smartphones and mobile computing devices are getting cheaper and broadband far more affordable. But the...
Etisalat, GSMA battle against diabetes
The Etisalat Group is throwing its full support behind a GSMA initiative to find effective technological solutions for the epidemic of diabetes. In September, a team of the company’s most determined employees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia will participate in a...
Keep up with traffic updates via Twitter
TomTom released its annual Congestion Index in April and, in addition to this announcement, traffic information will now also be made available through TomTom’s Twitter feed on @TomTom_SA, which will include details of exceptional delays around the country. Through...
JDA announces Cloud Optimise services
JDA Software Group, The Supply Chain Company, has announced the release of six JDA Cloud Optimise services. JDA Cloud Optimise services enable customers to enhance and transform their supply chains by expanding their internal teams to include JDA expertise and...
Tarsus bombshell as Spies resigns
The local channel was hit by a bombshell this morning when it was revealed that one of its leading chief executives – Tarsus’ Pierre Spies – has resigned from the company after 21 years. While an official statement from Tarsus’ holding company MB Technologies is...
European PC shipments plummet
PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 12,3-million units in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 20,5% from the corresponding period of 2012, according to Gartner. "The first quarter of 2013 brought the worst quarterly decline in Western Europe since Gartner...
Sterling growth for CEMA storage
The external storage market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMA) ranked among the fastest growing globally in 2012. Even though the fourth quarter proved to be very challenging, with almost flat revenue performance, the market demonstrated...