Orange wins BW Offshore contract
BW Offshore, a leading global provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry, has signed a 5-year, $12-million contract with Orange Business Services for an end-to-end satellite communication solution for its fleet of highly-specialised oil and...
WIRUlink uses MiRO’s SIAE solution
Having a carrier-class core network with high bandwidth, low latency, superior reliability and with the option to upgrade capacity in the future, is of the utmost importance to telecommunications service provider WIRUlink. The company offers Internet, telephone, VPN...
IoT is all about the data
Before we can understand the Internet of Things (IoT), we need to know a little more about where the information that is used comes from – after all, the IoT is all about the data, says Hennie Lessing, team lead: Software Development at Entelect Software. Gathering...
Siemon demonstrates LightStack system
Siemon, a leading global fibre optic infrastructure specialist, has created a new video to illustrate the advantages of its LightStack ultra high density fibre plug and play system for high performance data centres. As the film explains, the revolution caused by big...
Riverbed updates network planning portfolio
Riverbed Technology is updating its network planning portfolio and the SteelCentral NPCM product family, give users three new capabilities, new tools to configure and monitor their network data, and provide real-time updates for IT administrators, faster...
Big impediments to the Internet of Things
The heart of the newly popular Internet of Things (IoT) is Internet-enabled sensing nodes. Saying the subject encompasses all wireless networks because they are all candidates for Internet enablement at node level is an unrealistic, tongue-in-cheek approach aimed more...
Video on demand sees African growth
While studies have shown that TV is still the main channel for entertainment across all age groups, Africa’s largest population group (15-24s), regard the Internet as a provider of entertainment, much like TV and this trend has undoubtedly spurred on the growth for...
Software indispensable to IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) promotes a globally connected device network. But for this to work, it requires a solid foundation built on software, says Malcolm Rabson, MD of Dariel. For the uninitiated, TechTarget defines IoT as a scenario in which objects, animals,...
Harnessing apps to improve service delivery
With the increasing affordability and pervasiveness of smartphones and tablets, apps have rapidly become a part of everyday life. From games and messaging to banking, handy tools and more, apps have revolutionised the way people interact on a social level. As mobility...
Industry leaders are not always suitable
Those of us who work in the IT industry have all heard the old ad slogan from the 1970s: “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM”. It sounds a bit old-fashioned now, but the truth is that many people still default to buying from the global industry leaders, says Réan...
Gumtree: Free WiFi as a business strategy
Gumtree South Africa recently partnered with non-profit organisation Project Isizwe to bring free WiFi to impoverished communities across the country through hundreds of Free Internet Zones (FIZ). Johan Nel, country manager of Gumtree South Africa, tell us the reasons...
Explaining branch converged infrastructure
Enterprises are always looking to take their business to the next level, and one of the most effective ways to grow is to open new branch offices, says Brent Lees, senior product marketing manager for EMEA of Riverbed Technology. The ability to have remote offices in...