On point protection with a constant connection

US businessman Scott Cook is quoted as saying” “We’re still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution.” Cook has very deftly described the pace at which the internet, and everything associated with it, is growing,...

Gaming technology a faster way to view medical images

Bidvest Medical has launched an advanced medical imaging solution that draws on advances in 3D gaming technology to significantly reduce imaging processing times of high-resolution digital X-ray images. It does so by “streaming” these bandwidth-hungry...

Masterpass accepted at 30 000 SA SnapScan merchants

South Africans can now use Masterpass, a global digital payment service by Mastercard, to pay for goods and services at over 30 000 SnapScan merchants in South Africa using their smartphones. This follows a collaboration announced today by Mastercard and SnapScan, a...

AlphaCode attracts more than 1 000 fintech members in a year

In its first year of existence, Rand Merchant Investment’s (RMI) club for fintech startup entrepreneurs, AlphaCode, has clocked up over a thousand members. It has seen eight member-to-member deals, eight deals facilitated with RMI portfolio companies, invested...

How video on demand could boost education

Video on Demand (VOD) services are ideally positioned to expand the reach of quality education and even help subsidise the cost of education. “On-demand is not just for entertainment,” says Stephen Watson, MD of South African video on demand solutions...

Wipro launches Open Banking API platform

Wipro has announced the launch of its Open Banking API (Application Programming Interface) platform. The Open API platform, will enable banks and financial institutions to launch Open Banking initiatives and create new forms of distribution channels and servicing...