Technology News
VMware increases revenues for Q1
Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure vendor VMware has announced that revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were $1,19-billion, an increase of 13% from the first quarter of 2012. Operating income for the first quarter was $160-million, a decrease of 26% from the...
LG improves phone figures
LG Electronics (LG) Seoul Korea has reported a solid first-quarter performance due to a resurging handset business which shipped 10,3-million smartphones between January and March, the highest for LG since it entered the smartphone race. Better-than-expected...
CA Technologies empowers enterprise mobility
CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies revealed new solutions and capabilities to help enterprises embrace the mobile opportunity with confidence and improve how they connect with employees and customers. CA Technologies innovative approach to enabling...
Huawei, Intel launch SSD servers
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of solid-state drive (SSD) servers in co-operation with Intel. The SSD servers use new-generation Intel SSDs, which solves storage bottlenecks,...
2013 BI game-changers
Sean Paine, chief operating officer, EnterpriseWorx, sees significant changes afoot in BI this year. Business intelligence (BI) has been steadily evolving to adapt to numerous technology landscape changes in recent years – for example, mobility, big data and the rise...
Cell C launches 2013 girl child campaign
Cell C is gearing up for the 11th instalment of the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign, which takes place on Thursday, 30 May. Companies are now encouraged to polish their plans in support of this sustainable project, which aims to expose girl children in...
Online payroll software key for business
Businesses can now pay their employees weekly, fortnightly or monthly with the Sage Pastel My Payroll Online system developed by Sage Pastel Payroll & HR. The Internet is here to stay and its capacity and connectivity have tangibly improved, providing an...
Small business trends in South Africa
The development of SMEs in South Africa plays a significant role in job creation and growing the economy locally and globally. “SMEs in general, serve as a gateway to help grow and sustain our economy and are able to take advantage of business opportunities and niches...
DiData expands e-learning programme
Dimension Data’s E-learning Management System has increased from 52 schools in eight provinces in 2012 to over 71 schools in all nine provinces in 2013. The aim of the initiative is to give students access to premium technology applications to support the school...
Ricoh revamps document product range
Ricoh has released a range of new and updated multifunction, production, industrial, projection, and wide format equipment alongside controller, variable data printing (VDP), document workflow and process efficiency software. The revamped product range is designed to...
Gaming set to move off the console
Gaming-capable smartphones and tablets are overtaking dedicated gaming consoles – and this trend is set to continue. International Data Corporation (IDC) has published the Worldwide Gaming-Optimised Handheld, Smartphone and Tablet Gaming 2013-2017 Forecast, a...
CA extends cloud offerings
CA Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of application programming interface (API) management and security. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition of Layer 7 will enable CA...
African losses pull Altech down
Allied Technologies (Altech) has posted increased revenue for the year ended 28 February 2013, although operating profit was lower than that of the prior year, mainly due to losses incurred in Altech’s operations in East and West Africa. “Results from our East and...
VMware increases revenues for Q1
Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure vendor VMware has announced that revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were $1,19-billion, an increase of 13% from the first quarter of 2012. Operating income for the first quarter was $160-million, a decrease of 26% from the...
LG improves phone figures
LG Electronics (LG) Seoul Korea has reported a solid first-quarter performance due to a resurging handset business which shipped 10,3-million smartphones between January and March, the highest for LG since it entered the smartphone race. Better-than-expected...
CA Technologies empowers enterprise mobility
CA Southern Africa has announced that CA Technologies revealed new solutions and capabilities to help enterprises embrace the mobile opportunity with confidence and improve how they connect with employees and customers. CA Technologies innovative approach to enabling...
Huawei, Intel launch SSD servers
Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of solid-state drive (SSD) servers in co-operation with Intel. The SSD servers use new-generation Intel SSDs, which solves storage bottlenecks,...
2013 BI game-changers
Sean Paine, chief operating officer, EnterpriseWorx, sees significant changes afoot in BI this year. Business intelligence (BI) has been steadily evolving to adapt to numerous technology landscape changes in recent years – for example, mobility, big data and the rise...
Cell C launches 2013 girl child campaign
Cell C is gearing up for the 11th instalment of the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign, which takes place on Thursday, 30 May. Companies are now encouraged to polish their plans in support of this sustainable project, which aims to expose girl children in...
Online payroll software key for business
Businesses can now pay their employees weekly, fortnightly or monthly with the Sage Pastel My Payroll Online system developed by Sage Pastel Payroll & HR. The Internet is here to stay and its capacity and connectivity have tangibly improved, providing an...