South Africa stories - Page 7

A student flat in leafy Waikato town of Cambridge started as the home of a software startup called Rocketspark.

Financial software provider Trintech is expanding globally, with a 60% increase in sales for the first half of 2019.

The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.

Automation Anywhere named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for RPA Software, highlighting its extensive reach and growing influence in the RPA market.

High customer satisfaction as TIBCO deepens commitment to data science projects that positively impact society.

SAS celebrates partners' innovation at awards; Alliance with Accord, ITOCHU & FACTS honoured for analytics excellence.

Risab Biswas developed a computer vision application to help farmers more easily detect pathological disease in their plants.

Harcourts, the 133-year-old real estate agency, transformed its global operations by adopting NetSuite, modernising from a 'fake' cloud solution.

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.

Western Europe and North America are poised to dominate the global DRaaS market through 2028, with Future Market Insights predicting a 38.5% CAGR in the sector.

Cisco announced the awards, including APJ Partner of the Year, at a global awards reception during its annual partner conference.

Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.

Around a fifth (21%) of New Zealanders who had encountered tech support scams were fooled into continuing with an interaction.

Aotearoa New Zealand joins the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing, promising new opportunities and global insights for local social enterprises.

Wellington's adtech firm Postr goes global with contracts in Indonesia, Germany, and Portugal, expanding its team and quadrupling monthly revenue.

New Zealand is becoming a global leader in smart TV adoption, with a 44% adoption rate second only to South Korea, according to research firm IDC.

Samsung to open new AI research centre in New York City, led by EVP Daniel Lee, to strengthen AI capabilities. Centre to focus on robotics research.

Thales extends the offer acceptance period for its acquisition of Gemalto, awaiting regulatory approvals from various antitrust authorities.

Thingstream, an IoT connectivity firm based in Bournemouth, emerges from stealth mode, touting a successful H1 2018 with new global customers.

Xero has made a U-turn on its decision to retire its older expense claims functionality and replace it with the new Zero Expenses.