SA digital retail hits the tipping point

South African retail groups are investing heavily in their online presences as they wake up to the prospect of rising international competition as well as the growing pool of Internet-connected users ready to shop online. This is according to Kevin Meltzer, business...

Apple debuts new devices, free software

Apple, which yesterday launched new iPads and Macs, also took a stab at Microsoft’s business with the announcement that its iWork applications will be free. The new operating system, Mavericks, will also be free. iWork is a set of applications that offers similar...

BSA urges more consultation on IP Policy

The Software Alliance has identified several areas of the draft National Policy on Intellectual Property (IP) as “worrying” and urges the Department of Trade and Industry to engage in an extended consultation period and a more concerted approach. “The...

SA’s Syspro celebrates 35th birthday

What began in 1978 as a discussion between two brothers, followed by many hours of development of applications around STARS at the time, is today (35 years later) known as Syspro – one of the world’s leading independent software developers with a client base of over...

Xerox celebrates 75 years of xerography

Written in a bold hand on a glass slide was the date and location: 10-22-38 Astoria. The copy might have been fuzzy, but it was still a copy. In fact, it was the world’s first xerographic copy. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first xerographic image,...

14% revenue growth for VMware

VMware has announced that revenues for the third quarter were $1,29-billion, an increase of 14% from the third quarter of 2012. Excluding revenues attributable to GoPivotal and all divestitures that occurred in 2013, revenues for the third quarter increased 19% from...