New BCS manager at HP

HP has announced the appointment of President Ntuli as HP Business Critical Servers (BCS) BU and sales manager for the Enterprise Group in South Africa, with immediate effect. Ntuli’s new position forms part of a string of other new management appointments over the...

BI on-the-go comes of age

Business intelligence (BI) on-the-go is finally here, thanks to the arrival of high-performance mobile devices and the evolution of robust data-carrying infrastructure. According to Ovum, mobile BI solutions, which in the past have suffered from a lack of...

Facebook launches new search tool

Facebook has unveiled a new “graph search” function that improves users’ abilities to search the social network for pictures and information. Although CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company has no immediate plans to commercialise the tool, there is the potential to sell...

Gauteng leads in indebtedness

Gauteng has the highest consumer debt per capita of all nine provinces and accounts for almost half of total consumer debt held in South Africa. The average individual in Gauteng owes R4 260.00. This is according to the South Africa Survey, to be published by the...

DiData enhances Uptime services

Dimension Data has launched an enhanced version of its Uptime Maintenance and Support Services that will help its more than 6 000 global clients maximise the availability of their IT estate while optimising their total IT support spend. The group is the first system...

Smart TVs set to take over

Nearly 85% of all flat-panel TVs produced in 2016 will be smart TVs, according to Gartner. Worldwide unit production of flat-panel smart TVs will grow from 69-million in 2012 to 198-million in 2016. Worldwide unit production of smart TVs in 2013 is expected to reach...