IBM wants to change corporate e-mail with a new, analytics-driven, socially orientated e-mail platform, which it’s calling Verse. Verse will get to know users by bringing to the fore information that is most important, along with the people and groups that users interact with most, the computer giant
Overall spending on IT solutions in South Africa will cross the US$13bn mark (R143bn at the current exchange rate of R11/$) in 2015, according to new research published on Wednesday by International Data Corp (IDC). The consumer, finance and government “verticals” will lead the spending charge
BitX, the Bitcoin exchange launched last year, has released a mobile application that it hopes will help emerging markets better understand and use the cryptocurrency. The app allows anyone to buy or sell Bitcoin and functions as a wallet to store the virtual currency. BitX is headquartered
Normally futurologists, especially those who deal with the impact of climate change, paint a picture so dystopian that even Hollywood runs screaming for the hills. But at last week’s four-day climate change conference, hosted by the department of environmental affairs in Midrand, it was different
The months of disarray at the South African Post Office (Sapo) has prompted a group of specialist magazine publishers to complain to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) over what they see as a breach of the Post Office’s licence conditions. In addition, in a bid to protect their business plan
The incandescent light bulb was birthed more than 200 years ago, when the first experiment saw chemist and inventor Humphry Davy pass electrical current through a thin strip of platinum. Seventy-five years later, Thomas Edison
We have seen a number of good, low-cost smartphones hitting the market in the past year as network operators and manufacturers attempt to convert feature-phone users to a more updated platform, while unlocking the huge potential that smartphones hold for mobile data usage. It’s not just a clever business
The department of basic education wants teachers applying for senior posts to write competency tests before being granted promotions, The Star reported on Tuesday. The department confirmed this in a parliamentary reply on Monday
The Western Cape government has updated the timelines for the complete deployment of its R1,3bn broadband initiative after an initial contracting period with the State IT Agency and Neotel took longer than anticipated. The tender, which was issued
JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX), currently the subject of a takeover by Telkom, has reported normalised headline earnings per share of 39,8c for the year ended 31 August 2014, down from 45,1c in the 2013 financial year. Normalised gross margins fell only slightly, from
