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Aerial ballet show from Mango
Mango and the Johannesburg-based SA Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) company will collaborate in a world-first ballet performance at the Swartkops Air Show outside Pretoria/Tshwane on Saturday 11 May 2013. A Mango new-generation Boeing 737-800, skippered by Presidential Baobab...
Itec grows joBerg2c support
Office automation and communications group, Itec has long been a supporter of local mountain biking. As one of the earliest sponsors of the sport, Itec's involvement and support has continued to grow, a fact that was most evident at the fourth edition of the Old...
No blanket approach to risk management
In an era of increasing risks and the challenges of increasing regulation and legislation and ongoing economic uncertainty, companies need a comprehensive risk management strategy that incorporates data governance. Companies need to combine strategic technology,...
The impact of a virtualised business market
There are specific benefits associated with virtualisation, cloud computing and Web services in business. Experts in the field of IT solution development, integration and application believe that there is now greater awareness of the realities of acquiring and...
Planning tools reduce mining complexity
Mining organisations are typically fraught with challenges when it comes to performance management, as well as budgeting, forecasting and reporting (BFR), due to the complex and volatile nature of many of the elements within these functions, says Greg Bogiages,...
Hospitals, clinics benefit from WebFOCUS
Using Information Builders’ WebFOCUS BI platform, clinics are able to provide better services using WebFOCUS for administration and enhance data sharing capabilities. IT professionals generally wrestle with silos of data that are difficult to link together. These data...
Nashua offers ProAct monitoring solutions
Nashua Limited’s reputation for providing its customers with leading solutions and services has once again been firmly demonstrated, as the company has become the first organisation in South Africa to offer its clients complementary live monitoring of device systems...
Avoid pitfalls of enterprise mobility apps
The hype surrounding mobile technology and its benefits to business is so overwhelming that managers could be forgiven for thinking all they have to do is link their employees’ smartphones to the company network to see profits soar. Naturally, the process is more...
Powertech acquires Quadpro
Power Technologies (Powertech), a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altron group, has acquired a majority shareholding in QuadPro, a business established to focus on offering turnkey substation solutions into the South African and African market. This is a...
MoneyGram and Ukash form global alliance
MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer company, and Ukash, a leading UK-based online cash payment provider and winner of the Queen's Award for Enterprise for the third consecutive year, have signed a global agreement that will give Ukash customers the ability to...
Cable theft disrupts Telkom service
Theft of a major copper cable in the City Deep exchange area has resulted in the disruption of Telkom services. During the early hours of 4 May 2013, cable thieves cut and stole three metres of 2 400 pair main cable in a manhole on the corner of Heidelberg road and...
Display figures bode well for notebooks
US manufacturers Dell and Hewlett-Packard substantially increased their orders for notebook panel displays in February to meet upcoming shipment targets, which helped to boost overall notebook panel shipments the same month, according to an IHS LCD Shipment Database...
Adobe drops boxed products
Adobe is to move away from boxed products entirely, and will make its Creative Suite – to be known as Creative Cloud – available only on a subscription model. The company has said it will not release new versions of the packaged suite, which includes InDesign,...
Aerial ballet show from Mango
Mango and the Johannesburg-based SA Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) company will collaborate in a world-first ballet performance at the Swartkops Air Show outside Pretoria/Tshwane on Saturday 11 May 2013. A Mango new-generation Boeing 737-800, skippered by Presidential Baobab...
Itec grows joBerg2c support
Office automation and communications group, Itec has long been a supporter of local mountain biking. As one of the earliest sponsors of the sport, Itec's involvement and support has continued to grow, a fact that was most evident at the fourth edition of the Old...
No blanket approach to risk management
In an era of increasing risks and the challenges of increasing regulation and legislation and ongoing economic uncertainty, companies need a comprehensive risk management strategy that incorporates data governance. Companies need to combine strategic technology,...
The impact of a virtualised business market
There are specific benefits associated with virtualisation, cloud computing and Web services in business. Experts in the field of IT solution development, integration and application believe that there is now greater awareness of the realities of acquiring and...
Planning tools reduce mining complexity
Mining organisations are typically fraught with challenges when it comes to performance management, as well as budgeting, forecasting and reporting (BFR), due to the complex and volatile nature of many of the elements within these functions, says Greg Bogiages,...
Hospitals, clinics benefit from WebFOCUS
Using Information Builders’ WebFOCUS BI platform, clinics are able to provide better services using WebFOCUS for administration and enhance data sharing capabilities. IT professionals generally wrestle with silos of data that are difficult to link together. These data...
Nashua offers ProAct monitoring solutions
Nashua Limited’s reputation for providing its customers with leading solutions and services has once again been firmly demonstrated, as the company has become the first organisation in South Africa to offer its clients complementary live monitoring of device systems...