Chinese vendors gain traction in large format printing

IDC Asia/Pacific reports in its latest Quarterly Large Format Printer (LFP) Tracker for Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) that global vendors took a major hit in the technical large format printer market in 2015. Overall in APeJ, the total large format printer...

DiData brings SAP’s cloud to Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from the SAP HEC launch in Johannesburg – SAP has launched its Hana Enterprise Cloud (HEC) in Africa, delivering a secure private cloud to its customers through a partnership with Dimension Data. Paulo Masselli, CEO of Dimensions...

Cloud adoption reaches tipping point in SA

Kathy Gibson reports from the SAP HEC launch in Johannesburg – Cloud computing initiatives areĀ  seeing rapid acceleration in the local market, says Clinton Jacobs, analyst at BMITechknowledge. The local analyst firm has recently completed its Data Centre and...
Is it terrorism or hacktivism?

Is it terrorism or hacktivism?

It seems that one citizen’s hacktivist is another’s cyber terrorist. Today, an undecided verdict hangs over groups like Anonymous, which harness the power of technology to help ignite revolutions, fight oppression and dismantle dictatorships, while...

IT vendors missed out on the PaaS boom

Worldwide application infrastructure and middleware (AIM) software revenue totaled $23,9-billion in 2015, a 0,1% increase from 2014, according to Gartner. The considerable appreciation of the US dollar in 2015 masked growth in the market. In constant currency terms...

IS debuts SME solution suite

Internet Solutions (IS) has launched Ignite, a suite of technology solutions specifically for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). With fast, easy, and affordable access to internet, billing, employee management and communications services, IGNITE offers SMEs...