Huawei wins at 5G World Summit 2015
Huawei was awarded Biggest Contribution to 5G Development at 5G World Summit 2015 for its continuous innovation and industry contributions to 5G particularly for the new air interface technologies. With the rapid development of mobile broadband and the Internet of...
Visual comms breaks free of the boardroom
High-quality videoconferencing is leaving the boardroom and hitting smart devices everywhere – from your smartphone and up. And the smart telecoms providers are getting in on the act. It all begins with a little thing called WebRTC, says Rob Lith, business development...
Embracing digital disruption
The Internet of things is driving the need for organisations to transform into digital businesses and this is disrupting business operations like never before. Being globally competitive means being able to make rapid business decisions. For companies this means...
Collaboration breeds entrepreneurial success
Success in business does not rely solely on strategy – particularly when the growth of entrepreneurial businesses is in question. Ideas are the core of what makes any company succeed, and while innovation cannot be created, it can be nurtured. According to Simon...
Technology is an SME’s best friend
Being a small business is not easy. As many as eighty percent of new businesses in South Africa fail within the first two years, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The combined effects of this are being felt: according to the latest GEM report on South...
Ericsson, Vodafone roll out LTE FDD/TDD
Vodafone will be first to take advantage of LTE FDD/TDD network convergence and carrier aggregation, starting with its network in Portugal, thanks to technology from Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. This move will allow the...
Alcatel-Lucent debuts OmniAccess
New Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise technology is being introduced supporting the growing need of enterprises to deploy a pervasive WLAN infrastructure. As part of the unified access technology designed to meet corporation’s mobility requirements, the expanded WLAN...
The IoE creates generative business value
Advanced sensor technology connected to the so-called Internet of Everything (IoE) is forging unusual business relationships between companies, and generating entirely new forms of value. Mihail Botez, IoT Strategic Product sales specialist at Cisco and Vishal...
Standard Bank unveils incubator accelerators
As part of Standard Bank’s commitment to developing entrepreneurs and ensuring the sustainability of their businesses, the bank has added two accelerator programmes, SW7 Tech Accelerator and Ignitor Bootcamp to its business incubator in Rosebank – both dedicated to equipping SMEs with practical tools, knowledge, advice and skills that are essential for their growth.
Smart Ethernet switches for SMBs from DCC
Small to medium businesses (SMBs) can now take advantage of enterprise-class networking control combined with consumer-like ease of use with the Dell Networking X-Series from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). This family of smart, managed 1 Gigabit Ethernet...
Bridge the copper and fibre network gap
While many don’t want to admit it, there are those dark recesses of your network that are still copper based, the areas you have left alone for decades because the alternative is to rip it all out and replace it. But this is a fallacy fabricated by companies looking...
Riverbed offers SteelCentral AppInternals 10
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced the launch of Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals 10, a breakthrough application performance management (APM) solution that helps IT teams take control of application performance...