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Hewlett Packard carbon-friendly centre for Kenya

Hewlett Packard carbon-friendly centre for Kenya

HEWLETT Packard (HP) has constructed a newly designed data center in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi with aim of decreasing carbon emission.
The HP Managing Director for East Africa Ken Mbwaya said those who will benefit are financial service providers and government entities who will find the scalable and modular nature of HP Flexible DC a [...]

September 8 2010 | Posted in Hardware, Top Stories | Read More »

Zinox laptops are No.1 in Nigeria – IDC

Zinox laptops are No.1 in Nigeria – IDC

NIGERIA’S Zinox laptops have emerged the best selling notebooks in the Nigerian market ahead of well established global brands, according to provider of market intelligence- International Data Corporation (IDC).
Zinox is strongest in the laptop market where it leads six other international brands, including HP, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Lenovo and LG Electronics, with a 53.6% market [...]

August 11 2010 | Posted in Hardware, Top Stories | Read More »

Active Archiving: The Next Step in Storage

Active Archiving: The Next Step in Storage

The amount of corporate data required to be stored and managed has been growing exponentially over the last three decades. The already-astonishing rate of growth shows no signs of slowing. Much of the data is semi- or unstructured content comprising documents, images, video and audio clips and other data.
Industry experts agree that as much as [...]

August 2 2010 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Fujitsu, Microsoft in global cloud computing partnership

Fujitsu, Microsoft in global cloud computing partnership

Fujitsu Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. have announced a new worldwide cloud computing partnership that enables Fujitsu to deploy the Windows Azure platform appliance in Fujitsu datacenters. Fujitsu will deliver a comprehensive set of new cloud services and solutions, including system integration, cloud migration and managed services, to customers and independent software vendors (ISVs). Fujitsu will [...]

July 14 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

Pinnacle is appointed Fujitsu Distributor

Pinnacle is appointed Fujitsu Distributor

Fujitsu has announced the appointment of a new Distribution Partner – Pinnacle Africa. Pinnacle Africa is a South African distributor of advanced ITC equipment and is JSE-listed.
“Pinnacle has a well-established footprint within the South African marketplace and is positioned as a distributor that innovates by introducing new technologies and ideas that are superior in performance, [...]

June 1 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

Nigeria to manufacture cellphone handsets and hardware

Nigeria to manufacture cellphone handsets and hardware

A Nigerian-based company, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), has announced plans to start producing mobile handsets and computer hardware in less than two years.

February 19 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

Verbatim High-end portable HDDs now available

Verbatim High-end portable HDDs now available

Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is now delivering Verbatim’s Executive Portable Hard Drive and SureFire Portable Hard Drive, both external 2.5″ hard drives with a storage capacity of 500GB.

February 10 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

HaaS is becoming mainstream in Africa

HaaS is becoming mainstream in Africa

Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) is gaining ground on the African market, shifting from traditional IT models to third-party professionals services.

January 19 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

Velocity³ opens Cape Town branch

Velocity³ opens Cape Town branch

South African ICT solutions provider to corporate companies, Velocity³ announced a branch opening in Cape Town that will carry the same multi brand solutions as currently offered in Johannesburg.

January 19 2010 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

HP and Microsoft announce $250 million deal

HP and Microsoft announce $250 million deal

HP and Microsoft have announced a three-year agreement to invest $250 million in next-generation IT infrastructure, advancing cloud computing initiatives, speeding up application implementation and simplify technology for businesses of all sizes.

January 14 2010 | Posted in Software, Top Stories | Read More »

Employee-Owned Notebooks

Employee-Owned Notebooks

Businesses are increasingly considering the use of employee-owned notebooks, and more than 40 per cent of organisations have a policy regarding the use of employee-owned PCs, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.

December 7 2009 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »