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Datatec subsidiary Logicalis has agreed to acquire Spain’s Lantares, a partner of IBM Cognos and professional services provider specialising in business intelligence and data analytics. In a voluntary

Troubled technology group Altron has reported a 75c normalised diluted headline loss per share for the 2016 financial year to 29 February, a sharp reversal from headline earnings per share in 2015 of 99c. In light of the poor numbers, and the need

Vodacom wants to work with one or more other major telecommunications operators in South Africa to deploy fibre-to-the-home broadband infrastructure to reduce costs and make the business case for

Google has used its developer conference, I/O 2016 in San Francisco, to take the wraps off Google Home, a new hardware device, similar to Amazon’s Echo, that allows users to have natural-language

You’d think they are about to launch the next big thing in mobile broadband, the way South Africa’s mobile operators are going on about LTU-Unlicensed technology. Vodacom, MTN and Cell C have also clamoured for the headlines in recent days as

The SABC has tripled its monetary support of Gupta-owned media, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. The public broadcaster has spent more than R700 000 on subscriptions to The New Age newspaper since May 2014, communications

Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba says citizens in the 25 to 40 age group will from Monday be able to apply for their smart ID card and passport at four of the country’s banks. “In our quest to deliver a quality service to our people

Fans of the Nokia brand, rejoice! The once powerful cellphone maker is preparing a comeback – of sorts. The Finnish company, which sold its handset business to Microsoft – which in turn failed to make much