healthbridge, the principle healthcare information exchange company in the tradebridge stable, contracted outsourcing specialist RDB Consulting to assist it with the setup, management and maintenance of its mission critical Oracle database. tradebridge is the leading South African value added transaction switch. They provide solutions that enable immediate, secure and reliable messaging between organisations that support underlying financial transactions. Read More…

Roelof Louw, is an expert on Cloud Computing and he works with leading South African ICT outsourcing service provider, T-Systems. The proliferation of cloud computing has seen some people happily floating on cloud nine and prophesise an inevitable paradigm shift in IT while others believe it is really just a rebottled and labelled version of an existing technology. Indeed, there are few other IT topics that generate a wider chasm in opinions.
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Toshiba Africa recently appointed Sahara Computers as the official distributor for its retail range of laptops and peripherals in South Africa. With this new development, Toshiba expects to tap into the growing market for consumer technology products with the rise of middle class in the country. Sahara’s expertise and success in furniture retail, as well as its national reach to independent retailers, will make the company’s products and services more widely available to end-users, where there has been a growing demand for the Toshiba brand.Read More…

Leading regional call center firm Teleperformance Egypt has a growing portfolio of customers in 22 countries, including key multinational clients. The company migrated its communications system to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V virtualization. Since then, the organization has not experienced any downtime, mailbox sizes have increased, and the cost of all physical servers has been cut. Established in 2007, Teleperformance Egypt is the first multinational contact center company to open in Egypt. It provides all contact center services, including customer care, technical support, and debt collection outsourcing services in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa, and offshore markets serving North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Read More…

SALTO Systems announces that the American University in Cairo (AUC) has selected the Company’s XS4 contactless electronic access control system to deliver 24/7 critical security protection for students and staff. Founded in 1919 by Americans devoted to education and community service in the Middle East, today AUC serves as a vital bridge between the cultures of East and West, linking Egypt and the Arab region to the rest of the world through scholarly research, study-abroad programs and partnerships with academic and research institutions. Read More…

Pieter le Roux is an technical expert who works as an Technical Director with one of the leading ICT solution provider from South Africa, The Webcom Group. In this article Pieter talks about the benefits of Virtualised desktops for standardisation, security and performance in distributed environments. Virtualisation is one of several buzzwords currently making the rounds within the Information Communication Technology (ICT) departments of most large corporates, heralded as a convenient way to reduce costs and improve the overall management of ICT, including licensing, within the organisation.Read More…

The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) is tasked with conducting large scale, policy-relevant projects in the social sciences sector, both for public sector users and non-governmental organisations as well as international development agencies. The organisation is responsible for providing cutting-edge research and for disseminating the results of those projects and plays a key role in helping the development of South Africa. Read More…

South African IT distributor, Esquire signed an distribution agreement with the world’s fastest growing and leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming lifestyle peripherals Razer USA. Razer is also behind the official PC accessories designed to meet the demand from fans of games such as Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic and more. Esquire Technologies Group Managing Director, Asgar Mahomed, expressed his delight at the addition of Razer to the company’s portfolio by saying, “Razer adds a new dimension to our specialised Gaming Division headed up by Product Manager, Rickus Roodt, who works closely with resellers that represent the best of gamers in the industry.”
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South Africa based archive, migration, collaboration and messaging services provider, Soarsoft Africa announced that it recently signed an distribution agreement with Binary Tree to distribute its products across the African region. Binary Tree is a leading provider of software for migrating enterprise messaging users and applications to on-premises and cloud-based versions of Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint.Read More…

Leading South African distributor, Drive Control Corporation (DCC) recently introduced the new range of Scorpio Black and Scorpio Blue hard disk drives for Notebooks from Western Digital’s stable. WD Scorpio Black is a 2.5-inch SATA hard drive combines the class-leading 7200 RPM spin speed and 16 MB cache to deliver maximum notebook performance. Now available in capacities of up to 750 GB, the WD Scorpio Black hard drives provide creative professionals, gamers and PC enthusiasts with additional capacity they need to get their job done. Using Advanced Format (AF) technology, the WD Scorpio Black 750 GB hard drives also incorporate a variety of data-protection features to actively monitor and protect valuable data.Read More…

Kenya Data Network unveiled state-of-the art data center in Nairobi that will serve the growing requirements of hosting data and software applications for local and international organisations in Kenya. Kenya Data Network also expects to cater the demand from companies hailing from East Africa and Central Africa. In line with the vision of Kenya to create a green economy, the data centre is powered by solar energy as well as is designed to consume less energy in running the facility thereby insuring the cut on carbon emissions.
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Ruckus Wireless announced the appointment of First Distribution as its authorised distributor for the African region to distribute the entire range of Ruckus Wireless’ Wi-Fi technology products in South Africa and across neighboring African countries. Michael Fletcher, Sales Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ruckus Wireless, said, “With the future being tagged as a Wi-Fi one, and considering the uptake of mobility and the use of technology in Africa, this region is an important one for Ruckus Wireless. As such, choosing a reliable and expert distributor of our Smart Wi-Fi product range has been a key priority for our business. With a national distribution infrastructure, and a motto of ‘helping our customers to help their customers’, First Distribution was certainly a front runner for this partnership.”Read More…