DOH wins tech award

The Western Cape’s Department of Health (DOH) has been named as the winner of OpenText’s global User Adoption award.  The award ceremony, which recognises customers from around the world for its efforts in deriving business value from innovative and successful...

Tshwane 2055 joins Microsoft roadshow

Microsoft TechEd, Durban – The City of Tshwane, which has committed to becoming a smart city, has partnered with Microsoft on its Out of Office roadshows to rally support and input for its Tshwane 2055 vision.  The city has already deployed almost 500km of fibre...

Microsoft’s Surface tablet ‘coming soon’

Microsoft TechEd, Durban – The long-awaited Surface tablet from Microsoft will hit South African shores within the next couple of months. This is the word from Microsoft’s Colin Erasmus, speaking during a session on consumerisation at TechEd this morning....
BI tracks down serial killer

BI tracks down serial killer

Police analysts in Sweden have used business intelligence (BI) to assist with a high profile murder investigation. QlikView enabled the Skåne police force (in southern Sweden) to analyse data and reports leading to the capture of a serial killer. Over a period of...

Microsoft enables the hybrid cloud

Microsoft TechEd, Durban – The hosted cloud environment received a boost last night with the announcement that Microsoft has expanded its Windows Azure platform. Speaking at the TechEd keynote yesterday evening, Clifford de Wit said of the launch of Windows...

Telkom to pay R449m Competition fine

Telkom has reached an agreement with the Competition Commission to pay a fine of R449-million that was awarded by the Competition Tribunal in August 2012. The agreement was reached following discussions between Telkom and the Competition Commission aimed at arriving...