Standard Bank opens new innovation lab
Standard Bank has launched its dedicated innovation lab, dubbed the PlayRoom. The PlayRoom is a 1 927 square metre creative hub in Johannesburg that seeks to unearth disruptive ideas from staff, customers and start-up businesses, allowing the bank to research and test in a controlled environment, before releasing new solutions into the market.
64% of SA users faced money theft attempts
Over a one-year period, 64% of the users in South Africa who responded to a survey by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International faced online threats involving attempted money theft. However, non-financial cyber-attacks can result in unforeseen expenses as well.
How the resellers voted
Enterprise resellers have voted for their favourite vendors and distributors, with HP dominating the vendor selection and AxizWorkgroup walking off with the Distributor of the Year award. HP jostled with Lenovo, Dell and Samsung in the End User Computing category of the survey, but pipped the competition in the mobile computing and PC/workstation sections. Samsung was named top vendor in the handheld section. Tarsus Technologies was voted the top End User Computing distributor.
AxizWorkgroup the reseller favourite
AxizWorkgroup has been voted by consumer and SME resellers as their favourite distributor in 2014, having won two out of five categories in the Consumer/SME section of the annual Channelwise Awards. The Midrand-based distributor was voted as the top distributor in the End User Computing and Servers, Storage and Networking categories of the award.
Lenovo to resurrect Motorola brand
For generations, the Motorola brand has been synonymous with quality IT – from microchips through to cell phones – especially in South Africa. And, while it has largely disappeared since the company was gobbled up by Google, its subsequent acquisition by Lenovo is set to see the brand restored to its former glory. Aymar de Lencquesaing, the company’s EMEA president, revealed that it has plans to launch specific products that will leverage the legendary Motorola brand during the course of this year.