Visual comms breaks free of the boardroom

High-quality videoconferencing is leaving the boardroom and hitting smart devices everywhere – from your smartphone and up. And the smart telecoms providers are getting in on the act. It all begins with a little thing called WebRTC, says Rob Lith, business development...

Collaboration breeds entrepreneurial success

Success in business does not rely solely on strategy – particularly when the growth of entrepreneurial businesses is in question. Ideas are the core of what makes any company succeed, and while innovation cannot be created, it can be nurtured. According to Simon...

Ericsson, Vodafone roll out LTE FDD/TDD

Vodafone will be first to take advantage of LTE FDD/TDD network convergence and carrier aggregation, starting with its network in Portugal, thanks to technology from Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. This move will allow the...

Alcatel-Lucent debuts OmniAccess

New Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise technology is being introduced supporting the growing need of enterprises to deploy a pervasive WLAN infrastructure. As part of the unified access technology designed to meet corporation’s mobility requirements, the expanded WLAN...

Standard Bank unveils incubator accelerators

As part of Standard Bank’s commitment to developing entrepreneurs and ensuring the sustainability of their businesses, the bank has added two accelerator programmes, SW7 Tech Accelerator and Ignitor Bootcamp to its business incubator in Rosebank – both dedicated to equipping SMEs with practical tools, knowledge, advice and skills that are essential for their growth.

Smart Ethernet switches for SMBs from DCC

Small to medium businesses (SMBs) can now take advantage of enterprise-class networking control combined with consumer-like ease of use with the Dell Networking X-Series from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This family of smart, managed 1 Gigabit Ethernet...