A familiar face takes the reins at Tarsus

By Mark Davison - After months of speculation, Alviva Holdings – parent company of Tarsus Distribution – has announced a new, permanent CEO for one of South Africa’s oldest and leading distributors. Thibault Dousson, currently director of Lenovo’s Solution and...

European orbiter detects hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely sleeping. Fresh fissures along the Alba Mons region hint at active spots under the surface, where gases from inside the planet may be making their way up...

NASA experiments with drones for planetary landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)...

Turn vision into reality with the right AI strategy

Kathy Gibson reports from Dell Technologies Forum in Johannesburg - Today's leaders aren't asking whether to adopt AI, they're asking how to turn it into outcomes the business can see. And South African companies can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see attitude to...

Shoprite launches cellular network

The Shoprite Group has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), k'nect mobile, offering competitive rates and several other rewards to customers. k'nect mobile offers flat call and data rates, and no complicated tiers. Airtime, data bundles and rewards only...

Cable theft, vandalism, load shedding add to connectivity woes

Poor Internet connectivity could be due to a number of ongoing issues, including cable theft, vandalism and load shedding, according to Openserve. Many small businesses have become heavily reliant on the internet to be able to conduct their business operations due to...

Tarsus Cloud on Demand takes over Arcserve

Local cloud platform and cloud products distributor, Tarsus Cloud On Demand, has been appointed as the local distributor of Arcserve’s data protection and recovery solutions in South Africa. Founded in 1990, Arcserve provides a solution for virtual and physical environments, on premise or in the cloud, backed by a global network of partners, support and expertise. Through the agreement Tarsus Cloud On Demand partners will now be able to extend their services to include the full range of Arcserve solutions for their end user customers.

Ecobank, MasterCard enable e-payments

Pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational has signed a landmark multi-country agreement with global payments technology company MasterCard to bring MasterCard’s payment solutions to more than 32 sub-Saharan African markets. It is a move that is expected to...

Metrofile opens rebuilt KZN warehouse

Metrofile Records Management, a group company of JSE-listed Metrofile Holdings Limited, has officially opened its rebuilt KwaZulu-Natal-based warehouse, which was destroyed by a fire in October 2013. The warehouse is 2 500m2 in size with a height of 15m, equating to a capacity of 400 000 boxes. According to Guy Kimble, MD of Metrofile Records Managements, the fire and safety aspects of the warehouse have been completely redesigned. The warehouse now has an in-rack sprinkler system that operates under dry pressurized conditions until the hypersensitive aspirating fire detection system is activated.

Technology changes how we plan travel

Technology offers travelers more choice when booking their trips and, while this presents a challenge to hotel brands, they should be tapping the opportunities it brings. Sabre Corporation has released a new travel trend report that outlines a clear path for hoteliers...

Maggi set to lose $200m in brand value

Nestlé subsidiary Maggi is set to lose more than $200-million in brand value following a ban imposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Maggi will destroy $50-million worth of noodles which have been branded “unsafe and hazardous” after the...

A closer look at Pluto

In just less than one month, the New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto, 7,5-billion kilometres from Earth. New Horizons will also venture into the Kuiper Belt, a relic of solar system formation. New Horizons launched on 19 January 2006; it swung past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February 2007, and is conducting a six-month-long reconnaissance flyby study of Pluto and its moons that started in early 2015. The closest approach to Pluto will occur on 14 July 2015, after which it could head farther into the Kuiper Belt to examine one or two of the ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region, at least 1-billion miles beyond Neptune’s orbit.

Massive decline for PC shipments

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered a year-on-year decline of 9,6% in Q1 2015, with shipments to the region totalling 4,3-million units. This is according to the latest market insights announced today by International Data Corporation (IDC), which...

Multiplayer games tops in mobile world

Quality online multiplayer features uplift game performance on mobile platforms, and account for the lion’s share of mobile gaming spend. App Anne and International Data Corporation (IDC), has unveiled their Gaming Spotlight, 1H15: How Online Multiplayer Is a Game...

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