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How virtualisation can help SMEs
There’s a common perception that virtualisation is only for large organisations – but, says Jessica van Wyk of Veeam, there are major benefits for small businesses as well. “Virtualisation is a powerful technology that means that for every physical server or PC you...
EMC Isilon NAS supports cloud, analytics
At EMC World 2013, EMC announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building on the successful late-2012 launch of OneFS 7.0 (“Mavericks”), the next version of Isilon’s industry-leading operating system will...
Businesses should consolidate SAP
Research released by HCL Enterprise Application Services (EAS) has revealed that globally large enterprises could save nearly $30-billion in total through consolidating their instances of SAP. The global survey of 225 CIOs focussed on their organisations' current and...
Nedbank showcases PocketPOS at Indaba
Nedbank will be promoting and selling its innovative mobile point-of-sale solution, Nedbank PocketPOS, at one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar – Durban Indaba. The Indaba, which runs from 11 to 14 May 2013, is a global platform that...
SoftExpert launches cloud offering
SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide business has launched SoftExpert Cloud, allowing for the distribution of SoftExpert solutions through Web-based cloud services in a fully secure environment, boosting efficiency and availability...
Not all the same inside …
The new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone may look the same all over the world but there are fundamental differences inside, depending on where you buy the device. Looking at US and South Korean versions of the smartphone, there are major differences in key components,...
New life for fixed line telcos
Fixed line telecommunications is seeing a resurgence around the world, and pure-play mobile operators are increasingly partnering with their traditional fixed-line counterparts. This is according to Kevin Taylor, president: Asia, Middle East and Africa, who says there...
Windows Blue to preview in June
Microsoft will demonstrate the much-anticipated “Blue” iteration of Windows 8 – widely expected to be the convergence of mobile and PC operating systems – next month. Julie Larson-Green, corporate vice-president for Windows, yesterday told delegates to the Wired...
Consumer technology influences IT spend
Fewer than 10% of business decision-makers outside of IT are not spending their own budget on technology services, and of the 90% that are, almost a quarter of them earmark 21% or more of their unit's expenditures for IT, according to new research from Forrester....
Africa finds new alliances in the East
Africa is finding more synergy with the emerging markets of Asia than with its traditional trading partners in Europe and North America. This is one of the key messages coming through at the World Economic Forum held this week in Cape Town, and reiterated by BT’s...
SatADSL increases capital for African growth
SatADSL, a Belgian company providing satellite Internet access and communications service in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the successful completion of a capital increase aiming at financing its development over the next five years. SatADSL completed this last...
Samsung to launch UHD Smart TV
Designed to provide the ultimate entertainment experience, Samsung Electronics South Africa will be launching its new 85-inch ultra HD (UHD) Smart television, offering four times the resolution of full HD, at the end of June 2013. Apart from its size, the new model...
Vodacom Mozambique deploys e-centre
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has deployed an e-centre – an energy efficient and pre-fabricated data centre – in response to an order from Vodacom Mozambique. The...
How virtualisation can help SMEs
There’s a common perception that virtualisation is only for large organisations – but, says Jessica van Wyk of Veeam, there are major benefits for small businesses as well. “Virtualisation is a powerful technology that means that for every physical server or PC you...
EMC Isilon NAS supports cloud, analytics
At EMC World 2013, EMC announced that it is preparing the next version of its EMC Isilon OneFS scale-out NAS operating system. Building on the successful late-2012 launch of OneFS 7.0 (“Mavericks”), the next version of Isilon’s industry-leading operating system will...
Businesses should consolidate SAP
Research released by HCL Enterprise Application Services (EAS) has revealed that globally large enterprises could save nearly $30-billion in total through consolidating their instances of SAP. The global survey of 225 CIOs focussed on their organisations' current and...
Nedbank showcases PocketPOS at Indaba
Nedbank will be promoting and selling its innovative mobile point-of-sale solution, Nedbank PocketPOS, at one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar – Durban Indaba. The Indaba, which runs from 11 to 14 May 2013, is a global platform that...
SoftExpert launches cloud offering
SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide business has launched SoftExpert Cloud, allowing for the distribution of SoftExpert solutions through Web-based cloud services in a fully secure environment, boosting efficiency and availability...
Not all the same inside …
The new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone may look the same all over the world but there are fundamental differences inside, depending on where you buy the device. Looking at US and South Korean versions of the smartphone, there are major differences in key components,...
New life for fixed line telcos
Fixed line telecommunications is seeing a resurgence around the world, and pure-play mobile operators are increasingly partnering with their traditional fixed-line counterparts. This is according to Kevin Taylor, president: Asia, Middle East and Africa, who says there...