Fujitsu signs up Westcon

Fujitsu has appointed Westcon Africa as a Select Partner to distribute its full range of products, with specific emphasis on data centre products, into SADC, East and West Africa. This appointment will see Westcon Africa distributing the full Fujitsu product portfolio...

Connected video devices to outstrip people

More than 8-billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from  the Broadband Technology Service at HIS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the...

SA urged to close tech gender divide

There is a growing recognition of the potential of information communications technology (ICT) to promote gender equality and empower women, but there is still a yawning “gender divide” in the numbers of women using technology, and pursuing technology careers, in...

Soweto Conference aims to develop SMEs

In line with the critical need to develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Small Business Development (CSBD) a centre established under the auspices of the Faculty of Management, will host its Fourth...

Chinese electronics manufacturers woo SA

The fourth annual China Sourcing Fair will feature a broad range of popular electronics and components at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 7 to 9 November 2013. Suppliers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan manufacture many high quality electronic goods...

HD video surveillance drives big, big data

How much data is 413 Petabytes (Pb)? It’s enough to fill 92,1-million single-sided, single-layer DVDs. Or, it’s four times the amount of photo and video data stored on Facebook as of February 2012. It is also equal to the information produced in just one day by all...