Technology News
Windows 8 to drive SA laptop recovery
There could be an increase in South African laptop sales during the second quarter. According Chris Riley, MD of The Notebook Company, this is due to the fact that there will be a “full range of laptops entering the market, running Windows 8 – which might just create...
No growth for semiconductors
The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to an IHS iSuppli Industrial Electronics Market Tracker Report from IHS. The eight, along with two gainers in the...
Social entrepreneurs win with Orange
Orange has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize, aimed at promoting social innovations in support of developments that use ICT. Orange, which is present in 18 African countries and boasts over 70-million customers, is seeking to become a major...
E-invoicing helps to reduce costs
In comparison with paper-based processes, electronic invoice handling processes make it possible to reduce costs by between 50% and 80%. Investments in electronic invoice processing can therefore often be gained back within six months, according to a new report. Many...
Quality, not quantity, must drive FETs
The Department of Higher Education is pumping R2-billion into Further Education and Training Colleges (FETs) in order to increase the number of artisans trained and delivered to the market - but the underlying problem is not with the quantity of artisans, but with the...
New initiative boosts skills development
A new initiative that trains unemployed South African youth to work in the booming business process outsourcing (BOP) sector has seen more than 550 youth get trained in the past year – and that number is set to double in the coming year. The Impact Sourcing Academy...
VMware appoints Axis Solutions as partner
VMware, the leader in virtualisation and cloud solutions, has appointed Zimbabwe-based Axis Solutions as an Enterprise Partner, forming part of its strategy to bolster its skills base across the African continent. Axis Solutions, headquartered in Harare and with a...
Payroll industry to gather for Accsys forum
Key role-players within the South African payroll industry are scheduled to meet at an Interactive Forum at the Woodmead Country Club on 12 June 2013 to discuss pertinent topics affecting payroll within commerce. The Payroll Interactive Forum will be hosted by...
SA retailers must prepare for omni-channel
The growth of retail e-commerce continues unabated with global sales exceeding $1-trillion in 2012. The scale and the pace of change has been disruptive, allowing some early adopters to grow market share in lieu of those lagging in the adoption of on an online model,...
Everyone’s a PM in an agile business
For many years “project manager” (PM) was not an official title, but more of a role that many people “fell” into – essentially companies had projects, and someone had to manage them, says Frank Reinelt, senior director for Northern Europe and Emerging Markets at...
LG launches TV cloud service in SA
LG Electronics (LG) has launched its own LG Cloud service in South Africa, which is now available on LG Smart World. The service, which was first launched in the US, South Korea and Russia last year, will roll-out the TV-centric service in more than 40 countries,...
AxizWorkgroup added as Dell distributor
Dell South Africa has appointed AxizWorkgroup as their fourth distributor in South Africa, along with Drive Control Corporation (DCC), Tarsus and Pinnacle. The appointment will enable AxizWorkgroup to supply a range of Dell products and services to the channel and...
Datatec increases 2013 revenues
Datatec has posted a revenue increase of 4% for the year ended 28 February 2013, to $5,25-billion from $5,03-billion in 2012. EBITDA was $185,5-million (2012: $190,2-million) and cash generated from operations increased to $316,8-million (2012: $102,8-million)....
Windows 8 to drive SA laptop recovery
There could be an increase in South African laptop sales during the second quarter. According Chris Riley, MD of The Notebook Company, this is due to the fact that there will be a “full range of laptops entering the market, running Windows 8 – which might just create...
No growth for semiconductors
The eight leading suppliers of industrial electronics suffered revenue declines in 2012, reflecting weak conditions for the beleaguered market, according to an IHS iSuppli Industrial Electronics Market Tracker Report from IHS. The eight, along with two gainers in the...
Social entrepreneurs win with Orange
Orange has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize, aimed at promoting social innovations in support of developments that use ICT. Orange, which is present in 18 African countries and boasts over 70-million customers, is seeking to become a major...
E-invoicing helps to reduce costs
In comparison with paper-based processes, electronic invoice handling processes make it possible to reduce costs by between 50% and 80%. Investments in electronic invoice processing can therefore often be gained back within six months, according to a new report. Many...
Quality, not quantity, must drive FETs
The Department of Higher Education is pumping R2-billion into Further Education and Training Colleges (FETs) in order to increase the number of artisans trained and delivered to the market - but the underlying problem is not with the quantity of artisans, but with the...
New initiative boosts skills development
A new initiative that trains unemployed South African youth to work in the booming business process outsourcing (BOP) sector has seen more than 550 youth get trained in the past year – and that number is set to double in the coming year. The Impact Sourcing Academy...
VMware appoints Axis Solutions as partner
VMware, the leader in virtualisation and cloud solutions, has appointed Zimbabwe-based Axis Solutions as an Enterprise Partner, forming part of its strategy to bolster its skills base across the African continent. Axis Solutions, headquartered in Harare and with a...