South African mobile carrier MTN has begun trials of Cat-M1 Internet of Things network applications and devices in partnership with Ericsson and Qualcomm. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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Hancom to expand word processor to Africa
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Hancom has launched its web office in Rwanda in collaboration with the local government and Korean telco KT. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Survey: Control, Not Cost Savings, Drives IT’s Love for Open Source
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A new survey released Wednesday shows that more IT professionals are embracing open source software, with control and business continuity outweighing the cost savings as factors. The Ponemon Institute polled nearly 1,400 IT professionals in the U.S. and in 18 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa about their perceptions of open source software versus…
Growth in Cloud Service Provider Market Drives Flexiant Adoption
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Extended support for HostBill/WHMCS and Flexiant’s plugin technology drives innovation to arm service providers to competeWHD.global, Germany and London, UK – 1 April 2014 – Flexiant today announced significant adoption of Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator by service providers globally. With new customers in North America, South America, Africa, across Europe and Asia, Flexiant has more than…
Peppermint introduces cloud-based open source desktop to Africa
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Open source makes a lot of sense in rural areas and in third world countries. Lightweight and open source systems that are easy to use, and which allow normal users to become power users and contribute back to the open source community, can be ideal for countries like Cameroon, located in middle Africa. Source: Tech