by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | news
According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) for the second quarter of 2016 released by Statistics South Africa, employment in the formal non-agricultural sector of the South African economy decreased by 67 000 quarter-on-quarter, from 9 285 000 in March...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | news
DRS, a Cognosec company and a broad-based distributor and reseller of security solutions, has added the ForeScout range of network access control solutions to its offerings. Robert Brown, CEO of DRS, says the agreement will help expand ForeScout’s reach. ForeScout...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Thought Leadership
The coming years will see an increasing convergence of the physical, digital and biological realms. Termed ‘Industry 4.0’ or ‘the fourth industrial revolution’, this trend describes a future where billions of people and devices are seamlessly connected with large...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Thought Leadership
Today operators face challenges on multiple fronts, which include decreasing revenue per user; the gradual erosion of SMS revenues as phones have become ‘smarter’; apps and OTT services devaluing lots of operator innovation investments; the cost of infrastructure...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Product Showcase
Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the availability of the Samsung Gear Fit2 and the Gear IconX. The Gear Fit2 sports band features an embedded GPS and a heart rate monitor (HRM) that offers accurate and robust fitness tracking and measurement, while...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Product Showcase
Fortinet has expanded its Security Fabric with the introduction of its third-generation FortiASIC SOC 3 system-on-a-chip architecture. The FortiGate 60E enables distributed enterprises, branch offices and SMBs to leverage the superior protection of Fortinet’s Security...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Product Showcase
The aim of the Acer for Education organisation is to develop a new kind of interaction between teachers and students, based on reliable and easy-to-use solutions you can trust. With 30 years’ experience in the ICT industry, Acer has developed a full portfolio of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | Events/Report-backs
Gartner named the Symposium/ITxpo 2016 held in Cape Town from 26-28 September 2016 “The world’s most important gathering of CIOs and Senior IT Executives”, highlighting that for CIOs, now is the time to act, innovate, take risks, and transform IT from a...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | news
The Internet of Things (IoT) is real – and there is more than $14-billion in opportunity available in South Africa right now. This is the word from Vernon Thaver, chief technology officer at Cisco SA, who told delegates to SATNAC that the real value in IoT and digital...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 10, 2016 | news
As telecommunications operations prepare their networks for 5G, John Delaney, associate vice-president: mobility at IDC unpacks what 5G actually is Although there is no technical specification for 5G networks yet, when it comes to using 5G as a marketing tool the...
