SoftCo partners with Grant Thornton in SA

According to Grant Thornton’s 2015 research of more than 2500 executives in 36 economies, over half (56%) of firms surveyed are either already automating business practices or may do so over the next 12 months. In South Africa, research revealed that 31% are...

RS adds LoRaWAN development kits

RS Components has added a new range of LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) development kits from Semtech to its large portfolio of tools that support engineers designing Internet of Things (IoT) applications. LoRaWAN wireless networking delivers a longer range than...

Telkom BCX offers Cisco’s HCS

Telkom Business Connexion and Cisco have launched one of one of South Africa’s first end-to-end hosted collaboration solution (HCS) offerings. Telkom Business Connexion and Cisco’s HCS offering utilises the cloud to address the on-premise pain points many businesses...

Evolving to bimodal IT: become agile, stay stable

One of the tell-tale signs of ICT evolution within emerging markets is the advent of bimodal IT, or the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery – one focused on stability, the other on agility. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 75% of IT...

Ericsson launches 5G plug-ins

5G subscription uptake will commence in 2020 and is expected to be faster than for 4G. The development of 5G is being driven by new use cases that will impact both consumers and industries. New applications and use cases anticipated for 5G include safe, self-driving...

Siemon debuts new wall mount cabinet

Siemon has introduced a new wall mount cabinet into the African market that saves valuable floor space whilst providing a cost-effective means to secure and protect network equipment from dust, tampering and other hazards in a wide range of applications. The Wall...