CDMA customers get a new choice with a 3G smartphone that offers premium features and performance together with popular keyboard and trackpad, as well as support for Wi-Fi and high-speed 3G networks around the world. 

Building block approach by AEG Power Solutions enables world’s first ‘Customer-ized’ UPS.

Defidev, a French solutions integrator specialising in Powerline Communication (PLC) technology, unveiled a new generation of IP-based electricity meters, developed in collaboration with Elster and integrating DS2 PLC technology.

Bytes Document Solutions, authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries, has introduced the Xerox WorkCentre 3210N and 3220DN A4 multifunction printers with copy, scan and fax capabilities to the local market.

South Africa’s burgeoning software testing market offers significant opportunities for job creation, says Haydn Pinnell, MD of Gallium, an EOH company.

European Conference on Information Systems hosts its first conference outside Europe in Pretoria as it reaches out to institutions to spread the benefits of technology.

The proven ability of Mercedes-Benz to provide one-stop solutions was the determining factor which sealed a R20mn deal to supply 15 Actros 2644 truck tractors to Manline Energy, a subsidiary of the Manline Group based in Pietermaritzburg.

The recently completed “dot ZA market survey” of the dot ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) shows that South African businesses and people prefer to use co.za to dot com.

In their ongoing effort to empower the world’s poor through microfinance, international nonprofit Unitus, Inc., the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and Citi have finalised a $15mn credit facility that will help foster growth among high-potential microfinance institutions (MFIs) and create more opportunities for families working their way out of poverty.

Artisans are receiving microfinance loans from the international online retailer NOVICA, fully funded by customers through the a new peer-to-peer microfinance lending site.

Conformity assessment and its role in international trade is the focus of a handbook presented this week by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Shell and IBM have formed a research collaboration that aims to extend the life of oil and natural gas fields.

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Samsung M5650, a music-focused addition to its popular lineup of full touch screen handsets for young mobile users.

When plants become desiccated, tiny leaf pores collectively called stomata close to conserve water. Each stoma is flanked by a pair of ‘guard cells’, which change shape to open or close the central pore.

The Motorola MC3100 series of mobile computers offer advanced computing power, industry-leading data capture options, enterprise-class motion sensing capabilities, and the most versatile form factor for mid-range mobile computing.

Microsoft Corp. offers to brighten video calls with TrueColor Technology, a new image processing technology that provides superior colour and brightness in even the worst lighting conditions.

Infosys Technologies Ltd. has launched Finacle Treasury-in-a-Box, a rapid implementation framework for an integrated front, middle and back office treasury system.

Africa's livestock producers are bucking a trend, by proving resilient to climate change and generating huge economic benefits for their nations and regions.

The revolution in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has vast implications for the developing world, but what tangible benefits has it brought when issues of social inclusion and exclusion, particularly in the developing world, remain at large?

According to the United Nations Development Program, more than one billion people, or about one in six worldwide, do not have safe drinking water, and more than two billion lack access to adequate sanitation.

Lightweight, sturdy, and non-corrosive: fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are an ideal material for making boats and cars, and for aerospace engineering.

With thousands of engines still in operation that were produced before emissions regulations were in effect, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems and Caterpillar Emissions Solutions have been working for nearly two years to design engine retrofit kits.

Caterpillar has developed a new hardened steel Quarry Body for select models of Cat trucks to extend wear life and decrease cost per ton in appropriate applications.

Alstom Hydro has the largest worldwide installed base accounting for 25 per cent of the world’s hydro facilities.

A Marine Evacuation System (MES), consisting of a slide or chute where passengers can evacuate straight into waiting life rafts, can often be found on modern high speed crafts and passenger ships, where weight, space and evacuation times must be kept to a minimum.

Actisense has released the new NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway. This product has already generated huge interest throughout the marine leisure industry, recently winning the British Marine Electronics Association (BMEA) New Product of the Year category for 2009. 

FCS has launched its Guest DynamiX (GDX) Platform for the global hospitality market space - consolidating and enhancing all of the company's current solutions and services to form a new family of real-time integrated billing and interface systems.

The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo combines the features of a prestige saloon, a Sports Activity Vehicle, and a Gran Turismo.

