VIDI peers locally for faster speeds

While some local video-on-demand (VOD) viewers becoming frustrated with slow streaming speeds, VIDI has reminded the VOD community that its servers are all located within South Africa for faster speeds. “Streaming speed is key to a quality VOD viewing experience...

New business models need new networks

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2015 – The biggest challenge facing the telecommunications industry is declining revenue streams as its more traditional business models change. Azfar Aslam, senior director and partner, Bell Labs Consulting EMEA, Alcatel-Lucent,...

Communications and the service provider’s role

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2015 – When we talk about the future communications galaxy – the theme of this year’s SATNAC conference – service providers are vital to making it a reality. That’s the word from Peter Ford, MD of Cisco...

Lenovo SA first in EMEA with System X ThinkServer

Six months after the purchase of IBM’s enterprise server business, Lenovo South Africa has become the first territory in EMEA to launch the fully integrated System X ThinkServer. Graham Braum, GM of Lenovo Africa, says that the Enterprise Business Group which,...

Challenges for broadband in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2015 – In many ways Africa is still the dark continent, and no development can take place without efficient energy. That’s the word from Dr Mupanga Mwanakatwe, CEO of Zamtel, speaking at the South African Telecommunications...

SA fossil shows how turtles evolved

A 260-million-year-old fossil species found in South Africa’s Karoo Basin continues to provide information into the murky origins of turtles whose evolution fascinates scientists. The fossil of an extinct reptile, named Eunotosaurus africanus, is the earliest...