Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, said during an interview with Village Global that in the battle of ‘non-Apple’ software, his biggest professional mistake was not doing more to beat Android. “The greatest mistake ever is… whatever...
June 24, 2019 •
Southern Africa, Startups •
Kojo •
Comments Off on South African-designed software improves CCTV cameras
One of the first South African-designed and manufactured CCTV camera software systems has recently been publically released. The Foresight Security System is designed by Pretoria-based electronic engineer and computer scientist Derek van der Merwe. The system...
18-year-old Brandon Kynoch and 21-year-old Dieter Kunze are two South African creative developers who are inspiring the younger generation of South Africans to become a part of the world of programming and coding. Brandon Kynoch’s most recent gaming...
F5 Networks and NGINX have announced an agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of privately held NGINX for a total enterprise value of approximately $670 million, subject to certain adjustments. “F5’s acquisition...
Google officially launched its public beta for Android Q on March 13 after lots of leaks and rumours. As with most software updates, there are small tweaks, changes and new features that might go unnoticed at first, but there will likely be more to come with...
Fundanii is a digital learning outreach program that was established by Sinovuyo Apleni and Luthando Gubevu in 2016. Based near East London in South Africa’s second-most populous township, Mdantsane. The company aims to educate pupils in surrounding...
February 17, 2019 •
General •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on Canon announces imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform
Canon Central and North Africa announces the next edition of its third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform with new version 3.8 firmware. This portfolio of 26 products and 7 series, offers cutting edge security and an intuitive interface across all...
February 17, 2019 •
General •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Microsoft rolls out trial for big Windows 10 update
Microsoft has begun work on Windows 10 20H1 which will be released next year, as opposed to 19H2 which will be pushed out in the second half of 2019. According to reports by The Verge, Microsoft usually releases updates twice a year and an update is already...
The tech market is already home to a range of smart hardware and software, but smart devices are set to become even more widespread in our day-to-day lives. 2018 was a year of exciting advancements and 2019 promises to be an even greater year when it comes...
South African based Artificial Intelligence Software & Solutions provider Cortex Logic secures growth investment to expand its reach to new clients in Europe & USA. Cortex Logic is an African Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and solutions company...
The Microsoft Office suite of programs has been made available on Apple’s Mac App Store. All of the most commonly used Microsoft programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are now available to Mac users via the App Store instead...
Sony has announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019, currently underway in Las Vegas that it will be adding support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 feature to its televisions, despite the fact that Sony TVs run Android software. In essence, Sony televisions...
January 3, 2019 •
Southern Africa •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Managed Business Services hits the spot for South African companies
We’ve been through the range of ‘as a service’ models: software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Now we’re in the age of everything as a service (Xaas) – or, as we prefer to call it, Managed...
Over the decades, ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications have changed in many ways, yet all that pales to what it’s experiencing today. But what will ERPs look like in 2025? Forget the old, stoic and immovable ERP, future ERPs will be dynamic,...
Private, public and hybrid clouds are growing in popularity as lift and shift cloud apps are making migration easier for businesses. Christian Mahncke, Enterprise Business Development at Routed, a vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider, says that while...
December 4, 2018 •
Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
Comments Off on A single, integrated EAM and ERP solution can power an asset-intensive business into the future
Most Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software originated in the manufacturing sector as materials resource planning (MRP) solutions for organisations that needed to manage a lot of inventory. From there, they were rapidly developed into solutions for every...
