by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Events/Report-backs
Huawei held its biggest conference ever in Shanghai, bringing together 20 000 customers and partners to discuss directions in cloud, data centres and networking. Kathy Gibson reports Intel, Huawei drive 5G adoption Intel and Huawei have signed a strategic...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Product Showcase
The world’s first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera, and the world’s most waterproof smartphone – the Cat S60 – is now available. The Cat S60 includes an embedded Lepton Thermal Microcamera Module, powered by FLIR, which visualises heat that is...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Product Showcase
Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced Strix RX 480, an all-new VR-ready gaming graphics card with ultra-fast gaming performance, advanced cooling and reliability, and personalised styling. Powered by the latest AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics processing unit (GPU),...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Thought Leadership
Over the past 10 years, cloud computing has moved from a technology that companies were experimenting with to part of the mainstream and something organisations of all sizes turn to for their technology workloads. With that in mind, cloud can now be considered the new...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Features
The growing acceptance of cloud computing and storage are seeing decision-makers refining their backup strategies to be even more efficient and cost effective. Danie Marais, founder of the software division at Redstor, feels that innovations in the market will herald...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Features
Cloud storage is a technology that at the outset was typically viewed as something for the consumer market alone. However, in time more and more businesses began to realise the advantages of having centralised online storage solutions that could be accessed and shared...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
The explosive arrival of Max Verstappen on the Formula One scene has again demonstrated how truly talented drivers are able to scale the ladder to motorsport’s pinnacle two (or more) steps at a time. By Graham Duxbury Since graduating from karting, Verstappen only...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | Trends and Analysis
To most business owners, the term ‘budget’ is something of a dirty word, as it is always difficult to balance it out so that a little more of it falls on the right side of the ledger. In order to achieve this, businesses need to seek out those opportunities where they...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | news
Factors such as rising costs, declining affordability, disruptive technologies, and for-profit competitors mean that now is the time for institutions to grow the strategic role of IT to differentiate themselves in the market. Institutions cannot remain static and...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 7, 2016 | news
Interactive boards and displays are finding favour among South African educators as replacements for overhead projectors, blackboards and traditional television screens. Students and teachers alike are enthusiastic about these technologies because they introduce more...