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VoIP proves low cost can be high function

South African telecoms consumers today are so spoilt for choice that it is easy to forget a time when we had a choice of two cellular network operators and one fixed line operator. After the opening up...

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Students play their way to the top …

An exciting new career sector – gaming – has been quietly growing in the country in the past few years, and has now taken off with gusto as heavyweight degree courses come onto the market to provide...

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SUSE, CTU in open source training partnership

Enterprise Linux solutions provider, SUSE South Africa, has entered into a strategic partnership with CTU Training Solutions that will see the institution provide training based on the current SUSE...

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Microsoft launches Office Excel Champs SA competition

Microsoft South Africa has launched the Office Excel Champs competition, which aims to find the country’s greatest Excel practitioner, whether he or she is a student, teacher, business professional or...

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Secure your organisation from insider threats

Living in an increasingly networked world has its advantages, but it also leaves organisations vulnerable to exploitation by malware, inadvertent employee actions and malicious attacks. Data security...

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Prepare for the threat of exponentially expanding data

At the turn of the previous century, fears ran rampant that PCs would fall victim to the fabled Y2K bug, plunging a very computer dependent world into instant chaos. That may have been a storm in a...

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Now there’s office space as a service

In today’s difficult economic climate, companies are increasingly looking for smarter ways to procure the office space they need – especially now that the added expense and management burden of...

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Oracle eases journey to the cloud

Oracle has launched a new family of offerings designed to enable organisations to easily move to the cloud and remove some of the biggest obstacles to cloud adoption. The services provide CIOs with new...

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Put the user at the centre of your security solution

A lack of policy-driven consequence is putting corporate South Africa at risk of being vulnerable to cyber attacks. Organisations often view security as a grudge purchase, resulting in them not...

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HR departments need to keep pace with technology

The world of human resources (HR) is changing at a speed that is leaving most HR departments behind, writes Sandra Swanepoel, MD of Sage HR & Payroll. New technology is bringing more transparency...

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BlackBerry Enterprise customers choose Good Secure EMM

BlackBerry has announced strong traction with Good Secure EMM Suites, with more than one hundred customers worldwide – covering tens of thousands of users – adopting the EMM solution. These customers...

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Treat your data like the strategic asset it is

In an increasingly digital world where it is no longer only time that is money, but information as well, data has become the equivalent of a new currency, writes Johan Scheepers, systems engineer...

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MTN adds sun power for charging

MTN South Africa has launched a new promotional package featuring World Panel’s SunStream, which allows users to stream electricity from the sun directly into their mobile devices. The new bundle was...

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Aspect Software accelerates the race to replace legacy

For companies struggling to optimise their customer service workforce, there is a race to replace older, end-of-life workforce optimisation components that fail to address the technology needs of...

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Africa’s first female Google Expert named

DVT Android developer Rebecca Franks has been selected as a Google Developer Expert. Franks is the first female developer from Africa to qualify for Google’s global Developer Expert program, and is...

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CRM helps IT organisations be more competitive

In today’s global economy, characterised by technology commoditisation and consumerism, IT businesses are finding it tough to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Given how easy it is for...

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Better equipped agents mean better customer service

Merchants, South Africa’s longest standing and largest contact centre partner, has installed a 39-seat contact centre simulation centre at the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator premises. The...

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JCSE launches 2016 ICT skills survey

In its continuous effort to create a meaningful representation of South Africa’s ICT skills landscape, the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University has launched its 2016 ICT...

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Stratus is Always-On for industrial IoT

Stratus Technologies has extended its commitment to Industrial Automation worldwide with the Stratus Always-On Infrastructure for IIoT. Providing a proven always-on foundation for IIoT deployments, the...

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More privacy, control for BBM users

BlackBerry has launched a new BBM release on iOS, Android and BlackBerry smartphones, offering enhanced privacy and control features that let users take control over the messages and content that they...

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