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Cool vendors are changing business
The converging and mutually reinforcing social, cultural and technological factors in the nexus of forces (cloud, mobility, social and information) are driving a radical power shift away from the culture of the enterprise and toward that of the consumer. "Cool...
HP, SAP sign cloud services deal
HP Enterprise Services has penned a global agreement with SAP through which it will deliver managed mobility services to help clients convert customer interactions into revenue opportunities, and improve employee productivity with mobile applications. Enterprises...
GSMA opens Nairobi office
The GSMA has opened a permanent office in Nairobi’s Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community, which will enable the GSMA to work more closely with its members and other industry stakeholders to extend the reach and socio-economic benefits of mobile...
Software AG offers PaaS in the cloud
Software AG has launched its first cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS) suite. Organisations are being pressed to develop and deploy agile, scalable and secure solutions within days, rather than months. To address the changing needs of the business environment, a...
Flurry Analytics for BlackBerry 10 released
BlackBerry and Flurry have announced that Flurry Analytics for BlackBerry 10 is expected to become available by the end of Q2. Flurry Analytics is a tool developers can easily integrate with their apps to enable access to user data. It provides developers a...
NetApp launches Connect solution
The rapid influx of mobile devices into the workplace offers individual employees convenience and productivity, but it presents significant challenges for IT organisations that are attempting to curtail data leakage and prevent increased operational costs associated...
Can mobile enterprise apps keep up?
The unprecedented adoption of tablet PCs means the fully mobile enterprise is now possible. But true enterprise mobility also requires access to full ERP functionality on the road, says HansaWorld. With tablets, smartphones and phablets moving to surpass PC...
Why the cloud requires agentless security
Virtualised desktops, servers, data centres and cloud computing solutions should be afforded the same level of security as physical machines, is the word from global security specialists Trend Micro. According to Trend Micro country manager, Gregory Anderson, there...
Nedbank’s Approve-it reduces phishing
It is a year since the launch of its enhanced Internet banking security feature Approve-it, and Nedbank reported a reduction of 99% in phishing losses when compared to the same period in 2011. The bank also confirmed that over 16-million secure online transactions...
The necessary art of data exploration
A critical first step frequently overlooked by project managers is understanding the data that sits in their hands. Companies today are investing heavily in tools and people in order to improve the quality of their reporting and to deliver more actionable intelligence...
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...
Cool vendors are changing business
The converging and mutually reinforcing social, cultural and technological factors in the nexus of forces (cloud, mobility, social and information) are driving a radical power shift away from the culture of the enterprise and toward that of the consumer. "Cool...
HP, SAP sign cloud services deal
HP Enterprise Services has penned a global agreement with SAP through which it will deliver managed mobility services to help clients convert customer interactions into revenue opportunities, and improve employee productivity with mobile applications. Enterprises...
GSMA opens Nairobi office
The GSMA has opened a permanent office in Nairobi’s Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community, which will enable the GSMA to work more closely with its members and other industry stakeholders to extend the reach and socio-economic benefits of mobile...
Software AG offers PaaS in the cloud
Software AG has launched its first cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS) suite. Organisations are being pressed to develop and deploy agile, scalable and secure solutions within days, rather than months. To address the changing needs of the business environment, a...
Flurry Analytics for BlackBerry 10 released
BlackBerry and Flurry have announced that Flurry Analytics for BlackBerry 10 is expected to become available by the end of Q2. Flurry Analytics is a tool developers can easily integrate with their apps to enable access to user data. It provides developers a...
NetApp launches Connect solution
The rapid influx of mobile devices into the workplace offers individual employees convenience and productivity, but it presents significant challenges for IT organisations that are attempting to curtail data leakage and prevent increased operational costs associated...
Can mobile enterprise apps keep up?
The unprecedented adoption of tablet PCs means the fully mobile enterprise is now possible. But true enterprise mobility also requires access to full ERP functionality on the road, says HansaWorld. With tablets, smartphones and phablets moving to surpass PC...