Oct 25, 2013
Absa has committed more than R550-million to improve and enhance its ATM network and expand self-service banking facilities. Absa operates the largest ATM footprint nationwide with more than 9000 ATMs. Enhancements to the network include ATMs which provide convenient...
Oct 24, 2013
Although the State IT Agency (SITA) is behind in implementing its turnaround plan, there is a new spirit of innovation and partnering at the organisation. With a new board and new CEO having taken over recently, the original turnaround plan can be said to have...
Oct 23, 2013
South Africa is likely to be the home of the next record-breaking supercomputer, with Exabyte capacity and compute power in the Exaflops (floating point instructions per second) range. Dr Happy Sithole, from the Centre for High Performance Computing, says this new and...
Oct 22, 2013
Enterprise software giant SAP is well on track to achieve its goal of $1-billion in revenue in Africa by 2016. Although yesterday’s quarterly results showed global double-digit growth for the company – the 13th consecutive quarter to do so – Africa led the charge with...
Oct 21, 2013
A new study commissioned by Intel and conducted by Penn Schoen Berland examining global attitudes toward technology innovation, challenges existing perceptions on technology champions and hotspots. The research reveals millennials (ages 18 to 24) are the least...
Oct 18, 2013
Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to increase 6,3% year-on-year in 2014 to total $14,59-billion, according to the latest forecast from IDC. Referencing its recently released South Africa Vertical Markets 2013–2017 IT Spending Forecast report, IDC anticipates...