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BDS launches Xerox WorkCentre 5800 MFP
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and services company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has launched the new series of Xerox WorkCentre 5800 black-and-white multifunction printers (MFPs), which are enabled...
Ethiopian mine uses Q-KON services
Q-KON has been selected as the preferred provider of connectivity services to Allana Potash Afar, an Ethiopian subsidiary of a Canadian Corporation focussed on the global acquisition of potash assets and relevant concessions. As the entrusted connectivity services...
Telkom Mobile announces BB Q10 pre-orders
Customers can now pre-order the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone from Telkom Mobile online or in-store from 15 May 2013. The BlackBerry Q10 will be available from Telkom Mobile via Telkom Direct, Telkom Express and 8ta stores on 1 June 2013. The smartphone will be...
Flexible solar panels printed
In what could be a breakthrough in sustainable energy production, scientists have used a solar cell printer to produce large flexible solar cells made out of plastic. The printer has allowed Australian researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium...
Cloud computing key for Oracle
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – As one of its three key strategies, cloud computing will be a major focus for Oracle over the next few years, with more and more of its annual $5-billion R&D spend being allocated to it. Mark Hurd, president of Oracle, told delegates at...
Emerging markets to wait for data centres
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – While Oracle has established a number of data centres around the world to facilitate its cloud offerings - this week it announced a new data centre for London to assist the UK government with its G-Cloud procurement project - emerging...
Cannibalisation slows global IT spend
IT spending was slightly below expectations in the second half of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, with economic uncertainty surrounding the US government sequester, European debt crisis and weakening GDP in China resulting in volatile spending patterns across most...
Teen creates Springbok selection site
A rugby-mad 13-year-old girl, with support from her brother, has turned her dream of selecting the ideal Springbok dream team into reality with a new Web site. Rouxve Meyer, a Grade 8 learner from Parel Vallei High School in Somerset West, thought it would be fun to...
Cloud should improve the business
Organisations are looking to the cloud to change not only how they buy and consume IT, but also how the cloud actually impacts the business. In fact, one of the main drivers for organisations deploying cloud applications is to improve operational agility and...
BB10 still strong in enterprise
A number of North American enterprises across a diverse range of sectors, including technology, banking, retail and government, have adopted BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as part of their mobile strategy. The growing number of organisations...
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...
BDS launches Xerox WorkCentre 5800 MFP
Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), Africa’s leading document management technology and services company and the largest Xerox distributor in the world, has launched the new series of Xerox WorkCentre 5800 black-and-white multifunction printers (MFPs), which are enabled...
Ethiopian mine uses Q-KON services
Q-KON has been selected as the preferred provider of connectivity services to Allana Potash Afar, an Ethiopian subsidiary of a Canadian Corporation focussed on the global acquisition of potash assets and relevant concessions. As the entrusted connectivity services...
Telkom Mobile announces BB Q10 pre-orders
Customers can now pre-order the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone from Telkom Mobile online or in-store from 15 May 2013. The BlackBerry Q10 will be available from Telkom Mobile via Telkom Direct, Telkom Express and 8ta stores on 1 June 2013. The smartphone will be...
Flexible solar panels printed
In what could be a breakthrough in sustainable energy production, scientists have used a solar cell printer to produce large flexible solar cells made out of plastic. The printer has allowed Australian researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium...
Cloud computing key for Oracle
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – As one of its three key strategies, cloud computing will be a major focus for Oracle over the next few years, with more and more of its annual $5-billion R&D spend being allocated to it. Mark Hurd, president of Oracle, told delegates at...
Emerging markets to wait for data centres
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – While Oracle has established a number of data centres around the world to facilitate its cloud offerings - this week it announced a new data centre for London to assist the UK government with its G-Cloud procurement project - emerging...
Cannibalisation slows global IT spend
IT spending was slightly below expectations in the second half of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, with economic uncertainty surrounding the US government sequester, European debt crisis and weakening GDP in China resulting in volatile spending patterns across most...