XON hosts third annual summit

XON hosts third annual summit XON, the pan-African ICT group, hosted its two-day, invitation-only annual summit at Sun City last week. Among attendees were delegates from Seacom, South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Telecom Namibia, Internet...

Tiger Brands implements Oracle solution

Tiger Brands, a leading Southern African maker and marketer of fast-moving consumer goods, has implemented Oracle E-Business Suite to help streamline its leading businesses and drive international expansion of brands as diverse as baby care products, smoked sausage...

Wearable tech has knock-on effect on BYOD

There was a period a couple of years ago when it seemed that every other article you read mentioned BYOD.  Now it seems to have largely fallen off the radar, replaced by bring your own anything (BYOx) and has become an accepted part of the IT landscape under the wider...

Huawei unveils 6-inch Ascend Mate7

Huawei has launched Ascend Mate7 at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2014, featuring a big 6-inch screen with FHD display for enhanced entertainment viewing, a slimmer 7,9mm body for increased comfort, a more powerful octa-core chipset for superior...

Alcatel Onetouch, Avicii form partnership

Alcatel Onetouch, one of the world’s largest mobile manufactures, is proud to announce a partnership with Avicii. The twice-Grammy-nominated artist will be the brand ambassador for the HERO and IDOL lines, starting with a unique event at IFA Berlin on 4 September. A...

Securicom Messaging offers rich USSD

Mobile solutions vendor, Securicom Messaging, has launched a robust and versatile USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) engine and a Mobi-Competition System to enhance its suite of services that enable companies to engage with their customers via mobile...