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Homefront: The Revolution release date & beta revealed
Deep Silver has revealed that Homefront: The Revolution is scheduled to release 17th May 2016 in North America, and 20th May 2016 in all other territories. A Closed Beta for Homefront: The Revolution is due to run exclusively on Xbox…
Top 30 Video Games of 2015
2015 was a great year for gaming. Not only have we cleansed the streets of Gotham City as the Caped Crusader in Batman: Arkham Knight, but we have also slain vampires, werewolves, and Rock Trolls in CD Projekt RED’s highly successful…
2016: The Year the Branch Router will R.I.P
2015 will likely be seen as the year when enterprises pushed aside their fears of cloud computing. Over 70 per cent of companies now utilise cloud-based applications and services, according to Gartner and the Harvard Business Review, although these companies…
World’s First Passenger Drone: Details Emerge
At the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, a phenomenal amount of future tech thrilled visitors from across the globe. Whilst flying cars were not present at CES 2016 there was a lot of interest surrounding…
Silvertree Internet Holdings to Invest $10m in African Startups
Silvertree Internet Holdings, the Cape Town-based consumer focused Internet platform, revealed that it has recorded 330% p.a growth for 2015 to $10 Million in revenue, its strongest year since operations began in 2013. Following this news, the company’s investment arm,…
Cloud traffic in Middle East and Africa to quadruple by 2019
The fifth annual Cisco Global Cloud Index (2014-2019) forecasts that Middle East and Africa (including South Africa) cloud traffic will more than quadruple by the end of 2019. Additionally, by 2019, 83 percent of all MEA data center traffic will come from…
BlackBerry & Sharecare to accelerate consumer driven healthcare
BlackBerry Limited revealed at CES 2016 a partnership with Sharecare, a digital health and wellness engagement platform, to provide consumers with better and more secure insights into their health. Over 41 million people have shared more than 6 billion data…
Rapid transformation awaits technology channel in 2016
Against a backdrop of structural change and technological progress, the technology infrastructure channel is about to go through a period of rapid transformation. Philippe Fosse, Vice President of EMEA Channels for EMC, gives his predictions for just what 2016 has…
SAP and Accenture Join Forces
SAP SE and Accenture are joining forces in the core and industry development and go-to-market of SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), the next-generation business suite from SAP built on the industry’s most advanced in-memory platform. This unprecedented collaboration…
Desktop analytics set to soar in 2016?
“Desktop analytics is booming,” states Ebrahim Dinat, COO at South African contact centre solutions provider, Ocular Technologies. “So much so that it will be a game changer in 2016.” Saddletree Research estimates that in 2015, about 23,000 contact centres either…
In Pictures: CES 2016
The 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has concluded, and what a show it was. CES, according to the organisers, is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Held in Las…
What’s next for disaster recovery?
When it comes to modern data protection, not all data should be treated the same way. Long gone are the days of just dumping a bunch of files onto a tape overnight and sending it to the vault. Today’s organisations…
Nigeria: MTN acquires Visafone
According to a report via Pulse.ng, MTN Nigeria has agreed to acquire CDMA operator Visafone. MTN Executive Amina Oyagbola made the reveal in a statement in Lagos; however, no financial details of the takeover were disclosed. The report reveals that Oyagbola…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week
With the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) underway, the technology scene has been buzzing. Making the headlines this week was Huawei, the mobile device manufacturer unveiled its latest smartphone, the Huawei Mate 8, at CES 2016. Also making the headlines…
Nigeria: Etisalat to boost ICT literacy in Zaria school
Etisalat has donated 30 desktop computers to boost Information and Communication Technology education at the Nuhu Bamali Primary School, Fadi Sanka community in Zaria, Kaduna State. Etisalat presented the computers to the school management led by the headmistress, Hajia Asmau…
Coping with loadshedding all down to tech strategy
Loadshedding and sourcing reliable power supply remain challenges for all businesses in South Africa. The answer is to identify specific requirements, use the right technology solutions and be ready with a well-considered business continuity strategy says Raj Naidoo, Director of…
