NTT boosts Africa’s digital transformation with JINX integration
NTT – in conjunction with INX-ZA – has gone live with the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) node within its Johannesburg 1 (JOH1) data centre. With 6 200 square metres of data centre server space and 12MW IT critical load, the JOH1 data centre is NTT’s newest and...
Team SA takes bronze at International Olympiad in Informatics
The four-member South African team won two bronze medals and an honourable mention at the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2024) - the most prestigious global computer science competition for secondary school and high school students. Bronze medals were...
The metaverse will open up opportunities for Africa
The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was held this year as the world continues to see complex socio-economic issues, writes Balkissa Ide Siddo, public policy director, sub-Saharan Africa. Many economies are still reeling from the Covid-19...
Untrained employees pose major security risk
Security specialist KnowBe4 has released a report showing that, without training, 21% of the untrained global workforce did not know who to go to when faced with a security breach. The minutes that lapse between an employee seeing a potential security threat and the...
Positive growth continues for unified communications and collaboration
The worldwide Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) market grew 11,4% year over year and 2,9% compared to the previous quarter to $14,8-billion in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22), according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Unified Communications and...
MultiChoice expands platform with emergency response app
MultiChoice is now offering its customers in South Africa access to affordable medical and security services following the recent acquisition of on-demand emergency response app Namola. Namola enables users to summon the nearest vetted private or public security and...
Long road ahead for AR headsets
Worldwide shipments of Augmented Reality (AR) headsets are forecast to decline 8,7% year over year to nearly 260 000 units by the end of 2022, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset...
2022 Arctic summer sea ice tied for 10th-lowest on record
According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on 18 September 2022. The ice cover shrank to an area of 4,67-million square kilometers this year, roughly 1,55-million square kilometers below the 1981-2010 average minimum of...
Cell C to be restructured, refinanced
Blue Label Telecoms, together with various subsidiaries, has concluded binding long-form agreements with Cell C and various Cell C financial stakeholders, including certain shareholders and creditors of Cell C. The deal is unconditional and all conditions precedent...
New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has shown off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet’s rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new...
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Successfully deploying data centres in emerging markets
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HP launches Star Wars notebook
HP unveiled its Star Wars Special Edition notebook in anticipation of the release of Star Wars: "The Force Awakens". "HP is delivering an amazing Star Wars experience as the only PC vendor collaborating with Disney and Lucasfilm to create a one-of-one-kind notebook,"...
Why SMEs should care about HR management
One of the most common misperceptions that we run into in our work with small businesses is that they don't need a formal human resources (HR) strategy or proper HR business processes, writes Anja van Beek HR director for Sage HR & Payroll and chief people officer...
OmniSwitch adds simpler management
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Mitigate supplier risk to safeguard your brand
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Energy efficiency wins for hospitality industry
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Real IRM introduces Zachman Framework course
IT specialists interested in developing their expertise in the rapidly-growing field of Enterprise Architecture (EA) can now benefit from the Zachman Framework course, from EA training provider Real IRM. This newly-designed course is ideal for those looking to get to...
Significant shift in local SME development
The new National Gazelles integrated business growth acceleration programme has proven to be in line with the latest global research and best practices for SME development. The South African Institute of Chartered Accounts (SAICA) in September released its 2015 SME...
Obsidian Systems and Autumn Leaf combine forces
Open Source (OS) software supplier Obsidian Systems has announced its 25% acquisition of Cape-based IT consultancy Autumn Leaf and the expansion of its footprint in South Africa. Autumn Leaf is an IT service provider focused on the development of Java applications,...
MobiWork joins forces with One Channel
MobiWork has announced a strategic partnership with South Africa's fastest growing cloud ERP solutions providers, One Channel, to bring its leading mobile workforce management solutions to the African market. MobiWork is a complete Mobile Workforce Solution (MWS) that...
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