TA telecom a Red Herring finalist

Apr 7, 2015

TA telecom is the only African tech company shortlisted as a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award. This is a prestigious list, honouring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region. The Red Herring editorial...

Net1 responds to corruption allegations

Apr 7, 2015

Net 1 UEPS Technologies has announced that Cash Paymaster Services, a subsidiary of the company, has been named as a respondent in a Notice of Motion filed by Corruption Watch, a South African non-profit civil society organisation. The Notice of Motion seeks an order from the High Court of South Africa for the reviewing and setting aside of the decision by the CEO of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on 25 April 2014 to approve payment of R317-million to CPS.

2014 thin client boom tough to replicate

Apr 7, 2015

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) thin client market is settling down after a brisk 2014, which witnessed 7,9% year-on-year unit growth and 1,97-million units shipped, according to the EMEA Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker published by global IT...

Legacy technologies burden government CIOs

Apr 7, 2015

CIOs working in government are hampered in their efforts to digitise their organisations due to cumbersome legacy technologies, according to Gartner. The 2015 CIO Agenda surveyed over 2 800 CIOs worldwide on their top digital business opportunities, threats and...

IT budget cuts lower than expected

Apr 7, 2015

IT budget cuts for oil and gas companies have been lower than expected, despite oil prices having dropped under $50 per barrel. Based on an IDC Energy Insights flash poll of CIOs from 20 non-OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil and gas...

Integrated infrastructure, platforms grow

Apr 7, 2015

According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Integrated Infrastructure and Platform Tracker, vendor revenue for the worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market increased 19,4% year-over-year to $2,7-billion in the...