Rimini Street Selected by 100+ Organizations as their Preferred Support Solution for VMware Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, announces a new client milestone, surpassing 100 VMware contracts served to date. This…
Parliament has urged transport minister Barbara Creecy to kick off the policymaking process that would pave the way for government to issue digital driving licences. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview on Tuesday, Democratic Alliance MP Rikus Badenhorst, chairman of parliament’s select committee on infrastructure, said a digital driving licence card could help the transport…
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, professor Blade Nzimande, has used the GovTech 2025 Conference, held in Durban, to highlight the challenges faced by many developing countries in adopting new technologies. “Many countries in the developing world are struggling to address their national priorities due to problems such as the slow, uneven and discordant adoption…
Honda is set to unveil its first electric motorcycle with fast-charging capabilities on September 16, as teased in a new video on the company’s UK Instagram page. The video shows the camouflaged e-motorcycle being tested on European streets, hinting at its likely regional availability. This announcement is part of Honda’s larger plan to release “10…
GovTech, the public sector ICT conference, takes place at the Durban International Convention Centre until 10 September. (Photograph by DCDT) A citizen-focused super app is among the solutions and proof of concepts (POCs) being put to the test by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). This was spotlighted by SITA acting managing director Gopal Reddy,…
Lesaka Technologies’ new chief strategy officer Akash Dowra Lesaka Technologies has announced key executive appointments within its merchant division and at a group level. Kagiso Khaole has been appointed CEO of the merchant division. Khaole brings over a decade of experience driving growth and innovation at leading global technology companies in Africa. Most recently, he…
A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego has found signs of accelerated aging in human stem cells that spent just over a month in space. The research provides further insight into the dramatic physiological and psychological changes that astronauts can experience during extended space travel. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile…
Absa’s Johnson Idesoh and AWS’s Tanuja Randery put pen to paper to further entrench digital service delivery through cloud migration. Absa Group has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate its migration to cloud as part of its continuous digital transformation journey. The companies established an alliance in 2015 and, according…
Banking group Absa and cloud services giant Amazon Web Services have announced an expansion of their commercial relationship that will see AWS become Absa’s “preferred cloud partner”. According to a statement on Monday, the partnership is aimed at delivering more agile, secure and customer-focused financial services. “This partnership reflects our ambition to be a digitally…
IO Interactive, the developer behind the acclaimed Hitman series, is shifting from assassinations to espionage with its new game, 007: First Light. The title is a reimagined origin story that follows a less-than-refined Bond as he hunts down a rogue agent. During a closed-door briefing at Gamescom, the team showed off early gameplay that blends…
