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Westcon acquires AWS partner Rebura
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Europe’s summer air travel falls short
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Marketers must re-establish connections with customers, partners, employees
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Machine learning will create satellite swarms with a hive mind
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Pandemic pushes banks to adopt AI against money laundering
A third of financial institutions are accelerating their artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) adoption for anti-money laundering (AML) technology in response to Covid-19. Meanwhile, another 39% of compliance professionals said their AI/ML adoption...
Fraudulent sites target crypto investors
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Spam still most popular way to get consumers’ cash
The business and private use of technology has been continuously growing for years, but the massive global switch to remote working has led to an explosion of attack surfaces, significantly increasing the opportunities for cyber-criminals to exploit. Recent local...
EMEA PC market grows despite supply constraints
EMEA shipments of traditional PCs (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) will reach 95,8-million in 2021, a 13,2% YoY growth, according to research by International Data Corporation (IDC). This includes 24,1-million PC shipments (+11,4% YoY) in 2021Q3. This can be...
Double-digit growth for global smartphone sales
Global smartphone sales to end users totaled 328,8-million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10,8% year over year, according to Gartner. Overall global mobile phone sales grew 10,2% despite supply constraints due to Covid-19 related production disruption...
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SA still tier one as Africa moves into cloud
Despite African countries' uptake of the cloud seeming to outpace South Africa's, Red Hat continues to view the country as tier one. Research by WorldWideWorx shows that, during 2014, 24% of companies in Kenya, 44% in Nigeria and 16% in South Africa intend to use...
Microsoft VL financing for Rectron customers
The Mustek Group, a leading distributor of computers, peripherals and accessories has today announced its new finance option for Microsoft Volume Licensing (VL). Rectron has partnered with Merchant West to bring the offering to market. This will empower customers to...
Fortinet delivers FortiGate for AWS
Fortinet has announced that the company’s flagship award-winning FortiGate security platform is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a division of Amazon.com, in the AWS Marketplace. FortiGate-VM is strategically designed to help customers better mitigate...
DVT Academy announces new Agile courses
Software development company DVT has announced a new series of Agile-certified training courses to be held in April and May in Johannesburg and Cape Town respectively. The two courses – Leading SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and Agile@Scale – will appeal to program and...
Manufacturers move to the cloud
Manufacturers have one thing in common – they need to make themselves hassle free from a supply chain, distribution and services point of view. Many manufacturers are looking to cloud computing to improve their process, supply chain management, R&D as well as...
Networked economy trends transform Africa
We live in a networked world in which, like it or not, we are all connected to communities that keep us informed and can help us learn, share and consume more efficiently. Organisations are now inextricably tied into a networked economy, as they are connected more...
Q-KON, Ruckus grow wireless in Africa
Q-KON has joined the Ruckus Wireless Big Dog Partner Program. As a Big Dog Partner, Q-KON has committed to represent the Ruckus brand in Africa and add value to projects by helping companies to monetise WiFi. Ruckus Wireless is a global supplier of advanced wireless...
NSBC boosts productivity with Microsoft
The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) has reduced operational risk and improved productivity with Microsoft’s cloud based Office 365 Enterprise E3 solution. Few structures appreciate the importance of entrepreneurship more keenly than the National Small Business...
Ricoh programme has 20 new graduates
Ricoh has successfully coached another 20 learners through its Ricoh Learnership Programme and they are recognised under the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education Training Authority (MICT Seta) guidelines. Graduates are National...
Cloud adoption remains slow despite benefits
While the use of cloud is increasing among South African businesses, it seems that adoption remains relatively slow. According to the Cloud in Africa: Reality Check 2013 research study released by World Wide Worx and Cisco late last year, 50% of South African medium...
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