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Taking a closer look at Lenovo’s journey into the future
At the Lenovo Innovation Summit, which was held in Cape Town at CTICC, Marc Godin – Vice President and General Manager of Lenovo, Middle East and Africa – had stated in his keynote presentation that Lenovo had evolved and grown over the years.…
Age is no barrier when embracing new technology
In the rapidly evolving world of technology, which influences so much of our lives, South Africa’s society tends to equate innovation with the youth. However, creativity isn’t the sole preserve of the young, in any field, and the older generation…
LG Watch Style set to launch in South Africa
Earlier this year, LG Electronics (LG) and Google unveiled the first smartwatch preloaded with Google’s newest wearable operating system, Android Wear 2.0 to the world. Now, South Africans can also get their hands on the LG Watch Style – which…
SA’s POPI Act has a bigger, foreign brother you must meet
Many South African businesses have now heard of the Protection of Personal Information Act (or POPI), and some have even spent time and money implementing their policies to prepare for their new responsibilities in terms of it. Businesses have realised…
KYOCERA Sponsors Upcoming Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017
KYOCERA Document Solutions South Africa has been confirmed as a Gold Sponsor of the 3rd edition of the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (#HISA2017), which is set to take place at Vodacom World in Midrand, Johannesburg between 29 – 30 August 2017.…
Cell C Board appoints new Chairman and deputy Chairman
Cell C, a South African telecommunications firm, has announced that Kuben Pillay and Larry Nestadt have been appointed as members of the companies board. The appointments of Pillay and Nestadt come after the company’s recent recapitalisation which saw Blue Label Telecoms and Net1…
Nigerian Hacker Sentenced After $6.5 million Fraud Scheme
According to a report by Premium Times, Obinna Obioha, a Nigerian hacker, has been sentenced to 51 months in jail after being found guilty by a US court for operating a fraud scheme that duped businesses from the US and…
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Gamescom trailer revealed
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is set in Arcadia Bay, three years before the events of the first game in the series. Players will take on the role of a rebellious 16-year-old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship…
Disrupt or optimise – When to choose which approach to innovation
Every 60 seconds, the world creates an average of 98 000 tweets, 695 000 Facebook updates, 11 million instant messages, 168 million emails and over 1,820 terabytes of data. The modern day business has to search through all of this…
PlayStation Plus price increase hits South Africa
PlayStation Plus members are in for a shock from the end of August 2017 as the service will be receiving a price hike. The latest PlayStation Plus price increase, which will be effective from 00:01 BST on 31 August 2017,…
Watch: Veeam Software’s Michael Cade Unpacks Microsoft Azure in South Africa
On the 15th of August 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa Veeam Software hosted their annual VeeamOn Forum. At the event, IT News Africa interviewed with Michael Cade the Technical Evangelist for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets at…
Download and Stream for Free With Showmax And VAST Networks
Showmax and VAST Networks (VAST) announced on the 21st of August 2017 that the two companies would be partnering to bring zero-rate Wi-Fi data for streaming and downloading TV shows and movies on Showmax. The two companies are offering a three-month…
Huawei and partners to empower South African youths
Huawei, along with their channel partners, hosted a certification award ceremony, as well as interview sessions for the Huawei Authorised Information and Network Academy (HAINA) graduates from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) at the Huawei Innovation and Experience Centre in Sandton,…
Eezyfile: South Africa’s first visual storage app
Eezy Developments has, according to the firm, revealed the launch of South Africa’s first visual storage app. Eezyfile is the first interface in South Africa that will enable users to store personal information like birth certificates, passport copies, warranties and…
Opinion: Brendan McAravey discusses the future of SD-WAN
For those that haven’t been following the rapidly growing SD-WAN market, Cisco’s acquisition of Viptela may seem to have come out of the blue. After all, $610M is a hefty premium for a very young company with an estimated $30M…
DELL EMC and BT team up to research SDN of the future
The agile, programmable telecoms networks of the future has moved a step closer as BT and Dell EMC announced a research collaboration dedicated to exploring a new way of managing network traffic. The proof-of-concept trial, which is taking place at…
