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| As AxizWorkgroup adds data centre infrastructure and power management manufacturer Tripp Lite to its battery of IT vendors, it introduces a new force to the playing field. Tripp Lite's firm position as an industry leader will help it rapidly spread its full datacentre solutions throughout the Southern African IT industry as it's paired with other leading datacentre brands. Read more >>
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| Phoenix Distribution, a broad-based distributor on the African continent, has expanded its office in Nairobi, Kenya, in a move to better serve its partners in East Africa. Read more >>
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| Containment solutions can eliminate hot spots and provide energy savings over traditional uncontained data centre designs. However, the best containment solution for an existing facility will depend on its constraints. While ducted hot aisle containment is preferred for highest efficiency, cold aisle containment tends to be easier to manage and more cost-effective for facilities with existing raised floor air distribution. Read more >>
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| Issued by Bizcommunity.com According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy. Read more >>
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| Judith Middleton, Issued by Duo Marketing Marketing strategies with budgets signed off too often get lost in a filing cabinet or obscure desktop folder, and by the end of the campaign period no one can even remember what was planned. Read more >>
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| The City is pleased to announce the signing of eight third-party service provider agreements, which is a major step in the City of Cape Town's Universal Broadband Network strategy. The fibre optic network has reached the point where it is robust and extensive enough to be leveraged off by the private sector. Read more >>
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| XDSL, a local internet service provider, has entered into an agreement with Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) and Conduct, DFAs last-mile fibre network subsidiary. The agreement provides XDSL with access to DFA's 8,000km of installed fibre, increasing the footprint and capacity of its national network. XDSL's clients can also rely on fast turnaround on fibre-to-the door connectivity with Conduct installing in just two to four weeks. Read more >>
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| EMC Corporation has announced results of the seventh EMC Digital Universe study, entitled "The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things". Read more >>
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| Donvay Wegierski and Janine Hollesen Applications to register domain names ending with .africa, .joburg, .capetown. and .durban open 1 May 2014. It is envisaged that these new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will exemplify Africa's growth and development, presenting an opportunity to identify the African continent and the main South African cities online. Read more >>
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| More than ever before in history, business needs people who can programme. Software is becoming a large part of ordinary life, so much so that entire industries and job descriptions are being supplanted by code. Read more >>
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| Paul Fick How contact centre leaders can show clear business cases for migrating from a simple call centre - to a dynamic, multichannel contact centre Read more >>
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| WASHINGTON, USA: IBM reported a 21% slump in first quarter earnings, as the computer company saw weaker hardware sales and focused more on services and the Internet cloud. Read more >>
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| HELSINKI, FINLAND: Finnish telecommunications company Nokia has recalled 30,000 chargers for its Lumia 2520 tablet because it could give customers an electric shock. Read more >>
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| SAN FRANCISCO - Social games company Zynga released a version of the hit "FarmVille" game tailored for smartphones and tablets in the hope of reaping a bumper crop of new players. Read more >>
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| MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica and US investment company Blackstone launched a mobile telephone advertising venture, challenging Google and Facebook in the multi-billion-dollar market. Read more >>
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| TOKYO, JAPAN - Failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox was has been placed in administration by a Japanese court, with an order for bankruptcy expected to be issued soon, its administrator and chief executive said. Read more >>
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| THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch computer chip manufacturer and global high technology bellwether ASML slashed its forecasts for the next six months despite almost doubling profits in the first quarter. Read more >>
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| NEW YORK, USA: Yahoo reported a stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit with the results showing growth in the Web company's "core" business according to Chief Executive Marissa Mayer Read more >>
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| Bluegrass is looking for a dynamic IT systems administrator to join our team. You will be based in our Cape Town Office (Claremont) and responsible for managing our IT infrastructure. Read more >> |
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