Marval achieves ISO/IEC recertification

IT service management (ITSM) innovator Marval has once again successfully passed the latest ISO/IEC 20000:2011 audit, the worldwide standard for ITSM. The company has now held this certification since its introduction in 2005.  The compliance requirements for ISO/IEC...

Mobility extends business reach

Mobility enjoys such acceptance in the market that many new enterprise applications are now built for mobile access first and for other devices only as additional channels. In addition, there is large-scale mobile re-engineering of enterprise applications taking...

Use LBS to find friends on WeChat

WeChat, a social communications services available for smartphones, announced the launch of a new version for BlackBerry smartphones.  The new version, WeChat 2.0, features a new location-based services (LBS) feature that integrates both “Look Around” and...

Focus on skills availability for ICT sector

The message from leading global ICT managed services provider, Integr8, is that South Africa’s technology sector must renew efforts to address the need for sought-after ICT skill sets. Although the company is encouraged by reports of a drop in unemployment figures...

Securing citizen documents

For any nation, the control and regulation of cross-border activity is essential for continued stability and economic progress. Citizens need to be able to easily move across borders to conduct business and socially, to visit family or simply to expand horizons....

Three steps to enterprise cloud migration

Cloud computing offers significant benefits to enterprises, and many are starting to factor it into their long-term planning. First, however, they need to understand the pros and cons of cloud – and how to make the move. “Cloud offers enterprises the benefits of...