Author: Gugu Lourie
By Warren Olivier, regional manager of Veeam Southern Africa Always-On availability in the modern data centre has become a business imperative. Companies can ill afford not to have access to their data whether it is in the office or out in the field using a mobile device. But how does one go about creating such an environment in a cost-effective way? One of the links in the chain between data and the user is the application. Companies are driven by apps for everything from email, internet access, and enterprise resource planning, to mobility, customer information, and sales data. So if an app goes down,…
By Staff Writer Samsung has just revealed the Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5, which represent the handset manufacturer’s commitment to the big screen smartphone market. The Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5 blend form and function with industry leading features, including: the best screen technology, the most advanced camera for high quality photos and videos, the latest fast wireless and wired charging, and an incredibly powerful processor. With increased 4GB RAM, both smartphones offer the most powerful capacity and processing power on the market, enabling users to enjoy more seamless multi-tasking, keep up with messages, post updates to social networks faster,…
By Gugu Lourie South Africa’s tech firm ZAZOO’s mobile virtual card is to be used by BitX, a leading universal Bitcoin platform that will make it possible for Bitcoin users to spend their crypto-currency online or in-app. ZAZOO announced on Thursday that it has signed an exclusive deal with BitX. “We are very excited to be working with BitX as crypto-currencies are starting to gain prominence worldwide, and are positioned to be one of the next big things in the fin-tech space,” says Philip Belamant, Managing Director of ZAZOO. BitX was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore with offices…
By Gugu Lourie Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 starts later today at 17:00 (CAT). The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 will be hosted at New York City, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. The launch event will streamed live online on Samsung’s dedicated webcast page CLICK HERE , the company’s official blog Samsung Tomorrow CLICK HERE and the official YouTube Channel CLICK HERE. To read about Samsung Galaxy brand story CLICK HERE Email TechFinancials.co.za at [email protected]
By Gugu Lourie As part of its strategy to expand its presence in South Africa, Amazon will recruit a significant number of new staff to fill highly-skilled technical roles to pioneer networking technologies and next generation cloud software. The world’s largest online retailer said on Thursday that it plans to hire more than 250 people in the next 12 months in South Africa. The new roles will include software development engineers; network development engineers; support engineers; technical account managers; systems engineers; solutions architects and many more. The move comes after the retailer opened a new office in Johannesburg to support the growing customer base…
By Lauren Foye The adult industry has been under scrutiny in the past few years, not just for the morality of the service it provides, but also in terms of the sustainability of its profitability and success with regards to the market itself. In terms of the online video industry, arguments have been voiced as to how the industry can continue to monetise users. Contrary to the fears of sustainability, Juniper has found that the adult video market is showing growth and uptake across the globe, particularly in areas deemed traditionally to be conservative. Arguably this is due to…
By Staff Writer Grant Bodley is to become the chief executive of Middle East & Africa (MEA) for Dimension Data as both current CEO and managing director for MEA are promoted to executive positions within the global group. Bodley will assume the position of CEO from 1 October 2015 and Derek Wilcocks, current CEO of Dimension Data MEA, and Sean Joubert, current managing director of Dimension Data MEA will both be taking up executive positions. Bodley joined Dimension Data in 2000. Prior to being appointed Sales Director of Dimension Data MEA in 2012 – the role he currently holds -…
By Staff Writer MOBOfree on Wednesday announced a 274% year-on-year increase in the total value of goods on their social marketplace platform in Nigeria. The current value of goods is $1.97 billion, up from $526 million last year. MOBOfree attributes this jump in the value of goods to the safety of its platform, to an increasing number of repeat customers and to a renewed focus on the automotive and real estate categories of classified advertisements. “Customers are going to the site because they are confident that buyers and sellers have been vetted. Once they experience the ease of use…
By Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks Another day, another headline about government hacking of sensitive data. This time it’s allegations that Chinese authorities hacked the Office of Personnel Management network, accessing information belonging to millions of US federal employees in what has to be seen as an act of cyber espionage. It is thought that the hackers gained access to “all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees”, including social security numbers. And of course, revelations about government snooping detailed in secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden continue…
By David Glance Google has taken the idea of a company reorganisation to a new level with a restructure that sees the creation of a new overall parent company called Alphabet. Founder Larry Page will be Alphabet’s CEO with his co-founder Sergey Brin, its President. Sundar Pinchai will become the new CEO of the existing Google company. Google itself will be slimmed down and will become one of the subsidiary companies, along with: Calico – a biotech focused on life extension Sidewalk – smart cities or urban innovation Nest – home automation Fiber – internet provider Google Ventures and Google Capital…