Nelson Irrigation Corporation’s R33 Rotator Sprinkler recently received the New Product Award for Agriculture from the Irrigation Association.

Bytes Document Solutions, authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries, has introduced the Xerox WorkCentre 3210N and 3220DN A4 multifunction printers with copy, scan and fax capabilities to the South African market.

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is providing a completely new form factor for debit cards. Convego Air Mobile is a sticker which enables the user to pay contactlessly.

The  families of Q-on branded uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems provided by Powermode are now fully RoHS (Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances) compliant.

Innova produces a wide range of desalinators for production of sweet water from sea water.

Atlas Copco’s new High Precision Tunnelling (HPT) concept points the way to further process refinement and greater cost efficiency.

Actisense has released the new NGW-1 NMEA 2000 Gateway, which has already generated huge interest throughout the marine leisure industry, recently winning the British Marine Electronics Association (BMEA) New Product of the Year category for 2009.

A Marine Evacuation System (MES), consisting of a slide or chute where passengers can evacuate straight into waiting life rafts, can often be found on modern high speed craft and passenger ships, where weight, space and evacuation times must be kept to a minimum.

Motorola, Inc. has introduced a new rugged mobility solution aimed at improving the productivity of warehouse workers – the WT4090 Voice-only Wearable (VOW) Terminal and the RCH50 Rugged Cabled Headset.

Team Simoco has launched Xfin Base and Dispatcher, the industry’s first integrated analogue IP base station and dispatch solution, which has been designed to offer the combined benefits of cost-effective analogue private mobile radio (PMR) and the operational advantages of an IP network.

SPB Software has released SPB Weather 2.0 for Symbian, an important addition to its quickly expanding line-up of software for the Symbian smartphone platform.

id Quantique's encryption products have attained Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 augmented with ALC_FLR.2 (EAL4+).

Air conditioning is standard for all trucks in the Hino 300 Series in the 2010 model year.

Through the sporting and elegant looks of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan, the driving dynamics typical of the brand, there is outstanding efficiency as well as innovative comfort and safety features.

Atlas Copco’s new Minetruck MT42 represents the next generation of underground trucks, designed to maximise productivity and provide increased safety and excellent operator comfort in underground haulage applications.

South African petrochemicals group Sasol recently announced a R3mn, five-year sponsorship of solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University's Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.

Already capturing industry attention, the new breed of Cummins engines meets regulatory standards and is designed to deliver all its performance advantages without incurring higher operation costs.

A new range of hydraulic clamshell buckets is now available for Bobcat E55W, E60 and E80 excavators.  In addition, the range of dipperstick-mounted hydraulic clamp attachments for the company’s excavator range is now complete with new attachments for the E80 excavator model.

Xerox has introduced a new colour printer that brings professional colour to offices of any size, with the Phaser 7500 printer designed for office environments that require on-demand, high-volume colour printing.

Dormer Tools has introduced a new programme of high performance cobalt alloyed high-speed steel (HSCo) drills. The tools have been created to complement Dormer’s CDX-DH range of solid carbide deep hole drills and have been designed for applications up to 15x diameter.

The first new-generation Unimog U4000 to reach South Africa’s shores has recently been handed over with a full driver training demonstration and vehicle familiarisation session at Sodwana Bay – one of the new owner’s favourite fishing spots. Local foundry entrepreneur, Grant Estman from Vereeniging needed a vehicle to tow his fishing vessel and equipment.

Reliable operator and machine protection when dealing with moving loads are an important requirement that control systems of industrial cranes must meet.

Acer South Africa has announced the local release of the Acer Veriton N260G business desktop, a small form factor PC that offers an optimal blend of efficiency and performance.

Earlier this year, a fleet of 53 Dynapac compaction rollers and pavers was purpose ordered by the CITIC Group and China Railway Corporation (CRCC) consortium (CITIC-CRCC), to build the central and western sections of the 1,216km Algerian East-West Expressway.

Transvaal Rubber Company (Truco) manufactures and supplies a host of quality products to the industrial market.

Land Rover has launched the world’s first production sports utility vehicle (SUV) with fuelsaving, emissions-lowering intelligent stop-start technology in South Africa.

The new BMW 760i and BMW 760Li twelvecylinders mark the pinnacle of the fifthgeneration BMW 7 Series.