The Zimbabwean-born and SA-educated CEO of VMware appears to be stepping down. A report in IT channel publication CRN quotes “multiple” unnamed sources as confirming that Paul Maritz will relinquish the role. What’s not known, according to CRN, is whether Maritz, who has
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Former Virgin Mobile SA CEO Steve Bailey has quit Nigeria’s Glo Mobile after only a month on the job. Bailey resigned from Virgin at the end of May to take on the role of chief commercial officer at Glo, which is the second largest mobile phone operator in Nigeria after MTN
Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia pioneered cameras in mobile phones. Now it’s looking to set the standard again with the 41-megapixel shooter in its Pureview 808 handset. The phone boasts the highest resolution camera ever seen in a handset, but is that enough reason to consider the device, particularly
Deon Liebenberg, until last week the MD of Samsung Electronics in SA, has been appointed as the head of Telkom Business Mobile with immediate effect.
Liebenberg headed up Samsung in SA for the past year. Liebenberg will report to Telkom Business MD Brian Armstrong. Liebenberg joined
The department of trade & industry released its black economic empowerment (BEE) charter for the technology sector last month and it takes force with immediate effect. Although some companies in the sector already comply, others will have to move quickly if they’re to meet its stringent requirements
Absa will make available an online banking application for smartphones either in the fourth quarter of 2012 or in the first quarter of 2013, Christo Vrey, the bank’s managing executive for digital channels, has revealed in an interview with TechCentral. “There is a chance for the fourth quarter
Telkom’s share price touched fresh record lows on Friday after it told shareholders that its talks with Korea’s KT Corp were officially over. The counter closed down by 1,7%, reaching an all-time record low of R18,01/share at Friday’s close. In intraday
MultiChoice has updated its DStv Mobile TV offering with a new piece of hardware designed for Apple’s iPod, iPhone and iPad devices. The appropriately named iDrifta offers users up to 15 channels and uses the “digital video broadcasting handheld” broadcast technology so no data charges are incurred when
Start-up website builder MHub wants to allow SA businesses to create a mobile site for their company in minutes so that they can harness the growing number of consumers who use their handsets to look for restaurants, hotels, plumbers or hairdressers. Founder Shaun Trennery is also the
As SA races to beat a fast-approaching deadline of switching off analogue television broadcasts by June 2015, the Independent Communications Authority of SA has published a revised set of draft digital terrestrial television regulations for another round of public consultation in the already long-delayed process