May 2, 2014
IBM and HP veteran Oliver Fortuin has taken up the reins at BT, heading its operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Fortuin will be in charge of growing BT’s business and leading the regional management team. Best known as country manager of both HP and IBM, and a long-time...
Apr 30, 2014
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the coldest “brown dwarf” known – a dim, star-like body that, surprisingly, is as frosty as Earth’s North Pole. Images from...
Apr 29, 2014
National Geographic Kids has claimed its ninth Guinness World Records title for the Smallest Magazine Cover, using patented technology from IBM, at the US Science & Engineering Festival in Washington. To create the record-setting cover, IBM scientists invented a...
Apr 25, 2014
The Department of Communications (DoC) is urging all stakeholders to get involved in advancing South Africa’s broadband policy and strategy. The SA Connect strategy was adopted by Cabinet on 4 December 2013 and, since then the DoC has connected 788 schools to...
Apr 24, 2014
Dimension Data, the $6-billion ICT solutions and services provider, has acquired 100% of Nexus for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Valencia, California, Nexus is a privately-owned provider of advanced IT solutions serving enterprises,...
Apr 23, 2014
South African business is poised for massive adoption of cloud computing, with some 75% of all applications set to be in the cloud within two years. This bold assertion comes from cloud computing services specialist Alto Africa, which says the promises made by the IT...
