The United Kingdom’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research has predicted that UK house prices will continue to decline until 2015. Back home, FNB’s May house price index indicates that the real house price growth rate, adjusted for CPI inflation in April remained negative at -2.4%. This begs the question: is 2015 a reasonable [...]

After 9 years of distributing printer consumables, A.C.T. has extended its offering, giving customers a complete solution that includes printer hardware, consumables, finance and support. This will position A.C.T. as the only value added printing focused distributor in the Southern African I.T. channel. “ACT always focused on the printer consumables supply chain but recent economic [...]

With an adoption rate that trumps every other Microsoft operating system ever released, Windows 7 is swiftly on its way to replacing Windows XP as the most-widely adopted operating system in the world. And, says Traci Maynard, general manager of Tarsus Technologies’ software division, it doesn’t look like Windows 7’s momentum is showing any evidence [...]

While CommVault continues to gain significant market momentum, it recently announced a platinum partnership with First Technology. Says Johan de Villiers, regional director at First Technology, “We are impressed by CommVault’s unique, policy-driven, single-platform approach and technology features that enable customers to realise the benefits from truly modern data management.” “This ties in well with [...]

With enterprises technology spend grinding to a halt and average selling prices plummeting in the consumer segment, the small and medium sized business sector has become an attractive new target market for the IT industry’s larger resellers and technology retailers. This has meant that the small and medium sized business market faces the strong possibility [...]

“Measuring training successes by the number of people trained and number of documents stored is irrelevant to the business. Measuring gains in competence and the ability of people to contribute to business improvement is what’s needed,” says Alison Jacobson, managing director of Firestring. Every business has its own language and set of processes. Traditionally, knowledge [...]

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has named Acer South Africa as the new official Information Technology Partner of the Springboks in a 2 year deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Acer South Africa will provide the latest technology to Springbok coaches, players and administrators that will help them to keep in touch with [...]

Acer fields more than 25.000 devices and 350 technical resources Acer and the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) are pleased to announce the signing of the Computing Equipment supply agreement which details the delivery of the core computing equipment infrastructure used to support the Games in 2012. Acer and LOCOG [...]

Sensational multimedia experiences Eye-catching design, sleek style and all you need to enjoy an amazing entertainment experience on the go, including longer battery life. This is the new Aspire One 722 in a nutshell. The Aspire One 722 was designed from scratch to skillfully combine a tasteful and stylish look with terrific performance enabling users [...]

The MB Technologies Group, Africa’s leading value-add distribution group, which includes, A.C.T, Channel Capital and Channel Risk Management, Platinum Micro, Printacom and Tarsus Technologies among its operating companies, has announced a change of distribution strategy for the Samsung printer brand within the group. This change sees the repositioning and transfer of the Samsung Printer Distribution agreement from Tarsus to A.C.T. This is in [...]