After announcing that Research In Motion would be branding its new BlackBerry operating system BBX, the company has been forced to change the name of its OS to BB10, which is scheduled for release sometime in 2012. The trademark BBX already belongs to software company Basis International and according to a statement, a federal court [...]
Microsoft South Africa MD, Mteto Nyati believes his company’s recent partnership with Nokia will enable the software giant become a true player in the global mobile phone space. Nyati emphasized that during an interview with ITNewsAfrica. “Microsoft would like to enhance its mobile phone business,” said Nyati. “We looked at our phone business, we found [...]
Ghanaian entrepreneur, Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse co-founded SOFTtribe Limited, one of West Africa’s leading software companies about 19 years ago. Chinery-Hesse is the only African winner of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Texas State Alumni Association and Texas State University. Chinery-Hesse, popularly known as the ‘Bill Gates of Africa’ was a keynote speaker at last [...]
Citrix Systems, yesterday, 27 October 2011 reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 ended 30 September 2011. “This was a great quarter for Citrix,” said Mark Templeton, President and CEO for Citrix. “I couldn’t be more delighted or proud of our Q3 performance across geographies, business lines and financially. “We have strong [...]
Today, at Citrix Synergy, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix announced new desktop transformation technology innovations and tools that further reduce both the cost and time of deploying virtual desktops. The Citrix Desktop Transformation model, first introduced in October 2010, focuses on three distinct phases assess, design and deploy, and helps [...]
Sofware and technology innovation will drive Africa’s economy and create critical jobs in the ICT sector. That’s according to John Weresh, General Manager Worldwide for IP OPS at Microsoft Corporate. Weresh was in Johannesburg, South Africa last week to address delegates at the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Indaba. Weresh believes software innovation drives IT employment [...]
Microsoft East and Southern Africa launched the Microsoft Virtual Academy, a fully cloud-based learning experience focusing on Microsoft Cloud Technologies, on Tuesday 18 October 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Microsoft Virtual Academy is an open door event where Microsoft showcases the latest generation of technologies to Kenyan professionals and enthusiasts. The main target demographic is the [...]
Avanade South Africa officially launched in the country during a media function held in Rosebank, Johannesburg on 14 October 2011. Avanade South Africa, one of the largest dedicated Microsoft technology partners, commenced operations on 1 September 2011. The company was formed as a joint venture between Micosoft, which owns 20% and Accenture, which owns 80% of the [...]
IBM South Africa today announced that credit-qualified small and medium businesses will be able to access IBM’s Global Financing’s $1 billion pot of funding made available to SMB’s, to take advantage of a new suite of advanced technologies such as analytics and cloud, over the next 18 months. “This effort is designed to help qualifying SMBs [...]
Gossy Ukanwokwe, is a 23 year old Nigerian based student ,and Founder and CEO of one of Africa’s fastest growing e-learning social networking site – Students Circle. Ukanwokwe, who is regarded as one of Africa’s top young Technology Entrepreneurs is currently completing a course in Management Information Systems at the Girne American University. Ukanwokwe is [...]
Global networking company, Cisco Systems held a media briefing in Muldesdrift, South Africa on 30 September 2011 to discuss the company’s cloud computing strategy. According to Cisco, the company, together with its eco system partners and system integration partners are well positioned to help customers build their own cloud computing platforms. ITNewsAfrica spoke to Val [...]