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MTN Business reveals winners of the Mind2Machine challenge
Following weeks of adjudication, MTN Business announced two winners of the inaugural Mind2Machine challenge at the awards ceremony that took place in Johannesburg this evening. Adroit Technologies scooped the Mind2Machine Award of the Year 2015 for their App that was…
Ericom & Prodata bring application & desktop access solutions to Africa
Ericom Software, a global leader in application access and desktop virtualization solutions, has announced its partnership with Johannesburg-based technology distributor, Prodata. The partnership builds on over 20 years of Ericom’s expertise in the remote access and virtualization space, and Prodata’s expertise…
Enabling inventive collaboration through technology
Organisations in South Africa are under constant pressure to reduce operating costs, meet escalating customer expectations and innovate to differentiate themselves from the competition, with the ultimate aim of boosting revenue and profit. To achieve this, businesses are investing in…
Financial Innovation Summit: Mobile Banking Revolution – Where are the Opportunities?
Hosted by IT News Africa, and sponsored by Telkom and Hitachi Data Systems, the Financial Innovation Summit was held at the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. The Summit which was held on 28 October 2015 addressed the theme – “Advancing Financial…
Gartner identifies 3 essential competencies for the Digital Store
Digital business will touch every step of the customer shopping journey, so it’s crucial that the digital store, a digital business asset, delivers three competencies, according to Gartner, Inc. These competencies include: customer essentials, customer experience, and customer engagement. “The…
HDS redefines IT Infrastructure Performance with New Flash Portfolio
As organisations digitise their businesses, the demand for immediate access to information has soared, forcing IT departments to focus on modernising their core IT infrastructures. As a result, companies large and small are increasingly moving to flash-based technologies to create…
MTN partners with Huawei on LampSite Solution in SA
MTN and Huawei jointly launched the LampSite indoor coverage Solution at Lakeside Mall east of Johannesburg yesterday. The indoor Solution is the first Commercial LampSite Network to be deployed in South Africa. The Solution will significantly enhance Lakeside Mall’s Indoor…
Alcatel-Lucent leadership shuffle begins
ALE International, operating under the brand Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, has revealed changes in key senior management positions and the board as part of its ongoing business transformation to drive growth. According to the company these changes include: – Jeff Ma appointed…
Smart metering – the catalyst to achieving the smart city vision
Smart cities are best defined as urban ecosystems that leverage technology and connectivity to deliver services to citizens. They touch on almost every aspect of public life: basic service delivery (like water, electricity and sanitation), healthcare, public transport, security and…
South Africa: Tshwane Free WiFi hits one million unique connections
The City of Tshwane’s Free WiFi Project had hit a major milestone of one million unique connections in October 2015. This is according to the Mayor of Tshwane Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa. The service is delivered at average user speeds of…
The advantages of cloud application control
Since the turn of the millennium, the web security market has become dominated by large vendors and has seen no real product development. Often, brand design has been made a priority over the development of new functionality. The result has…
New ways emerge to combat BYOD security threats
Employees in many companies are doing more of their work and executing an increasing number of transactions on mobile devices, while making less use of their desktops and notebooks. That trend means that hackers and malware authors are increasingly focusing…
Uganda: Airtel to take digital empowerment to Kyambogo University
Airtel Uganda, along with the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC) recently visited Kyambogo University, as part of the MOU that was signed between the two companies to carry out a Digital Youth Empowerment Programme and…
Rise of the Tomb Raider Review
In 2013 we were introduced to the Tomb Raider series, once again, when the team at Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix released a reboot of the series – which was simply titled “Tomb Raider.” The reboot was essentially the reconstructed origins…
Responding to change in the age of disruption
The modern business environment is characterised by a giant hyper connected network in which every employee is connected in a myriad of ways and where information can travel instantly anywhere around the globe. Social networks are democratising access to information,…
MTN CEO Sifiso Dabengwa resigns effective immediately
MTN has appointed Phuthuma Nhleko as Executive Chairman in a temporary capacity as Sifiso Dabengwa revealed that he has resigned as CEO. According to a press statement revealed by MTN: “MTN wishes to inform the market that MTN’s Chief Executive…
