IBM has sent a memo advising 20,000 technical staff to move from Microsoft Office to productivity software from its Lotus subsidiary that conforms to open standards.

Magazine publisher advocates taking the virtual route in the quest to gain market share and ensure that reader numbers soar Many publishers and editorial teams disseminating print publications view the Internet as a ‘must have’ in order to extend their…

Sahara Computers has announced its commitment to a joint venture with Cyret Technologies Inc. USA (Cyret), a global consulting and solutions company specializing in value-added service delivery around JD Edwards and Oracle based implementation solutions, to establish Cyret Technologies SA.

Call centre operations and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) within the motor retail industry has kept up with the pace of technology adoption and integration in the marketplace.

Accsys, a national provider of HR and payroll management solutions, has recruited a learner from the Midrand Graduate Institute as part of its ongoing skills recruitment campaign.

Rupert Murdoch has dismissed Facebook as the “flavour of the month” and little more than a “directory” after new figures revealed the site had overtaken MySpace as the most popular social network for the first time. The outspoken chief executive…

The Fidelity Security Group (Pty) Ltd., a national security solutions provider, has outsourced the management, maintenance and support of its entire ICT infrastructure to the Integr8 IT Group, South Africa’s largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure…

Google Inc. announced today that registration is now open for Google Code Jam 2008. Programmers ready to use their coding skills, creativity, and ingenuity to solve a series of challenges can register at

Yahoo Inc. executives are headed for the door as the struggling Internet pioneer prepares for a major reorganization while fending off a contentious proxy fight that could cost co-founder Jerry Yang his job as chief executive.

APPFRICA is a series of international tech conferences and think-tanks aimed at bringing together researchers, industry leaders, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations to discuss novel uses of web technology

Skyrocketing oil prices are hindering global economic growth but they may have beneficial effects for the Internet industry, the vice president of Google Inc. said Wednesday in Seoul. “Although I’m not happy with increased oil prices, the Internet (industry) may…

FIREFOX fans claim to have set a world record after the latest version of the web browser was downloaded more than 8 million times in 24 hours. Firefox 3 was launched at 3am (AEST) yesterday morning, kicking off “Download Day”…

MapNTL.com, the award-winning Nigerian online driving route planner that was launched in October 2007, has now been extended to include over 106,000 kilometers of national highway across Nigeria effectively covering the circumference of the Earth more than twice..

The planned entry of two players into Kenya’s mobile phone market has sparked an intense battle for talent in the telecoms sector. France Télécom’s-owned Telkom Kenya and Econet Wireless have roiled the labour market in the sector as they shop…

Expand Networks, a leader in application acceleration over the Wide Area Network (WAN) and positioned in the Gartner’s Leaders Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers 2007, was recently named Acceleration Product of the Year with its Compass Platform, at the Techworld…

In the final phase of the transition of its bench repair services, HP South Africa recently appointed M-IT, an EOH company, as a second bench repair service provider.