Nokia boosts 4G performance
Nokia is extending its comprehensive portfolio of ultra-broadband product and technology solutions to give operators new flexibility to meet consumer demand and enhance mobile network performance as...
View ArticleVeeam helps BankservAfrica save on backup
Following its investment in new data centres and disaster recovery strategies, BankservAfrica, the largest automated clearing house and payment system operator in Africa, contracted Veeam® Software to...
View ArticleFujitsu drives SDDC with hyperconverged PrimeFlex
Fujitsu Integrated System PrimeFlex for VMware Cloud Foundation — on show next week at VMworld in Barcelona — is designed to dramatically simplify how companies buy, implement, and operate large-scale...
View ArticleFirst African CAT-M1 test for IoT
Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully completed a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution with MTN South Africa in support of MTN’s Internet of Things (IoT) ambitions. This is the first Cat-M1...
View ArticleCA leads in continuous delivery and release automation
CA Technologies has been named a Leader in the “The Forrester Wave: Continuous Delivery and Release Automation, Q3 2017” report by Forrester Research. The report evaluates 15 of the most significant...
View ArticleLiquid Telecom delivers MS services in Africa
Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has partnered with Microsoft through the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme and is now delivering scalable and secure cloud services across Africa....
View ArticleMotorola grows Moto Mods family
Lenovo, through its subsidiary Motorola Mobility, has introduced two new and innovative mobile devices in Berlin — the moto x as a worldwide premiere and the moto z Force Edition along with the latest...
View ArticleAfrimat boosts IT security with J2
Afrimat, an open pit mining company providing industrial minerals and construction materials, has enhanced its security profile through a comprehensive new IT security partnership with ICT firm J2...
View ArticleAdoption of BPS needs to grow across industries
Wilhelm Greeff, business manager for business productivity solutions at Decision Inc, explains why he believes this is so. In the digital economy, business productivity solutions (BPS) have become...
View ArticleCredit card fraud exposes need for alternative
A study released in December 2016 estimated it takes around six seconds to hack a credit or debit card. That means working out the card number, expiry date and security code of any debit or credit in...
View ArticleLarge scale work permit changes on the cards
The White Paper for South African Migration was released on 28 July 2017 by the Department of Home Affairs. Whether you have foreign workers in South Africa, South African workers abroad or deal in any...
View ArticleDatacentrix helps SNG save R2m on tech
Datacentrix has completed the rollout of more than 1 000 AMD PRO-based Hewlett-Packard notebooks, to South Africa’s fifth largest accounting, audit, advisory and forensics firm: SizweNtsalubaGobodo...
View ArticleMachines shape the ‘golden ratio’ of data-driven business
This is the third in a series of three blog posts in which Niral Patel, MD of Oracle South Africa has been discussing the role people, data and machines must play in forming the data-driven businesses...
View ArticlePartners, cloud key to SME competitiveness
According to the World Economic Forum, SMEs contribute around 80% of the African continent’s employment driving the creation of a new middle class and fuelling demand for new goods and services. Of...
View ArticleOvercoming roadblocks on the journey to digitalisation
Technology predictions foretell a future world where virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation are the norm — in both our personal and business lives. These...
View ArticleReconsider the role of business ‘chiefs’
The move to digital, coupled with the increasing amount of data businesses find themselves dealing with today, has given rise to numerous new ‘Chief’ roles within the business landscape, as CEOs try to...
View ArticleHow to plan for a cybercrime attack
Cyber-crime is on the rise, and given the growing use of technology and the growing volumes of data organisations and individual users face, it is no surprise. By Paul Evans, MD of Redstor Recently,...
View ArticleThe role of the cloud in digital transformation
Businesses acknowledge they are buried under mountains of inefficiencies and missed opportunities. CEOs understand that digital is an opportunity or a threat. So, the question is not about awareness,...
View ArticleEnsure your power backup doesn’t let you down
Power problems are a reality in South Africa for the foreseeable future, and many organisations have implemented solutions to minimise downtime and ensure business continuity. One of the most common...
View ArticleIoT: The Internet of (every)thing?
Gone are the days when I had to get up out of my bed to turn the lights on, writes Rebecca Franks, Android engineering lead at DVT and Google developer expert. Now every morning my lights slowly turn...
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