Wits scientists cast light on climate change

Wits University scientists have published papers that cast new light on perceived climate changes in southern Africa. They demonstrate that, despite predictions, tropical storms are not increasing in number. However, they are shifting, and South Africa could be at...

Telkom CEO to attend compliance course

Telkom’s suspended chief financial officer, Jacques Schindehutte, has repaid the R6-million loan from the state-owned enterprise – and the CEO has to attend a course on corporate governance. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) issued a compliance...

Oracle extends cloud offering with BlueKai

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire BlueKai, a cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalise online, offline and mobile marketing campaigns with richer and more actionable information about targeted audiences. The BlueKai solution includes...

Mobile malware takes aim at Android

More than 96% of all mobile malware tracked is based on Android, with Symbian a distant second, and iOS, BlackBerry, PalmOS and Windows barely on the radar. These are among the findings of Fortinet’s FortiGuard threat landscape research for the period from 1 January...

Esquire wins international channel award

Esquire Technologies has won the EMEA Channel Academy Multichannel Initiative of the Year Award for 2014. The EMEA Channel Academy: 2014 Awards took place in conjunction with regional channel event DISTREE EMEA. Distributors, retailers and vendors operating in the...