Technology News
NetIQ releases CloudAccess 1.1
With the onslaught of cloud applications and services, IT teams need to more quickly and easily manage the workload in a controlled, secure and automated environment. By delivering a consistent single sign-on experience to users, protecting corporate data and helping...
E-commerce essential for modern distribution
The good old days, when consumers in South Africa still had to patiently wait – sometimes for months at a time – for the latest shiny gadget to slowly make its way to local shores before being able to get their hands on it, is long over. Months before a local...
Youth Employment Accord to be signed
On Thursday 18 April 2013 President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will with social partners be publically signing the Youth Employment Accord. As part of the process, recruitment portal company Lulaway has been asked to attend in its capacity as a recruitment partner....
Microsoft’s Surface tablet ‘coming soon’
Microsoft TechEd, Durban - The long-awaited Surface tablet from Microsoft will hit South African shores within the next couple of months. This is the word from Microsoft’s Colin Erasmus, speaking during a session on consumerisation at TechEd this morning. Erasmus was...
BI tracks down serial killer
Police analysts in Sweden have used business intelligence (BI) to assist with a high profile murder investigation. QlikView enabled the Skåne police force (in southern Sweden) to analyse data and reports leading to the capture of a serial killer. Over a period of...
Microsoft enables the hybrid cloud
Microsoft TechEd, Durban - The hosted cloud environment received a boost last night with the announcement that Microsoft has expanded its Windows Azure platform. Speaking at the TechEd keynote yesterday evening, Clifford de Wit said of the launch of Windows Azure...
Telkom to pay R449m Competition fine
Telkom has reached an agreement with the Competition Commission to pay a fine of R449-million that was awarded by the Competition Tribunal in August 2012. The agreement was reached following discussions between Telkom and the Competition Commission aimed at arriving...
Big data drives storage demand
As demand for big data technology and services continues to escalate, all levels of the big data technology stack will experience significant growth. Storage is a critical piece of the infrastructure component, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53%...
Move to protect trademarks online
The Trademark Clearinghouse, which came into effect on 26 March 2013, could significantly benefit trade mark owners by granting them preferential rights to domain names and alerting trademark owners to any third party applications to register the same trade mark. ...
Datacentrix invests in skills for growth
Datacentrix has made substantial investments in the skills capacity and related delivery infrastructure needed to take the company into its next growth phase. Announcing its annual results for the year ended 28 February 2013, the Group showed R1,919-billion in...
NEC delivers new MultiSync EA294WMi
NEC Display Solutions Europe has unveiled the MultiSync EA294WMi, an LED backlit display, boasting a future-ready design, extended input options and rich features perfectly designed to meet the demands of the modern office. The NEC MultiSync EA294WMi features an...
UC is the way forward for enterprises
With the increasing daily demand enterprises are experiencing it is important for them to look into a more streamlined and all-inclusive way to handle their communication traffic. For most of the past decade enterprise customers have been migrating their...
Risk-based billing is the future
“Risk-based billing is set to change the image of the entire IT industry, and the software industry in particular. "The IT giants of the future will be those who can deliver a product according to customer needs and are willing to bet their product delivers, not...
NetIQ releases CloudAccess 1.1
With the onslaught of cloud applications and services, IT teams need to more quickly and easily manage the workload in a controlled, secure and automated environment. By delivering a consistent single sign-on experience to users, protecting corporate data and helping...
E-commerce essential for modern distribution
The good old days, when consumers in South Africa still had to patiently wait – sometimes for months at a time – for the latest shiny gadget to slowly make its way to local shores before being able to get their hands on it, is long over. Months before a local...
Youth Employment Accord to be signed
On Thursday 18 April 2013 President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will with social partners be publically signing the Youth Employment Accord. As part of the process, recruitment portal company Lulaway has been asked to attend in its capacity as a recruitment partner....
Microsoft’s Surface tablet ‘coming soon’
Microsoft TechEd, Durban - The long-awaited Surface tablet from Microsoft will hit South African shores within the next couple of months. This is the word from Microsoft’s Colin Erasmus, speaking during a session on consumerisation at TechEd this morning. Erasmus was...
BI tracks down serial killer
Police analysts in Sweden have used business intelligence (BI) to assist with a high profile murder investigation. QlikView enabled the Skåne police force (in southern Sweden) to analyse data and reports leading to the capture of a serial killer. Over a period of...
Microsoft enables the hybrid cloud
Microsoft TechEd, Durban - The hosted cloud environment received a boost last night with the announcement that Microsoft has expanded its Windows Azure platform. Speaking at the TechEd keynote yesterday evening, Clifford de Wit said of the launch of Windows Azure...
Telkom to pay R449m Competition fine
Telkom has reached an agreement with the Competition Commission to pay a fine of R449-million that was awarded by the Competition Tribunal in August 2012. The agreement was reached following discussions between Telkom and the Competition Commission aimed at arriving...