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AccTech deploys ERP for SABCOOL
Commercial refrigeration and asset management experts SABCOOL have appointed Gold Certified Microsoft ERP Partner AccTech Systems to deploy an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support their refrigeration service delivery contracts across Africa. “We...
The impact of consumer IT on enterprise IT
Enormous development and innovation in consumer IT has revolutionised our personal lives, allowing us to interact and communicate in new ways with ease and fluidity. An individual now has, in their hands, the power to connect with the world and collaborate like never...
Kathea releases Polycom RealPresence app
Kathea, a distributor of video communications solutions, has announced the availability of Polycom’s open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), RealPresence Mobile 2.2, a software update for the award-winning app that lets customers...
Capture signatures with VpadWiz Pro
VPSign’s VpadWiz Pro for Android-based tablets is a member of VPSign's product suite that excels in providing state of the art solutions for paper-replacing document handling and capturing of handwritten signatures on screen. Available locally from Brand New...
Main One sponsors telecoms conference
Main One, West Africa’s leading communications services company, last week joined Africa’s top telecoms carriers and executives to discuss the future of the West African wholesale telecoms market, and proffer solutions for enhanced and more effective broadband...
MicroStrategy 9.3.1 released
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, today unveiled MicroStrategy 9.3.1, the latest version of the Company’s core enterprise analytics platform. MicroStrategy 9.3.1 breaks new ground by combining...
Mobile to drive BI this year
Mobile is top of the big four influencers of BI change across Africa this year, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR Telecommunications. The massive growth in mobile across Africa is driving resurgence in BI growth, as executives across the...
HP releases new MFP for the SMB
Now small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can have it all when it comes to printing – ease of use, superior performance, high-quality printing, scanning and copying, resource-saving features and a low cost per page – thanks to the new HP OfficeJet 276dw from...
Bold plan to eliminate polio
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) yesterday presented a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan to eradicate all types of polio disease – both wild poliovirus and vaccine-derived cases – simultaneously. Global leaders and individual philanthropists...
Samsung confident on S4 supply
While there have been reports that Samsung may struggle to meet demand in certain international markets for its new Galaxy S4 smartphone, its Africa subsidiary has no such worries. Samsung Electronics Africa vice-president and COO, George Ferreira, says volume units...
Scientists receive national orders
President Jacob Zuma has conferred national orders on three Wits university alumni: Prof Glenda Gray; Dr Ridwan Mia; and Dr Bernie Fanaroff. Prof Glenda Gray was awarded the Order Mapungubwe (Silver) for her life-saving research in mother-to-child transmission of HIV...
Predictive Facebook publishing from Adobe
Adobe Systems has announced a powerful new predictive publishing capability for Adobe® Social, which predicts social engagement on individual pieces of content and automatically suggests ideal timing to improve how that content will perform. The initial version offers...
Software AG mobilises user intelligence
The Software AG Technology Community has merged with the webMethods user platform, wMUsers, and now offers access to the world’s largest webMethods knowledge base with over 140 000 posts. Members of the Technology Community value the rapid networking, topic-specific...
AccTech deploys ERP for SABCOOL
Commercial refrigeration and asset management experts SABCOOL have appointed Gold Certified Microsoft ERP Partner AccTech Systems to deploy an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support their refrigeration service delivery contracts across Africa. “We...
The impact of consumer IT on enterprise IT
Enormous development and innovation in consumer IT has revolutionised our personal lives, allowing us to interact and communicate in new ways with ease and fluidity. An individual now has, in their hands, the power to connect with the world and collaborate like never...
Kathea releases Polycom RealPresence app
Kathea, a distributor of video communications solutions, has announced the availability of Polycom’s open, standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), RealPresence Mobile 2.2, a software update for the award-winning app that lets customers...
Capture signatures with VpadWiz Pro
VPSign’s VpadWiz Pro for Android-based tablets is a member of VPSign's product suite that excels in providing state of the art solutions for paper-replacing document handling and capturing of handwritten signatures on screen. Available locally from Brand New...
Main One sponsors telecoms conference
Main One, West Africa’s leading communications services company, last week joined Africa’s top telecoms carriers and executives to discuss the future of the West African wholesale telecoms market, and proffer solutions for enhanced and more effective broadband...
MicroStrategy 9.3.1 released
MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) and mobile software, today unveiled MicroStrategy 9.3.1, the latest version of the Company’s core enterprise analytics platform. MicroStrategy 9.3.1 breaks new ground by combining...
Mobile to drive BI this year
Mobile is top of the big four influencers of BI change across Africa this year, says Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager at LGR Telecommunications. The massive growth in mobile across Africa is driving resurgence in BI growth, as executives across the...